Miss Planet Inn Backpacker 2009

We’d like to express a big thank you to all of those lovely ladies who sportingly agreed to enter this ‘bit of fun’ competition. All of the girls looked fantastic and put a fair few smiles on faces around the world.

You may recall that we ran a voting competition among our website readers to let you decide on your favourite.

The competition was slightly dubious given that only one of the girls was still staying at the hostel and was therefore attracting more interest from current and recent guests. One voter admitting to casting multiple votes in favour of their favourite!

So as far as I am concerned all of the girls are ‘winners’ just for having the sense of fun required to be involved, not to mention the looks and personalities!

All of the girls expressed a desire for ‘World Peace’ and all looked great in their bikinis as well as their evening gowns!

Interestingly, all of them were very reluctant to submit their photos of choice, yet all of them whinged at me when I had to select photos which did not show them in their best light! “No, not that photo!” was the usual cry!

Anyway, to cut a long story short, we, voting adjudicators, in their ‘wisdom’(?) finally decided that as Aoife McSharry was leading the votes just when our website host decided to relocate the site, (thus losing the votes), we would give her the prize.

So Aoife became the inaugural ‘Miss Planet Inn 2009′ and received a week’s free rent at Planet Inn, along with some free drinks. We can’t show photos of her being crowned (a) because she was ‘otherwise engaged’ with a new boyfriend when we were going to hold the ceremony on Christmas Day and (b) because we didn’t actually have a crown yet!

It’s not a perfect world!

Speaking of which, congratulations also to Scott Hillis for being the only entrant for ‘Mr Planet Inn Backpacker 2009′ and therefore, the winner by default! Thanks for being a good sport mate!

We hope to see all of you back at Planet Inn again soon, and the good news is that we can now start a new competition for this year. Everyone who has ever stayed here is welcome to enter! This year we will do it better and get some sponsors to contribute better prizes!

Christmas Aussie Style

Christmas at Planet Inn is always a special day. It’s partly because backpackers are away from home and missing their loved ones, but also because they can enjoy a truly Australian experience with a beautiful sunny day relaxing on the beach.

Some people think about reindeers and snow as a traditional Christmas, but for us “Down Under’, it’s about sand, surf, bronzed bodies and a cold beer or two!!!

With Planet Inn, not only can you savour the delights of our spectacular coast, but you can also come back home afterwards and party in our beer garden while your Aussie BBQ is cooked in front of you.

Of course we will add our Aussie flavour to the day. George will be providing a free surfing lesson at the beach and our meal will include turkey steaks and Christmas Pud once the temperature cools a little.

So if you haven’t made any plans yet, come and join us. It will be a day to remember.

Merry Christmas to all of our past, present and future customers!