Share Bus is a shared rental of a minibus and trailer with camping equipment. Basically you’ll have everything you need, a group of people to travel with and it’s pretty affordable.

It’s completely self-guided by the backpackers on the trip. So you share camping, cooking, driving, set-up, etc. It’s actually a really beautiful experience.

You'll receive a guidebook to help you decide what to do (including day by day location, recommended free camps, pay camps and activities), the trailer is organised in an awesome way to find everything, and you have advice. Pretty much everything is included (i.e. fuel, national park entry, tolls, all equipment, insurance and roadside assistance, consumables like cleaning stuff and sunscreen, camping equipment like tents, mattresses, pillows, lanterns, tables, benches, games, snorkels, inverter for electricity, gas cooker, grill, etc. There is lots of stuff)

Your main extra cost will be food and low cost pay camps. Regarding food, we have all the equipment for cooking and everyone normally cooks together as group. Therefore it is not a big cost and works out as around $5 to $7 per day.

People normally free camp about half to two thirds of the time. Even if you want to free camp all the time you should bring some extra money for pay camps, as some areas don’t have free camps available. Expect anywhere from $40-$120 per trip, depending on the trip and the decisions of the group.

Other than that you only need to bring money for optional extra activities (i.e. whale shark tours, pub meals, bottle of wine, kayak hire, etc). Parks entry and fuel are included with your fee; so you don’t need to worry about those! Plus you’ll also find plenty of beaches, hikes, forests, lookouts, waterfalls, etc which are free to visit.

The main thing to remember is your own sleeping bag. We don’t provide these for hygiene reasons.

However, we also recommend bringing your own water bottle (we have tanks on the bus, but this is important for going on hikes, and making sure water is always accessible to you). Plus your own swimwear, good shoes, headlight (we have a few lanterns but a personal light source is useful), and warm clothes. Even if you’re camping in warm weather, make sure to bring a jumper and other warm clothes as it could still get cold at night. 

We have a gas stove, grill, large esky, all the pots and pans and a butane stove, so you are free to cook what you like! On most trips you’ll be able to stop in a town every few days to do some grocery shopping. You can cook rice, pasta, salads, BBQs, curries, risotto or whatever you feel like that is possible on a stove-top.

You will probably camp every night except for the last one! Although sometimes groups stay in a hostel or Airbnb for one night if they are in a city, or the weather isn’t good. Generally the groups free camp about 50%-65% of the time, and otherwise stay at low cost pay camps.

This means there is often limited access to facilities like showers. However, you can use an app to find shower blocks available to travellers in most locations in places like tourist information centres, or at the beach.

Our minibuses are 2012-2014 model Toyota Hiace Commuter buses. There are 12 seats on each minibus. Our trailers are custom made by us with help from some other businesses, so they are perfect for camping!

Our trips mostly attract long term backpackers and travellers in Australia! This means most people will be on working holiday visas, although sometimes people who are doing shorter trips will join, as well as the occasional Australian exploring their own country.

We generally have people aged from about 19-33 on our trips, with people from across that entire range. The average age normally works out as around 25. However, that could vary slightly up and down depending on the particular group. You will be travelling with people from all over the world.

No, it’s just backpackers on board. We give you a guidebook with recommend places, camps and activities and are here to support you via messenger or phone call if you have any questions though

We have space for your bags in the trailer but we are not a luxury coach! Please limit your luggage to 1 big bag and a small one (i.e. your regular bag and a day backpack). The small one will be kept in the vehicle. Please try to limit your luggage to 20kg.

If you are over 21 and have a valid drivers license you can drive. Most foreign licenses can be used to drive in Australia without an International Driving Permit. When you drive in Australia, the Australian driving rules will apply to your license. For example, some European countries only allow you to drive with 8 passengers on your standard license. If you have a standard license in these countries, and you drive in Australia, you will be following the Australian rules which allow you to drive with up to 12 passengers.

Majority of travellers are 18 - 30's