Staying in country Victoria over Easter I heard about http://pt.warmshowers.org/ the ‘Warm Showers’ network for the first time.
While children scrambled for Easter Eggs I heard about a French family who had just left my friend’s place in Beechworth, to continue their cycling tour of Australia.
This sounded like a good idea for all concerned so I did a google search and found the following introduction by webmaster Randy Fay, in California. They have 1100 members around the world. Check out the intro here.
Click here for the FAQ page.
Another good idea – a bit like couch surfing?