Over 3,500 shots were entered in the 2006 Backpacker Essentials Photo Competition. There were shots from every part of the globe and it was a challenge choosing the winners.

Four shots took out the major honours, but there were a lot of other shots that just missed out on a major prize... the runners up. Check them out here and compare them with the winners. Look at winning shots from previous years.

Thanks also to our generous sponsors for the great prizes – Nikon, Rucsac Supplies, Roman Sleeping Bags, Berghaus and Lonely Planet.

 

 

  

 Mini in Rome by Sarah Holmes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Austrian Alps by Nicole and Phil Wheeler

 

 

                           

 

 

 

 Indian Fisherman by Jono Yearsley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local tourist at Pesoplis, Iran by Fiona Peacock

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver by Rebecca Carman

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posers at the Lost City by Justin Micallef

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Wall of China by Jason and Sarah Hulbert

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shifting Sands by Ray Faggotter 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harajuku Girl by Craig Terry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basel by Snow by Rosalind Allingham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dune Jumping at Wadi Rum, Jordan by Sally Oldham

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daju pioneers by Susan Segal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birds by Leo Bild

 

 

 

 

 

Pasu Bridge by Dave Quinn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York’s Finest by Sarah Swaby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moose, Alaska by Lyndall Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masai child by Deb Oliver

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Journey through Heaven, Bolivia by Robyn Bright

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital Wonders, Lhasa by Andrea Harlow

 

 

 

 

 

Water Sports by Caleb Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

Walking over the World by Sarah Holmes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tunisian camel by Fiona Peacock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homeless Roman Man by Jono Yearsley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phewa Tal, Nepal by Craig Terry

 

 

 

 

 

Democratic Republic of Congo by Brett Rochford