Web resource taps into social networking sites

Are you a visual thinker? Let the photos, videos and bulletin-board-style tips of Explore.travellr.com take you to a world of inspired travel.

This search-based Web application, a project by students from the University of Tasmania and led by Travellr founder Ian Cumming, taps into Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, World Nomads, Gecko-Go and more online travel resources to offer a host of travel tips. Click on a photo to reveal a box with an arrow in the lower right corner, taking you to destination info and map links.

If you like your travel guide info succinct and to the point, this is not for you. Explore.Travellr.com is more a creative playground of travel inspiration that enables you to collect images and notes to build folders of destination information for an upcoming trip.