95-year-old Aussie man becomes world's oldest backpacker 10th May 2012 9:18am | By Editor With 23 countries and 109 cities under his belt, 95-year-old Keith Wright is the world’s oldest backpacker. The pensioner from Burleigh Heads on Queensland’s Gold Coast started travelling after his wife passed away 10 years ago. His first trip alone was at age 85, when he took a four-day bus loop through turkey, taking in Gallipoli for Anzac day as he’d always wanted to go. Wright saves every penny so he can head overseas every other years, staying in hostels and two star hotels. He also goes to Victoria every year for the Melbourne Cup.