What to buy travellers for Christmas
5. Penguins in knitwear: could anything be cuter? These little 23cm penguins have been hand-knitted by volunteers across the world from excess jumpers donated to help clean penguins up following […]
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Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Holiday at home in Sydney: travel news
HOTEL Holiday at home Staycations – holidays in your home town – are the thing to do right now. Sydney’s Shangri-La Hotel in The Rocks is rolling out its new […]
The real trip advisors reveal their tips for travel in 2015
Mesmerising Myanmar: Ancient temples and an increasingly modern infrastructure are the drawcards. Photo: Getty Images. So – what’s the next big thing? Travel experts reveal their tips for the coming […]
Top cities for new architecture in 2015
Philharmonie de Paris Go just about anywhere around the world and you are sure to find great examples of modern architecture. The new Louvre, Frank Gehry’s first Australian building, 140 […]
The sky’s the limit in Sydney: travel news
NEWS The sky’s the limit Forget jostling for camera space out a bus window, Australia’s first glass-roof coaches are now on the road with AAT Kings launching two new buses. […]
Poh spice, hidden Indonesia and hotfooting it: travel news
The phinisi Alila Purnama explores hidden Indonesia. CRUISERemote islands of IndonesiaExplore the rarely visited waters of West Papua on a truly luxurious sailing trip aboard the Alila Purnama. The five-star, […]
Travel news: Takeoff November 9
FOODA moveable feastPlan a DIY food tour around Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula on its new hop-on, hop-off sightseeing bus, which launched yesterday. There are 18 stops on the two-hour circular route, […]
Cruising Norway and sustainable Melbourne: ASTW 2014 awards for excellence
I’m super-chuffed to announce that I’ve won two awards at the Australian Society of Travel Writers’ 2014 awards, which were presented at the annual conference, this year in Fiji. The […]
Good Weekend’s 52 weekends away
Sometimes in this job, you just get lucky. And getting to stay at Spring Spur was lucky indeed. I didn’t realise, but I’d ridden here, up in the Victorian Alps, […]
Travel news: Freewheeling across the world
Cycling in the German Alps. Photo: Bruce Robertson Freewheeling Have bicycle, will travel. But if you’re not sure where to ride, click on to this serious collection of bike tours […]