Ten undiscovered highlights of Melbourne most visitors miss

Ten undiscovered highlights of Melbourne most visitors miss

You’re probably familiar with the laneways,the restaurants,the events. But some highlights are worth digging a little deeper for.

  • byPaul Chai

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Twenty things that will surprise first-time visitors to Brisbane

Twenty things that will surprise first-time visitors to Brisbane

If you haven’t visited in five years,things have changed. If you haven’t visited in 10 years,things have really changed. Brisbane has finally come of age.

  • byBen Groundwater
This stirring Arnhem Land festival is among the world’s greatest

This stirring Arnhem Land festival is among the world’s greatest

The Garma Festival is an invitation to the clans to join in the diplomacy of kinship. It’s also a rare chance to engage with the world’s oldest living culture.

  • byAnabel Dean
Captain Cook gave this island the wrong name,but somehow got it right

Captain Cook gave this island the wrong name,but somehow got it right

This Queensland island seems a likely candidate to revert to its original name,even if its current name does (unintentionally) seem fitting.

  • byCraig Platt
Cruise line’s ultra-luxury yacht arrives in Australia for the first time

Cruise line’s ultra-luxury yacht arrives in Australia for the first time

The luxury ship,which will sail around Australia,the Pacific and even to Antarctica,features two helicopters and a high-tech submersible.

  • byJulietta Jameson andBrian Johnston
Adelaide no longer wants to be nicknamed ‘Radelaide’? Too bad
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Adelaide no longer wants to be nicknamed ‘Radelaide’? Too bad

You get the name you’re given in Australia. And if you want to change it,whatever you do,don’t say so.

  • byBen Groundwater
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When Mother Nature created this part of Australia,she went all out

When Mother Nature created this part of Australia,she went all out

A splatter of blue – no:two,three,four shades – for the water,a drizzle of pure white for the sand,and a deep red for the soil. And why not some lakes of pink?

  • byJulie Miller
I did one of Australia’s greatest treks the easy way (and it wasn’t that easy)

I did one of Australia’s greatest treks the easy way (and it wasn’t that easy)

For 90 years,walkers have been discovering the Tasmanian bush,and perhaps something about themselves,as they trek the Overland Track’s 65 kilometres

  • byMichael Bachelard
A revamp has improved this boutique Sydney hotel
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A revamp has improved this boutique Sydney hotel

A stylish,classy boutique hotel that has been improved since Ovolo took over.

  • byCraig Platt
Is there an Australian equivalent of a Eurail train pass? Sort of

Is there an Australian equivalent of a Eurail train pass? Sort of

There’s nothing more fun than a rail pass,and Australians may be surprised to learn that it’s possible to travel that way in our own country. Here’s how.

  • byTim Richards
Where the bloody hell are all our international tourists?
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Opinion

Where the bloody hell are all our international tourists?

Traveller’s writers have come up with seven new slogans Tourism Australia could use to get our visitor numbers back on track.

  • byAnthony Dennis