There are plans for seven pools;three are currently open.

Popular Fiji resort’s upgrade will see it have seven swimming pools

Phase one of an extensive renovation is now complete,with two-bedroom family rooms set to be a crowning feature.

  • byJulietta Jameson
The rooftop pool and bar look across to the Coral Sea and Magnetic Island.

A billionaire has turned this Aussie city into a luxury playground

Computershare founder Chris Morris has transformed this once-industrial Queensland city into one of the most luxurious hangouts in the tropics.

  • byCraig Tansley
Captain Cook believed the island’s large boulders somehow had a magnetic effect.

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
Murals outside the Whale Museum.

The other San Juan

On the border of Canada and the United is an island of natural beauty,interesting history and incredible wildlife.

  • byCarrie Hutchinson
Aerial view of Le Meridien Resort&Spa in Noumea.

Best short-haul holiday destinations:Noumea,New Caledonia

Noumea offers a genuine taste of France incredibly close to Australia – closer than Cairns is from Sydney,in fact.

  • byAnthony Dennis
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Grand Pacific Hotel,Suva.

Best short-haul holiday destinations:Suva,Fiji

This overlooked gem is home to a third of Fiji’s population,is one of the most cosmopolitan centres in the South Pacific and has a great nightlife.

  • byCraig Tansley
The beautifully surreal Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay.

Best short-haul holiday destinations:Singapore

Still consider this city a place in which to merely pause on the way to somewhere else (or somewhere more interesting)? It’s time to catch up.

  • byAnthony Dennis
Nearby Pele Island … a snorkelling gem.

Best short-haul holiday destinations:Port Vila,Vanuatu

Tiny Port Vila,with a population just over 61,000,has come of age. The capital of Vanuatu is home to chic restaurants,bars and gourmet produce outlets.

  • byCraig Tansley
Living the dream:Bonnie the goat.

The abandoned goat that now lives in five-star island luxury

Bonnie the Nihi Goat,as she’s known on Instagram,has become the accidental mascot of one of Indonesia’s most luxe resorts.

  • byJenny Hewett
The best beach of all? Hellfire Bay

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