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A weekenders’ guide to Airlie Beach – Broadsheet

Margie Murphy admits she’s biased when she calls Airlie Beach the most beautiful town in Australia. The co-organiser of the Airlie Beach Festival of Music is...

New Zealand’s best farmers’ markets – Broadsheet

Aotearoa New Zealand is a haven of organic fruit and vegetables, artisan cheeses, ethically raised cattle, venison and poultry, and the down-to-earth, passionate producers...

Tasmania’s ecotourism revolution – the Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury

On a headland on Tasmania’s Freycinet Peninsula, high above the crashing waves, a group of hikers is about to become victims of a fiendish...

A fly-by tour of New Zealand – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury

From the sky Lake Wakatipu is shaped like a giant lightning bolt, and imbued with the same power. Mountains lie shattered in its wake,...

Dark Sky Project – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury

Under the midday sun, the township of Lake Tekapo must be the brightest place on the planet. The light that reflects off the snow-blanketed...

Slice of heaven in Queenstown – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury

Matakauri Lodge, Queenstown They say you can tell gauge how well Queenstown is doing by the length of the line at Fergburger. Judging by the...

What winter? A warm welcome at Sanctuary Cove – The Weekend Australian Travel &...

It’s an annual migration as predictable as wildebeests crossing the Serengeti: plane loads of Victorians fleeing a frigid winter for a break in sunny...

Is this Australia’s prettiest alpine village? – Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury

“Where are we?” I ask Charlie, my Falls Creek guide and instructor, as we skid to a stop on a snow-blanketed ridge far from...

Review: Hotel Kristiania, Austria – The Weekend Australian Travel & Luxury

There are so many reasons to fall in love with Lech, the uber-exclusive ski resort village in Austria’s Arlberg region. There’s the skiing, of...

“Turtle recall,” new beginnings in Bali – The Weekend Australian Magazine

One hundred and five reasons to tread carefully in Bali are flapping about adorably in plastic tubs filled with seawater. After a two-year respite...