Travel & Leisure
Australia's First Movenpick Hotel Has Just Opened in Hobart with a Daily Chocolate Hour
The chain's 221-room site near the city's waterfront joins more than 80 other Mövenpick hotels worldwide.
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FeatureA Short-Stay Guide to Koh Tao — Thailand's Tiny Gulf Escape
Less about after-dark antics and more for finding your rhythm, Koh Tao blends easygoing charm with elevated experiences above and below the water.
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NewsTake the Scenic Route Minus the Crowds — These Five Australian Road Trips Will Get You Off-the-Beaten Path
Trade the bumper-to-bumper coastal crawl for scenic backroads, remote national parks and under-the-radar country towns.
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NewsQuit Your 9-5 and Capture the Country — Big4 Holiday Parks Has Embarked on a Search for Its Next Year-Long Content Creator
Traversing the country non-stop for 12 months, this travel content creator gig comes up with all the equipment needed to inspire Australians to hit the road.
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NewsYour Guide to a Gold Coast Family Holiday Filled with Adventure, Nature and Play
From theme parks to wildlife encounters, here's how to do a Gold Coast holiday that works for the whole family.
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FeatureThe Luxury Traveller's Guide to Brisbane to Inspire Your Next Indulgent Escape
From helicopter wine tours to luxury hotel stays, there are plenty of ways to live the high life in Brisbane.
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FeatureNine Luxury Experiences in Tropical North Queensland That Are Also Environmentally Responsible
Head north for an eco-friendly escape that doesn't skimp on luxury.
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FeatureInto the Wild: Go off the Beaten Path at These Fascinating Regional Destinations
Get out of town — literally — and do your weekend differently.
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FeatureGreen Playground
Tropical North Queensland is the destination that should be perched at the top of your responsible travel hit list.
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FeatureTaste of Tasmania: Discover the Delicious Charm of the Apple Isle
Australia's island state boasts the perfect conditions for producing top-quality, flavour-filled produce — and an exceptionally talented roll call of passionate people doing spectacular things with it.
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FeatureA Southern Edge Road Trip: Follow a CP Writer's Ambling Foodie Adventure in Tasmania's South
"While I love a scenic road trip with good company as much as the next person, this road trip truly rivalled almost every journey I can recall."
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FeatureA Northern Forage Road Trip: Follow a CP Writer's Tasting Tour Across Tasmania's North
Proceed with an empty stomach, an open mind and a readiness to build a more meaningful relationship with what’s on your plate.
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NewsMeet The Culinary Tastemakers Championing Tasmanian Produce
Meet the passionate advocates and entrepreneurs who deal in flavours of the wild and tastes of terroir with the finest produce the earth and sea can offer.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide to Kangaroo Island
The South Australian island's wineries, beaches, oyster farms and accommodation are as beautiful as ever.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide to Queensland's Bundaberg Region
Watch baby turtles hatch, swim at the Southern Great Barrier Reef, then sample award-winning local gin and rum.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide To Bowral and the Southern Highlands
Stay at a country estate, taste locally produced wine and whisky, peruse a whole heap of art and feast at a hatted restaurant — all in just one weekend.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide to the Adelaide Hills
This acclaimed wine region is home to a pizzeria in a 130-year-old church, a gin distillery, a historic German settlement and even a giant rocking horse — all just half an hour from Adelaide.
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NewsThe Best Glamping Sites Around Australia
Stay in luxury tents scattered among remote deserts, lush rainforests and tropical islands at these Australian glamping sites.
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NewsTen of the Most-Unique and Relaxing Stays You Can Book Around Auckland
From sprawling rainforest escapes to chic inner-city lofts, Auckland's Airbnb game is set to impress.
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NewsThe Most-Beautiful Coastal Stays That You Can Book in Noosa
Beach sessions, rainforest treks and breezy holiday vibes await you on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
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NewsTen Treehouses Around Australia You Can Book for an Immersive Nature Getaway
Book a stay deep in the Blue Mountains or a stone's throw away from the Great Barrier Reef.
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NewsTen of the Most-Secluded Waterfront Getaways You Can Book on the Northern Beaches
You can't jump on a plane to the Riviera, but you can escape the city for a tranquil weekend on Pittwater.
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NewsTen Next-Level Australian Stays with Outdoor Baths for the Ultimate Relax and Rewind Getaway
Whether you fancy relaxing in a private Japanese bathhouse, a rustic metal tub perched on a farm's timber deck, or a spa-bath in a mountain cave — we've got you covered.
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Travel & LeisureEight Stunning and Unusual Places In Australia That Will Transport You to Europe
Experience spectacular lavender fields, world-class beaches and underground caves without leaving Australia.
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Travel & LeisureAustralian Borders May Stay Closed to International Travel Until 2022
Even with the vaccine rolling out in the coming months, ex-Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy expects that travel mightn't return to normal in 2021.
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Travel & LeisureGreater Brisbane Is No Longer a Commonwealth-Declared COVID-19 Hotspot
The city's Grand Chancellor hotel cluster sparked six cases.
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Travel & LeisureVirgin Australia Has Extended Its Fee-Free Booking Changes Until the End of June
So you can make travel plans, but still amend them if circumstances change — without being slugged with a hefty charge.
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Travel & LeisureAustralians Now Need a Permit to Enter Victoria Under the State's New Traffic Light-Style System
And if you try to travel to the state without a valid permit, you'll be fined $4957.
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Travel & LeisureThe Federal Government Has Declared the Greater Brisbane Area a COVID-19 Hotspot
Domestic border arrangements with Queensland have been changing, too, in response to Australia's first local case of the new, more contagious coronavirus strain.
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Travel & LeisureFace Masks Are Now Mandatory On Domestic Flights Within and International Flights to Australia
And at airports, too — and international travellers coming to Australia will also be required to undertake a pre-flight test.
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Travel & LeisureTen Must-Visit Aussie Places to Plan Your 2021 Travel Adventures Around
Forget long-haul flights and lengthy stopovers — you can enjoy these idyllic islands, gorgeous beaches and scenic regions without leaving the country.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Take Your Car to Tasmania Via Ferry for Free Between March and June
The $6 million plan will save travellers an average of $240 for a return trip.
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Travel & LeisureQantas Has Been Named the World's Safest Airline for 2021
The Aussie carrier has topped the list eight years in a row.
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Travel & LeisureTake a Sneak Peek at Japan's New Super Nintendo Theme Park and Its 'Mario Kart' Ride
Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios in Osaka in February 2021.
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Travel & LeisureJetstar Has Launched Its Christmas Sale with Flights Starting From $29
If travelling the country is one of your 2021 resolutions, this is great news.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Win $5000 to Put Towards a Luxury Holiday By Buying New Threads for Summer
Pick up a new shirt and go into the draw to have your trip to The Whitsundays bankrolled.
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Travel & LeisureA Quarantine-Free Travel Bubble Between Australia and NZ Could Be in Place by Early 2021
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has agreed to a trans-Tasman bubble, which could kick off in just a couple of months.
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Travel & LeisureRidesharing Service DiDi Is Offering Half-Price Rides to Airports Until the End of January
You can head to the airport for cheap across Christmas and New Year's Eve.
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Travel & LeisureVirgin Has Launched a 12-Hour Sale with 60,000 Flights Starting from $75
And there are lots of flights available over Christmas and NYE.
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Travel & LeisureSweet Retreat Is the New Candy-Themed Getaway Located in Regional Victoria
The Sugar Republic team has opened a retreat decked out with a peach ball pit, free candy and cherry-scented wallpaper.
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Travel & LeisureThe SA Government Is Giving Away $50 and $100 Hotel Vouchers to Put Towards Your Next Getaway
You can nab $50 vouchers for regional and suburban accommodation, and $100 vouchers to use in the CBD and North Adelaide.
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Travel & LeisureThe Historic Leonids Meteor Shower Is Soaring Through the Sky This Week
Head outside and look up.
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Travel & LeisureJetstar Is Hosting Another Hefty Domestic Sale with Return Flights As Low As $65
Book a flight one way and you'll get the return trip for free — across 51 routes.
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Travel & LeisureThese Underwater Expeditions Will Let You Explore and Document the Current State of the Titanic
Because everyone's fascination with the historic wreck will go on.
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Travel & LeisureWA Has Scrapped Its Border Restrictions for All States and Territories Except NSW and Victoria
Sydneysiders and Melburnians will need to isolate for 14 days upon arrival — but everyone else can enter without quarantining.
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Virgin Has Launched a Huge Domestic Sale with 500,000 Flights Starting from $75
And there are lots of flights available over Christmas and NYE.
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Travel & LeisureEverything You Need to Know Before Heading on a Road Trip with Your Pet
Learn some tips and tricks for bringing your four-legged friend along with you on your next holiday.
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Travel & LeisureThe NT Government Is Offering $1000 Discounts on Trips to the Territory This Summer
It applies to flights, accommodation, tours and attractions, and vehicle hire.
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Travel & LeisureTen Lush Getaways You Can Book in the Yarra Valley
Escape the city to the Yarra Valley for a weekend of wine drinking and sleeping among the trees.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Now Book a Boozy and Nostalgic Getaway in Australia's First Gin-Themed Caravan
Available to book until the end of summer, it's a collaboration between caravan rental site Camplify and The Botanist Gin.
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Travel & LeisureWestern Australia Will Lift Its Hard Border and Let Visitors From Most Other States Enter Without Quarantining
Travellers from states with low levels of community transmission — a five-case rolling average across the past fortnight — still need to isolate for 14 days upon arrival.
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Travel & LeisureTasmania Has Opened Its Borders to Most of Australia and NZ
NSW residents are set to be allowed in from next week, too, but Victorians will need to wait a little longer.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Win a Luxury Getaway to Byron Bay Complete with a Fridge Full of Seltzers
Escape to the coast without spending a cent.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Now Add Ziplining Into a Life-Sized Godzilla Statue to Your Post-Pandemic Travel List
The new Japanese theme park attraction stretches across 120 metres in length — and also features a Godzilla museum and Godzilla-themed food.
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Travel & LeisureRoxy Is Giving Away Free Holidays to Absolutely Any Beach in Australia
You could spend a weekend in The Whitsundays, head on a surfing trip to Rottnest Island or relax in tropical Noosa. Here's how to enter.
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Travel & LeisureUluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Has Been Named One of 2020's Ultimate Travel Experiences
The Northern Territory site came in third in Lonely Planet's new list, with the UNESCO Heritage Site of Petra in Jordan nabbing the top spot.
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Travel & LeisureSydney Has Once Again Been Named One of the Top Ten Best Cities in the World
The NSW capital came in at number four in Condé Nast Traveler's annual Readers' Choice Awards.
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Travel & LeisureTasmania Looks Set to Open Its Border to Most of the Country by the End of October
It'll open to "low-risk Australian jurisdictions" — which includes Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, the ACT and, depending on case numbers, possibly NSW.
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Travel & LeisureNew Zealanders Will Be Able to Travel to Australia from Mid-October as Part of a One-Way Bubble
To start, New Zealanders will be allowed to visit NSW and the NT — and won't have to quarantine on arrival.
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Travel & LeisureTourism Australia's New Multi-Sensory Videos Capture the Sights and Sounds of the Country's Most Stunning Spots
Embark on one of six colour-themed virtual escapes, visiting eye-catching destinations around the nation.
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Travel & LeisureAustralia's Travel Bubble with New Zealand Could Possibly Be in Place Before the End of the Year
The potential plan, which would let Australian and New Zealand residents travel between the two countries before they open up to other international visitors, has been a hot topic of conversation over the past few months.
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Travel & LeisureJetstar Is Selling $59 Flights from Sydney to Adelaide to Celebrate the Border Reopening
Godspeed.