Travel & Leisure
How to Spend 48 Hours in Sydney
Make the most of your weekend away.
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NewsRest Up: Your Weekend Escape Just Got Extended For Free, with Mudgee Offering Visitors a Third Night on the House
Turns out the secret to a truly relaxing holiday isn't heading away more often — it's staying an extra night for free.
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FeatureThe Best Winter Weekend Getaways in Australia
Bypassing peak-season summer crowds has its perks. We have tracked down Australia’s premier cold-weather sanctuaries, packing in architectural eco-lodges, hyperlocal vineyard dining, and the best places to thaw out by a roaring open fire.
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FeatureDark Arts, Hedonism and Exploration: A Weekender's Guide to Visiting Hobart for Dark Mofo
Dark Mofo bathes Hobart in red light, fire and ritual every winter solstice. Here's where to stay, what to eat and how to do the long nights properly — from the Winter Feast to Night Mass.
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FeatureThe Best Unconventional Stays in Australia
From sleeping in former prison cells and bubbles under desert skies to floating villas, cliff-edge cabins and islands you can have entirely to yourself, these are Australia’s most unconventional stays.
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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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FeatureChase the Feels: How to Plan a Memorable Trip in New South Wales
There's a reason we love travelling so much.
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FeatureYour Essential Guide to Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a veritable playground for music fans. It's not only the home of blues and soul music but also the birthplace of rock 'n' roll.
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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 Byron Bay
Where to stay, eat, drink and play around one of Australia's most-loved coastal towns.
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NewsGastronomy, Festivities and Frivolity: A Weekender's Guide to Adelaide During Mad March
Heading to Adelaide for Mad March? Here’s how to spend a weekend during Fringe and WOMADelaide — including where to stay, eat, drink, play and wander.
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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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HotelThe Calile Hotel
48 James Street, Fortitude Valley
A Fortitude Valley stay that pairs resort-style living with one of Brisbane’s best dining and shopping precincts.
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GuideThe Ten Best Hotels in Brisbane
From resort-style pools and design-led suites to heritage stays and boutique hideaways, these hotels prove that a great stay in Brisbane can be as much about atmosphere as it is about location.
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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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GuideThe 16 Best Hotels In Melbourne for 2025
Whether you're vacationing or staycationing, this lineup of the best hotels in Melbourne will help you live your best life — fine restaurants, premium spas, rooftop pools and pillow menus await.
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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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Travel & LeisureHow to Stay at QT Falls Creek and Royally Dominate Your First Skiing Experience
Balcony jacuzzis, thermal massages, spiked white hot chocolates and pizza-slicing like a pro.
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Travel & LeisureOutside Guide: 48 Hours at The Grampians
We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.
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Travel & LeisureA New Cocktail-Focused Los Angeles Hotel Is Offering Bed and Beverage Experiences
You'll even be given painkillers when you check out.
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Travel & LeisureThis Abandoned Italian Fun Park Will Host the World Hide-and-Seek Championships
Ready or not, here we come.
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Travel & LeisureSydney's Been Ranked the Second Friendliest City in the World
And no, Melbourne didn't make the list.
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Travel & LeisureRoad Trip Generator
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Travel & LeisureOutside Guide: 48 Hours in Lake Tekapo
We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.
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Travel & LeisureOutside Guide: 48 Hours on the Great Ocean Road
We've teamed up with Converse to embrace the elements in an all-weather travel guide series.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to the Dandenong Ranges
Head to the hills for scones and tea, cosy cottages and Narnia-like forest views.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Noosa
Escape to secluded ocean coves, concrete custard treats and Queensland's longest-operating picture theatre.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Kangaroo Valley
Not every valley boasts winery bookstores, cheeseburger pies and platypus-populated waterfall walks.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide To Bowral
Land of 19th century country estates, mighty waterfalls, and NSW's beloved, hatted, eco-friendly restaurant.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Kiama
Take a cruise down the South Coast to art trails, juicy burgers and epic blowholes.
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Travel & LeisureFive Open-Air Hotels Where You Can Sleep Under the Stars
Just check the weather forecast.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Broken Hill
An outback town where legal two-up and turmeric lattes exist in harmony.
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Travel & LeisureA Man from NSW Has Scored His Own Tropical Island Resort for Just $65
Best. Raffle prize. Ever.
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Travel & LeisureFive Awesome Winter Weekend Getaways Around Australia
Get outta town this chilly season.
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Travel & LeisureThe Ten Best Winter Cabins You Can Escape To
Nestle into a fireplace-flanked hideaway far, far away from mobile phone coverage.
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Travel & LeisureNew York Is Getting a Museum of Ice Cream Complete with a Life-Sized Pool of Sprinkles
And yes, you can swim in it.
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Travel & LeisureA Couple's Guide to Visiting Queenstown and Wanaka
Sometimes you just need a little escape.
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Travel & LeisureBruges Is Installing a Three-Kilometre-Long Underground Beer Pipeline
This is the stuff beer dreams are made of.
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Travel & LeisureKicking It in Kampot: Ten Things to Do in Cambodia's Most Relaxing City
First stop: the giant durian.
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Travel & LeisureA Terrifying Glass Slide Just Opened on Top of LA's Tallest Skyscraper
Introducing Skyslide.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Nelson
Stay overnight in an art gallery, paddleboard under the moon, then wine, wine, wine.
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Travel & LeisureAn Orange Is the New Black-Themed Pop-Up Restaurant Has Opened in Singapore
Tampon muffin, anyone?
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Lake Macquarie
Find perfect kayaking, beach caves and your own private holiday home on the water.
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Travel & LeisureTen Outrageously Decadent Things You Can Do on Hayman Island
Enjoy a private dinner with Neil Perry, then pop to your floating massage on the sea.
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Travel & LeisureA Less Obvious Guide to Visiting Singapore
Discover butterfly-filled gardens, heritage shophouses and some of the world's best laksa.
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Travel & LeisureChina Is Building Three Insane Swings Off Their New Canyon Bridge
So you can casually swing over a Chinese canyon from the highest glass bridge in the world.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Geelong
Discover the city's small galleries, crafty cafes and fried chicken.
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Travel & LeisureThis Dreamy Thai Island Is Closing Because Tourists Are Destroying It
Koh Tachai is stopping the boats — for good reason.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Wellington
Spend 72 hours in New Zealand's craft beer and coffee capital. It's only a three and a half hour flight.
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Travel & LeisureThis New Luxury Tent Camp in Kenya Will Make You Want to Go on Safari Stat
Sleep under the stars and spot elephants from the infinity pool (really).
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Travel & LeisureWin an Epic Trip for Two to Ireland, the Home of Jameson
With flights, five night's accommodation and spending money you can use to paint the Emerald Isle red.