Travel & Leisure
A Weekender's Guide to Lake Macquarie
Find perfect kayaking, beach caves and your own private holiday home on the water.
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NewsComing Soon: Queenstown's New Lakefront Hotel Is Built for Snow Days, Spa Sessions and Sunset Drinks
Queenstown's hotel scene is welcoming a fresh lifestyle escape that combines lake views and social spaces with more than a little deep relaxation.
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HotelPeppers Silo Launceston
89 To 91 Lindsay Street, Invermay
Four decommissioned grain silos on the banks of Kanamaluka/River Tamar have been reborn as one of Launceston's most striking hotels — complete with an award-winning restaurant from Tasmanian food director Massimo Mele.
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NewsYour Lombok Holiday Could Come with a Rafa Nadal-Approved Forehand When This Luxury Coastal Resort Opens in 2028
This sprawling luxury destination will feature serious sporting credentials when it opens in 2028, including Southeast Asia's first Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre.
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NewsThis Just In: Bali's FINNS Beach Club Just Got Even Bigger With A Brand New VIP Section
The world-famous Canggu beach club has added 14 premium cabanas, 95 daybeds and a rooftop champagne pool, developed with Moët & Chandon, to its already sprawling Berawa venue.
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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 & 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.
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Travel & LeisureSix Senses to Open Super Luxe (and Eco-Friendly) Fiji Resort
It's 100 percent solar-powered and one of Fiji's first to run on Telsa batteries.
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Travel & LeisureHow to Conquer a Central Europe Road Trip on the Cheap
See the snow-capped mountains of Slovenia and every wonder from Brno to Budapest on a budget.
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Travel & LeisureA Tim Burton-Inspired Bar Is Manhattan's Latest Wildly Themed Establishment
Sip a mug of Beetlejuice while digging into a Victor Van Pork.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Wollongong
Spend a few days biking, beaching, brunching and beer drinking in NSW's third largest city.
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Travel & LeisureThese Luxury Glamping 'Tents' Let You Camp with a Direct View of Uluru
Sleep in a designer swag under the same stars as the sacred monolith.
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Travel & LeisureHedgehog Cafe Opens in Japan, Renders Cat Cafes Obsolete
Get ready for some extremely delicate cuddling.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Port Macquarie
Spend a few days ambling, kayaking and grazing along the Hastings River.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Now Stay in David Bowie's Former Caribbean Holiday House
Just in case you're planning a lavish Caribbean getaway anytime soon.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Stay the Night in Shark-Infested Waters Thanks to Airbnb
Their latest listing is for an underwater bed in a Parisian aquarium.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Albury
Blockbuster-capacity galleries, sculpture trails, designer hotels — Albury's shifted gear.
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Travel & LeisureTen Awesome Airbnbs Still Available Over Easter
Spend the Easter holiday in an old Melbourne tram, an architect's holiday home or a shoe. Yep, a shoe.
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Travel & LeisureFlash Camp Is the New Glamping Startup Making Straddie Getaways Fancier
King beds, communal cafe, fresh towels. Now this is camping.
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Travel & LeisureThis Small Slovenian Town Is Building Europe's First Public Beer Fountain
Greatest town ever.
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Travel & LeisureWhere to Find The Best Brews in Hong Kong's Emerging Craft Beer Scene
Unhand the Tsingtao and grab one of these craft newcomers.
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Travel & LeisureThis New App Helps Solo Travellers Meet Up Around the World
Find your perfect travel match.
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Travel & LeisureThe Ten Most Incredibly Designed Public Swimming Pools in the World
Dip a toe into the pool of amazing aesthetics.
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Travel & LeisureVenture into Marie Antoinette's Boudoir at Brooklyn's New Hidden Bar
The ultimate place to eat cake.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Rent Your Own Private Island Off the Coast of Tasmania
In true Tassie style, it's insanely beautiful.
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Travel & LeisureTen Meals Worth Travelling to Germany For
Pancake soup, spatzel and black forest cake make it worth the trip alone.
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Travel & LeisureThis Multi-Level Sauna Raft Lets You Live Out Your Nordic Holiday Dreams
Unleash your Finnish Huckleberry Finn.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Newcastle
Take a trip up the Pacific to street art, pourovers, microbreweries and those famously beautiful beaches.
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Travel & LeisureAirly Is Australia's New Startup Doing Unlimited Domestic Flights
Sydney to Melbourne to Canberra as many times as you like, for one (hefty) monthly fee.
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Travel & LeisureRussia: The Least Relaxing Holiday You Need to Have
Get a visa, learn some Cyrillic and get to the world's largest nation.
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Travel & LeisureThis Tokyo Hostel Lets You Live Out Your Dream of Sleeping in a Bookstore
Bento + bed + books.
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Travel & LeisureA Weekender's Guide to Copacabana and Bouddi National Park
Take a quick drive to shipwrecks, snorkeling, fresh seafood on the beach and swamp wallabies.
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Travel & LeisureWhy Every Foodie Needs to Visit Estonia
Where all your Eastern European food and pretty castle dreams can come true.
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Travel & LeisureLive the Bond Lifestyle With Heineken's Next-Level SPECTRE 007 Experiences
They've sent lucky ducks on helicopter pub tours and personal styling sessions. Now, Rottnest Island.