• News

    These Secluded NSW Properties Are Perfect for a Peaceful Weekend Escape

    Need to escape the city? These secluded NSW properties make the perfect peaceful weekend getaway, with cosy cabins, private retreats and beautiful natural surrounds.

  • Hotel

    The Hôtel Lili

    140 S Lasky Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA

    Palisociety's first Beverly Hills property swaps high-gloss luxury for striped wallpaper, velvet curtains and a lobby bar slinging lychee martinis, all for a fraction of what the postcode usually demands.

  • Feature

    A Weekender's Guide to the Barossa Valley and Beyond

    From Germanic Tanunda and Murray Street's heritage main strip, to the old-vine wineries, eateries and cellar doors.

  • News

    What to Do and Where to Stay During a Vibrant Spring Escape in New Zealand

    Save the Euro summer for another year and thaw out from winter with a colourful New Zealand getaway instead.

  • Feature

    The 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.

  • Feature

    Your 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.

  • Feature

    Nine Luxury Experiences in Tropical North Queensland That Are Also Environmentally Responsible

    Head north for an eco-friendly escape that doesn't skimp on luxury.

  • Feature

    Into the Wild: Go off the Beaten Path at These Fascinating Regional Destinations

    Get out of town — literally — and do your weekend differently.

  • Feature

    Green Playground

    Tropical North Queensland is the destination that should be perched at the top of your responsible travel hit list.

  • Feature

    Taste 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.

  • Feature

    A 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."

  • Feature

    A 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.

  • News

    Meet 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.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Byron Bay

    Where to stay, eat, drink and play around one of Australia's most-loved coastal towns.

  • News

    Gastronomy, 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.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Kangaroo Island

    The South Australian island's wineries, beaches, oyster farms and accommodation are as beautiful as ever.

  • News

    A 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.

  • News

    A 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.

  • Hotel

    The 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.

  • Guide

    The 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.

  • Guide

    The Best Boutique and Luxury Hotels in Melbourne

    Rooftop pools, pillow menus, hatted restaurants and interiors by Australia's top design studios — these are Melbourne's dreamiest check-ins.

  • News

    The Best Glamping Sites Around Australia

    Stay in luxury tents scattered among remote deserts, lush rainforests and tropical islands at these Australian glamping sites.

  • News

    Ten 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.

  • News

    The 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.

Travel

Get Concrete Playground's take on the latest travel news, events, places and trips
  • Travel & Leisure

    A Weekender's Guide to Newcastle

    Take a trip up the Pacific to street art, pourovers, microbreweries and those famously beautiful beaches.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Airly 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.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Russia: The Least Relaxing Holiday You Need to Have

    Get a visa, learn some Cyrillic and get to the world's largest nation.

  • Travel & Leisure

    A Weekender's Guide to Copacabana and Bouddi National Park

    Take a quick drive to shipwrecks, snorkeling, fresh seafood on the beach and swamp wallabies.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Why Every Foodie Needs to Visit Estonia

    Where all your Eastern European food and pretty castle dreams can come true.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Live 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.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Win an Epic Overseas Adventure Trip Simply By Taking a 'Shoefie'

    Let's see those holiday kicks.

  • Travel & Leisure

    This Private Island Off the Coast of Tassie Lets You Take the Ultimate Break From Reality

    And it's all oysters, wine and seaside views.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Most Weird and Wonderful Food Museums to Visit Around the World

    Entire temples dedicated to bizarre, niche foods, from chicken risotto ice cream to giant creepy currywurst men.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Airbnb Is Letting You Stay the Night in the Creepy Catacombs of Paris

    Spend the night with 6 million skeletons this Halloween.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Museum of Food and Drink to Open in New York

    With exhibitions you can eat.

  • Travel & Leisure

    A Weekender's Guide to Orange

    Find vintage shops, paddock-to-plate dinners and a new respect for Chardonnay in the 'food basket' of NSW.

  • Travel & Leisure

    There's a Secret Pop-Up Hotel Travelling Around Australia

    Featuring a rooftop hot tub, Apple TV and a fully-stocked cocktail station.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Australia's Apres-Ski Scene Is Hitting New Heights

    The European alps feel closer than ever.

  • Travel & Leisure

    You'll Soon Be Able to Stay (and Eat World-Class Food) at the Palace of Versailles

    A Parisian B&B where you can have your cake and eat it too.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Stay at a Spanish Bubble Hotel In the Middle of the Desert

    Probably the most Instagrammable hotel we've seen in an age.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Hipcamp Is the Airbnb for Campers

    A 'land-sharing' service connecting land owners with campers.

  • Travel & Leisure

    See Ten Incredible Photographs from National Geographic's Traveller Photo Contest

    Budding travel photographers, take a lesson.

  • Travel & Leisure

    A Less Obvious Guide to Visiting Paris

    Take the rues less travelled.

  • Travel & Leisure

    A Guide to Eating and Drinking Around South-West France

    Mid-morning wine tastings, medieval cities and ex-slaughterhouse art galleries in the ‘festival capital’ of France.

  • Travel & Leisure

    A Weekender's Guide to Marysville

    Get a soul massage in country Victoria.

  • Travel & Leisure

    New York's JFK Airport Is Building a Luxury Terminal for Your Pets

    Amenities include doggie pedicures, chandelier lighting and a private mating area for penguins.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Patience Hodgson's Five Steps to the Perfect Brisbane Weekend

    The Grates frontwoman now runs Brisbane's favourite vintage tropical cafe bar.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Make a Sea Change at Vietnam's Six Senses Con Dao

    Get a healthy dose of history, pho and zen at Vietnam's luxury spa stay — on an island with quite the dark past.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Four Best Winter Cabins Near Brisbane

    Enjoy the view from the comfort of your hot tub.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Win a Weekend Away at Dark Mofo

    Fly down to Hobart as a VIP guest of official MONA partner Hendrick's Gin.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Berlin Caps Rent Prices, Makes All of Australia Jealous

    Nice to see a country keeping low-income earners from being driven out of the inner city.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Perth's Five Hidden Treasures According to Peter Bibby

    Take a bonafide local's tour through Perth with the 'Hates My Boozin'' yarn-spinner.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The World's First Official Hello Kitty Restaurant to Open in Hong Kong

    Instagram had better be ready.

  • Travel & Leisure

    A Weekender's Guide to Avoca

    Pull on a cable knit and enjoy the autumn sun on the Central Coast.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Expats, It Looks Like You'll Be Paying Back Your HECS After All

    Pyne wants you to pay up. 

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Ten Best Things to Come Out of Mexico

    Two million square kilometres of ingenuity, creativity and deliciousness.

  • Travel & Leisure

    You Can Airbnb Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's Old LA Apartment

    No luggage needed, just come as you are.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Uber Launches Cash-Only Auto-Rickshaw Service

    A world first for the taxi-challenging app.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Wine Lover's Weekenders

  • Travel & Leisure

    A Weekender's Guide to the Hunter Valley

    Go off the beaten vineyard track on your foray into Australia's favourite wine region.

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