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NewsNine Unique Experiences to Gift to Someone Who Doesn't Need More Stuff
Get a pressie they'll remember — from hot air balloon rides at sunrise to dessert degustations, pottery classes and luxe getaways.
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NewsSydney's Largest Indoor Fun Park Has Arrived in the City's West
With a huge electric go-karting track, six bowling lanes, a VR arena and 50 old-school arcade games.
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NewsWe're Giving Away a Luxe Glamping Experience with LandRoamer at Uretiti Beach
Experience a taste of New Zealand's great outdoors with the trappings of luxury.
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Summer Guide: Brisbane 2020–21
Slap on your sunscreen and get out there — clear blues, secluded bush spots and ice-cold beers await.
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Summer Guide: Melbourne 2020–21
Slap on your sunscreen and get out there — clear blues, secluded bush spots and ice-cold beers await.
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Summer Guide: Sydney 2020–21
Slap on your sunscreen and get out there — clear blues, secluded bush spots and ice-cold drinks await.
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NewsFour Entertaining Ways To Get Your Mates To Open Their Wallets For Charity
Turn your next hang-out into a chance to do good for men's health.
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NewsOur Auckland: Here's Where Our Readers Love to Have a Staycation in Auckland
Plan a few nights away — in your own city.
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NewsNSW Is Further Easing Gathering and Small Venue Capacity Limits From December 1
You'll be able to have 50 people in your backyard or 30 inside, and small cafes will be able to move to the one-person-per-two-square-metres rule.
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NewsANZ Stadium Is Being Transformed Into a Nine-Hole Multi-Level Golf Course
Hit a hole-in-one on the famous sporting ground.
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NewsQueensland Is Reopening Its Borders to Victoria From December 1
As previously flagged, the Sunshine State will reopen to both Victoria and NSW when December hits.
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NewsAudible Is Offering a Heap of Free Audiobooks to Help Keep You Entertained On Your Summer Road Trips
They all tie into seven summer itineraries, which'll take you travelling between small businesses across the country.
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NewsTrains Won't Run Across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for the First Ten Days of January
Buses will replaces trains between North Sydney and Wynyard from January 1–10.
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NewsQantas Will Only Let Passengers Fly Overseas If They've Had a COVID-19 Vaccination
When international travel to and from Australia resumes, of course.
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NewsQueensland Is Reopening Its Borders to All of NSW From December 1
It's set to open to Victoria from that date, too, as long as the state records no new cases in the next 24 hours.
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NewsVictoria Has Hit Zero Active COVID-19 Cases for the First Time Since February
It has now been 25 days since a COVID-19 case or death was reported, too.
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NewsThis New Dining and Music Experience Is Being Held in a Twinkling Glowworm Cave
Listen to operatic classics in a stunning glowworm cathedral.
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NewsAn Adventure-Packed Date Itinerary If You and Your Partner Aren't Big on Romantic Dinners
Take your romance to new heights and make your next date non-basic.
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NewsOur Auckland: Five Unforgettable Animal Encounters Our Readers Love to Have in Auckland
Search for nocturnal animals on an after-dark tour and go scuba diving in a marine reserve.
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NewsVictorians Will No Longer Be Required to Wear Face Masks Outside From Midnight Tonight
As long as you can maintain social distancing — but they're still mandatory indoors.
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NewsVictoria Is Easing Venue and Gathering Limits Even Further From Midnight Tonight
At-home gathering limits will increase again in mid-December, too — just in time for Christmas.
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NewsMelbourne's Long-Awaited Airport Rail Link Will Run Trains to the CBD Every Ten Minutes
The trip from the airport to the city will take less than 30 minutes — and the service should be up and running by 2029.
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NewsVictoria Is Set to Score New Coastal Walking Tracks, Campsites and a Hot Springs Resort
They'll be funded through a $465 million Victorian Tourism Recovery Package as part of the 2020–21 State Budget.
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NewsYou Can Now Hire a Water Bike to Pedal Your Way Along the Brisbane River
The stable vessels float on the water, and feature a mounted seat and pedals on top — and they're now available to rent in Brisbane.
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NewsFive Epic Animal Encounters You Can Only Experience in Bundaberg
See turtles hatch, swim with manta rays and feed baby goats.
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NewsVictoria's Peninsula Hot Springs Is Launching Luxury Onsite Glamping So You Can Bathe and Stay
From December 1, you'll be able to pamper the day away, then spend the night in luxury.
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NewsQT Auckland's New Art-Led Hotel Brings Quirky Luxury to the Waterfront
The oyster-themed property comes with seafood print carpets, suspended art installations and a new restaurant from Sean Connolly.
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NewsMelbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens Is Now Home to More Than 3000 Cacti and Succulents
They're part of the site's new 'arid garden', which features 400 different species.
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NewsThe Victorian Government Is Giving Residents $200 Vouchers to Spend on Regional Getaways
The new $28 million scheme is set to come into effect in December, with 120,000 vouchers available
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NewsThe NSW Government Is Advising Sydneysiders to Delay Non-Essential Travel to South Australia
"The borders are completely open, but if it's not essential travel, think about if you want to go in the next few days," said Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
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NewsThe Historic Leonids Meteor Shower Is Soaring Through the Sky This Week
Head outside and look up.
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NewsJetstar 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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NewsOur Auckland: Seven Epic Outdoor Adventures Our Readers Love to Have in Auckland
Start playing in your own backyard again.
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NewsSearoad Ferries Is Giving Away More Than 30,000 Free Tickets for Day Trips to Queenscliff and Sorrento
That's more than $1 million worth — for trips between late November this year and July next year.
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NewsEight Brilliant On-Water Experiences That You Should Book for Summer
Nose dive into an underwater network of caves, go island hopping on a jet ski tour or jump behind the wheel of a high-performance sailboat.
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NewsFace Coverings Will Be Mandatory on All Flights and Auckland Public Transport from Thursday
The new orders will come into force on Thursday.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide to Patonga, Pearl Beach and Killcare
Feast on oysters, sip locally made gin and stay in luxury accommodation on the Central Coast.
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News
Queensland Has Declared Adelaide a COVID-19 Hotspot and Is Shutting Its Borders to the City
The news comes after 17 cases were identified in the South Australian capital in the past 24 hours.
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NewsSeven Things You Didn't Realise You Could Do in Gippsland
From scenic camel rides to renting your own island.
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NewsThese 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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NewsWA 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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