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South American Dreaming
Regular contributor to Concrete Playground Kristy Mayo offers up her advice and experience of South America.
Rolling updates including travel alerts, holiday destination information, tourism, airfares and airline news
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FeatureWeekend Wanders: Eat, Drink, and Explore Your Way Around Ballarat
Less than two hours from Melbourne is an epicurean haven that has flown under the radar for far too long. Let's change that.
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NewsFrom the 'Up' House to Prince's 'Purple Rain' Mansion, Airbnb's New Icons Listings Go Big on Pop Culture-Themed Stays
Thanks to the first 11 listings, you can also step inside 'X-Men ’97', sleep in the 'Inside Out 2' headquarters and be hosted by Doja Cat.
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HotelLittle National Hotel Sydney
26 Clarence Street, Sydney
Positioned above Wynyard Walk, this sleek boutique hotel promises respite from the Harbour City's hustle and bustle.
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NewsQueensland's First Kimpton Hotel Is Opening in Brisbane with a Stunning Infinity Pool Overlooking the River
Set to open in 2028, the Teneriffe spot will feature 155 rooms and suites, a signature restaurant and bar that can seat at least 200, and an openair garden terrace bar.
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FeatureExquisite Eats, Gorgeous Gardens and the World's Fastest Cars: A First-Timer's Guide to Singapore
For a small island, Singapore sure packs a punch.
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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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A selection of experiences that offer hands-on foodie encounters to seek out and savour
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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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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.
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Taste of Tasmania: Discover the Delicious Charm of the Apple Isle
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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.
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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 Port Stephens
Slurp local oysters, ride through the dunes and unearth 'Mad Max' sets on the coast.
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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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NewsThe Essential Spring Long Weekender's Guide to Hobart
For New Zealanders in search of epic adventures, incredible scenery, delicious gastronomy and damn good wine, you don't have to travel far.
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GuideThe 13 Best Hotels In Melbourne
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 and pillow menus await.
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GuideThe Ten Best Hotels in Brisbane
Whether you're vacationing or staycationing, this lineup of the top hotels in Brisbane will help you live your best life — fine restaurants, premium spas and rooftop pools for days.
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NewsOur Guide to the 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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HotelKimpton Margot Sydney
339 Pitt Street, Sydney
Heritage-listed art deco features are paired with contemporary Aussie style, an in-house restaurant from Luke Mangan and a rooftop pool at this luxury Sydney hotel.
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HotelMotel Molly
2 Shepherd Street, Mollymook
Treat yourself to some coastal R&R at this boutique hotel situated only three hours from Sydney.
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Get Concrete Playground's take on the latest travel news, events, places and trips
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Travel & LeisureTourist in my Own Country /// Cape Town
Thinking of hitting up Cape Town for a holiday?
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Travel & LeisureContiki’s Ten Best Travel Destinations for 2013
Contiki offers their Top Ten Holiday destinations for 2013.
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Travel & LeisureThe World’s Most Beautiful Public Swimming Pools
Natural and human-made beauty combine in these stunning locales that are open to all.
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Arts & EntertainmentEat and Drink Hong Kong Style
Concrete Playground offers some advice for eating and drinking in one of the world's most expensive cities.
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Arts & Entertainment
Eat and Drink Hong Kong Style
Hong Kong is almost close enough to justify a long weekend away. Here's Concrete Playground's guide to eating and drinking HK style.
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Travel & LeisureTrippin on the Pacific Coast Highway
Guest contributor Sam Mickell loses his soul along the Big Sur.
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Travel & LeisureBruce Myren’s Inspired 40th Parallel Photo Series
The 40th parallel is much more than simply a line of latitude spanning the distance of America from East to West.
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Travel & LeisureThe Kombi Trail: Nine Students and VW Van
A tale of nine students fresh out of university who embark on the journey of a lifetime with the Cold War as a backdrop and a VW Kombi as means of transportation.
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Arts & EntertainmentRare Colour Photographs of Paris in 1914
These photographs of Paris in 1914 are particularly enchanting not only because they go back to the denouement of the peaceful and reformatory Belle Epoque...
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Travel & LeisureAerial Views of Australian Beaches
Shot from doorless helicopters, American photographer Gray Malin has captured your weekend days on the beach, from above.
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Travel & LeisureRemarkable Aerial Photographs of Iceland’s Volcanic Systems
Andre Armolaev has captured incredible aerial images of Iceland's twisting rivers meandering across black, ashy volcanic land.
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Arts & EntertainmentTen Film-Inspired Luxury Getaways
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Travel & LeisureTourist In My Own Country /// Hokianga Harbour
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Travel & LeisureContiki Send Vloggers Around Europe
Contiki utilise vloggers in their latest global campaign.
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Travel & LeisureThe Best Photos of Oktoberfest 2012
A little peak into the thrills and spills of the first week of Oktoberfest 2012.
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Arts & EntertainmentEight International Festivals New Zealand Could Learn From
Here are a few overseas festivals that manage to combine brazen antics, booze and grannies in souped-up shopping carts with more cultivated offerings.
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Real people who really want to share their travel adventures.
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Arts & EntertainmentA Glamping Guide for Music Festivals
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Travel & LeisureIncredible Luxury Getaways from Brisbane
If you fancy a glam getaway close to home, you’re in luck.
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Travel & LeisureThe Ten Best Luxury Getaways from Auckland
If you fancy a glam getaway close to home, you’re in luck.
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Travel & LeisureThe Five Best Vineyard Getaways in Australia
Pop open a bottle of estate-grown wine at these stylish stays among the Australian vines.
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Travel & LeisureHighlights of an Unmapped Roadtrip of NSW
Five highlights from an Unmapped Road Trip around New South Wales.
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Design & StyleFive of the World’s Weirdest Hotels
These hotels will ensure that the destination will be just as exciting as the journey on your next holiday.
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Travel & LeisureSceptic Kiwi Heading to New South Wales
Nominated to be one of five international bloggers, I promise to be entertaining and represent New Zealand responsibly. If that is possible?
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Travel & LeisureWheels On The Bus – The Roadtrip to Rhythm and Vines
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Design & StyleSweden’s Treehouse Hotel
The hotel has five different rooms, all of which are themed differently and offer much more than your standard bed and complementary chocolate.
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Arts & EntertainmentJapan Tourism to Offer 10,000 Free Flights to Bloggers
At last, there may be a way to put your otherwise life-crippling Facebook addiction to good use.
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Arts & EntertainmentNewcastle Hosts Two Festivals In One Weekend
Yes, we do like to poke fun at our younger brother Newcastle now and then. But next week we have to admit he's winning big time.
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Design & StyleFirst-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016
Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.
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Arts & Entertainment21 of the World’s Most Stunning Holiday Destinations
Some of the places that truly capture the imagination around the globe.
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Arts & EntertainmentCorinne Vionnet’s Photo Opportunities Capture the Tourist Experience
Thousand's of observations from the tourist paparazzi come together in single, haunting images.