A Local’s Guide to Visiting Brisbane

A local's guide to the sunniest city in Australia, Brisbane.

Stay in Africa’s First Underwater Hotel Room

Sleep in subaquatic comfort.

Ten Hotel Oases That Will Cool You Down in Summer

Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have the lowdown on where the trendsetters sleep.

A Local’s Guide to Visiting Melbourne

Get your advice from a local and explore every corner (and coffee) of Melbourne, from Brunswick to Balaclava and back again.

Win NYE in NYC

Enter for a chance to win a trip for two to the Big Apple for NYE.

An Insider’s Twelve Tips on How to Do NYC

Get the most of your no doubt too short time in the City That Never Sleeps.

lastminute.com.au’s Top Five Hotels in NYC

The best places to stay all over the city.

Concrete Playground visits Vudu Cafe and Larder in Queenstown

The Ten Best Hikes in New Zealand

We have one of the most beautiful countries in the world, it would almost be rude not to explore it a bit.

World’s Most Instagrammable Hotel Opens in Sydney

1888 Hotel has built in special features to inspire photographers of all stripes.

Scale a Stairway of Lights and Blossoms in Sicily

The ingenious festival decorations of Sicily's most magnificent staircase.

Ten Places to Get an Early Taste of Summer

Here are ten destinations that could well have you digging out your long lost swimmers.

Your Guide to a Spring Weekend in the Hunter Valley

The perfect weekender, whether you're with friends, your lover or your mum.

Join the Party In the Village

Homegrown and international acts create the party at ground level.

The Competition Heats Up On the Mountain

Competition for pros who can’t keep off the white stuff and amateurs who aren't afraid to get their fancy dress on.

Exclusive Victorian Winter Getaways from Mr & Mrs Smith

Hotel connoisseurs Mr & Mrs Smith are here to tempt you out of your uggies and into a winter wonderland.

Ten Gourmet Winter Getaways

These hotel dining rooms draw food critics like thirsty wildebeest to a watering hole.

Tourist in my Own Country /// Raglan

We loaded up the surfboards and took the brand new VW Golf for a spin to New Zealand's surf mecca township of Raglan.

Try a Truly Sustainable Diet at Pestival

The Noma chefs pitch in to help tune your tastebuds to the appreciation of bugs.

Ten Incredible New Zealand Road Trips

List off ten of the best road trips in New Zealand.

Ten Inspiring Surf Getaways Across the Globe

Surf traveller and Editor/Founder of Stab Magazine, Derek Rielly, offers his insights into ten dreamboat waves across the globe.

Photographer Gets Led Around the World by His Girlfriend

Osmann's photographic journey takes viewers on a trip which is stunning in more ways than one.

South American Dreaming

Regular contributor to Concrete Playground Kristy Mayo offers up her advice and experience of South America.

Tourist in my Own Country /// Cape Town

Thinking of hitting up Cape Town for a holiday?

Contiki’s Ten Best Travel Destinations for 2013

Contiki offers their Top Ten Holiday destinations for 2013.

The World’s Most Beautiful Public Swimming Pools

Natural and human-made beauty combine in these stunning locales that are open to all.

Eat and Drink Hong Kong Style

Concrete Playground offers some advice for eating and drinking in one of the world's most expensive cities.

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.

Trippin on the Pacific Coast Highway

Guest contributor Sam Mickell loses his soul along the Big Sur.

Bruce 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.

The 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.

Rare 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...

Aerial Views of Australian Beaches

Shot from doorless helicopters, American photographer Gray Malin has captured your weekend days on the beach, from above.

Remarkable 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.

Ten Film-Inspired Luxury Getaways

We've reviewed the new releases and flipped through the DVD cabinet to bring you ten jaw-dropping locations.

Ten Weird but Wonderful Spas

Whether you use them for cleansing, decompressing or just some well-earned R 'n' R, spas have been a ubiquitous part of the tourism industry.

Tourist In My Own Country /// Hokianga Harbour

The first in a series of travel inspired travels around God's own.

Contiki Send Vloggers Around Europe

Contiki utilise vloggers in their latest global campaign.

The Best Photos of Oktoberfest 2012

A little peak into the thrills and spills of the first week of Oktoberfest 2012.

Eight 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.