Travel & Leisure
Uber Launches Cash-Only Auto-Rickshaw Service
A world first for the taxi-challenging app.
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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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NewsQantas Is Launching Direct Flights From Australia to Sapporo So You Can Get to Japan's Snowfields Quicker
The new route flies out of Sydney and will launch this coming December, ready for the 2025–26 snow season.
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NewsThe Five Best Rivers for Swimming in Near Brisbane
Skip the surf and overcrowded sands of Queensland's beaches in favour of floating upstream at these nearby rivers.
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NewsIn Pictures: Sydney Has Been Thrashed by Severe Thunderstorms with More Wild Weather on the Way
Forget Sydney's NYE fireworks — Mother Nature has put them to shame with an epic light show in the skies above the Harbour City.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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Guide
The 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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HotelThe StandardX
62 Rose Street, Fitzroy
Fitzroy's The StandardX boasts 125 luxury rooms, a rooftop bar and a contemporary Thai restaurant.
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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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NewsThe Eight Best Places to Go Glamping in Victoria
All these luxury Victorian glamping experiences are under two hours away from the Melbourne CBD — so you can easily have your weekend wilderness adventure and goose-feather down quilt, too.
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NewsTen Treehouses Around Australia You Can Book for an Immersive Nature Getaway
Book a stay deep in the Blue Mountains or a stone's throw away from the Great Barrier Reef.
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NewsTen of the Most-Secluded Waterfront Getaways You Can Book on the Northern Beaches
You can't jump on a plane to the Riviera, but you can escape the city for a tranquil weekend on Pittwater.
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Travel & LeisureWine Lover's Weekenders
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Travel & LeisureA 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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Travel & LeisureA Wine Lover's Weekender in the Southern Highlands
The place to go when you long to sip pinot noir by a crackling wood fire.
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Travel & LeisureThis New Hotel Offers Accomodation for Both Tourists and Refugees
Now here's a bighearted social enterprise.
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Travel & LeisureYour Guide to a Bay of Islands Weekend Getaway
There is no sparsity of sea views or good vibes in the Bay of Islands.
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Food & DrinkAuckland CBDLucky Buddha - CLOSED
An Asian fusion restaurant and menu designed for sharing.
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Travel & LeisureAirbnb's Latest Terrifying Stay is Snuggled In the End of This Ski Jump
Checkout is via zipline. Really.
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Travel & LeisureThe Five Best Hotel Getaways on the Coral Coast
Extend your summer. Run away to the WA beaches.
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Travel & LeisureTen Hotel Oases That Will Cool You Down in Summer
The lowdown on where the trendsetters sleep.
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Travel & LeisureMelbourneMelbourne Japanese Summer Festival 2015
Learn the art of origami, watch live Japanese music and eat as much soft shell crab salad as you can.
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Travel & LeisureHow to Spend 60 Hours in Margaret River
Where vineyards meet the sea and ice cream is a 'cow to cone' operation.
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Travel & LeisureWin a Western Australian Wine Adventure Thanks to WineMarket
Because a love of wine should always be rewarded.
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Food & DrinkThe 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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Food & DrinkCBDMonsoon Poon
Through Monsoon Poon's doors are the lantern-lit South East Asian vibes of yesteryear.
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Food & DrinkThe Eight Best Mexican Restaurants in Wellington
Great Mexican food, much like Wellington city, is a study of contrasts.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Rent This Entire Cave on Airbnb
It's a cave. Your accommodation is an entire cave.
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Travel & LeisureSpend a Luxurious, Terrifying Night Dangling at 9000ft
Two double beds and 360 degree views, but no bathroom.
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Food & DrinkThe Ten Best Cafes on the North Shore
The Shore is home to free parking, an endless coast of user-friendly beaches and some of the most relaxed cafes in town.
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Travel & LeisureThe Ten Best Drives in the Auckland Region
Sunvisors, cityscapes and seaside adventures - buckle up, we've got the best drives in town.
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Travel & LeisureAucklandSilo Park Bike Markets
Aspiring cyclists and veterans alike will be treated to a day of bike-related events.
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Travel & LeisureThe Ten Best Summer Getaways From Melbourne
When the Fitzroy Pool just doesn't cut it, get your friends together for one of these jaunts out of town.
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Travel & LeisureThe Ten Best Summer Getaways from Sydney
You're never more than an hour away from a cabin on the coast and a cocktail to shake in it.
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Travel & LeisureThe Ten Best Summer Getaways From Brisbane
You're never more than an hour away from a cabin on the coast and a cocktail to shake in it.
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Travel & LeisureThe Ten Best Things to Come Out of Jamaica
Jerk, James Bond, the world's finest coffee and rum? Thank Jamaica.
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Travel & LeisureConcrete Playground's Guide to Sydney's Islands
Grab the wine cooler, pack a picnic and go island hopping in your own city.
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Travel & LeisureMr and Mrs Smith’s Boutique Hotel Bucket List
Let the winners of the Smith Hotel Awards inspire your daydreaming.
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Travel & LeisureThe Seven Best Staycations in Auckland
Snorkel in a pristine marine reserve, take a tour through some of New Zealand's best wineries, cardboard box down an old World War II bunker-laden hill or surf the West Coast.
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Arts & EntertainmentFive Barossa Valley Events That Are Worth the Road Trip
Apparently there's more to the Barossa than wineries.
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Travel & LeisureThe Quaffer’s Guide to the Best of the Barossa
Cam Knight takes you on a well-trodden path through his favourite Barossa cellar doors, restaurants and markets.
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Arts & EntertainmentWin a Holiday to Brisbane for GOMA’s 30 Years of Japanese Fashion Exhibition
Harajuku meets South Bank on this perfect holiday.
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Food & DrinkFive Dining Trends That Are Big in Japan
Japan has 32 Michelin-starred restaurants. These aren't them.
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Travel & LeisureFive Unexpected Highlights to Seek Out in Bangkok
Thailand is undoubtedly one of Australia's favourite holiday destinations, but not usually for these reasons.
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Food & DrinkAucklandScarlett Slimms & Lucky
Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.
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Travel & LeisureYour Guide to Queenstown Part Four: What to Do
Here's just a tiny morsel of the activities Queenstown has to offer.