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This South Coast Winery Is Offering 20 Percent Off Luxury Villas and a $100 Estate Credit

58 Washburton Road, Ulladulla

If you've been looking for a summer escape, this is your sign.

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Planning A Trip to Tassie? Add These Whisky-Fuelled Experiences To Your List

The Still and Pontville Distillery offer both charming history and a glimpse into Tasmania's new wave of whisky.

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Sydney in Summer

See the Harbour City come alive when the sun shines.

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Hungry for Adventure: A New Study Has Revealed That Victoria Is Home to Three of Australia's Top Summer Foodie Road Trips

Plan your next road trip with the best food in mind, as a recently released study reveals why Victoria is ideal for adventures that combine driving and dining.

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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.

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Chase 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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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.

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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.

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Into 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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Green Playground

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

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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

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

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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A Weekender's Guide To Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale

Less than two hours from Melbourne, whisky bars, mineral baths, coastal hikes and a huge art festival await.

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A 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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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.

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A 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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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.

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Hotel
The StandardX

62 Rose Street, Fitzroy

Fitzroy's The StandardX boasts 125 luxury rooms, a rooftop bar and a contemporary restaurant with rotating chefs in residency.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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The 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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Travel

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

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Three Perfect Itineraries for Exploring Perth and WA

Whether you're in it for a day, a week or the long haul.
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lastminute.com.au’s Top Five Places to Stay in WA

Keeping the snakes out, in style.
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lastminute.com.au’s Ultimate Guide to Western Australia

There's an entire new land to discover out west.
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In Dramatic Role Reversal, Melbourne-Inspired Eatery Opens in New York

Start spreading the news, New York has got a taste of Down Under.
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Design & Style

Ten Outdoor Accessories to Make Your Next Camping Trip the Ultimate

Summer is here, which means that it's time to leave the den. Might as well do it in style.
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Design & Style

New Site Behomm Offers Home Swaps for Artists and Designers

Never stay in an ugly (or normal) house again.
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Ten Heart-Racing Hotels for Valentine’s Day Escapes

Forget humdrum hallmark this V-Day.
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Travel & Leisure

The Ten Best Camping Getaways from Sydney

A digital detox is just a few hours away.
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Travel & Leisure

The Ten Best Camping Getaways from Auckland

Summer's snuck up on us, making it a pretty ideal time to get acquainted with nature.
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Travel & Leisure

Mr & Mrs Smith’s Ten Best Boutique Hotels on a Budget

Who says you can't stay somewhere spectacular without breaking your holiday budget?
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Travel & Leisure

The Ultimate Escape in the Daintree and Port Douglas

For the ultimate Aussie getaway, we head far, far north to Port Douglas, the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef.
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Travel & Leisure

Win the Ultimate Queenstown New Year’s Experience

No idea what you're up to this New Years yet? We've got the ultimate New Years up for grabs, which includes two flights to Queenstown, two nights accommodation in Queenstown, bungy jumping, a $100 bar tab, a two day R&A premium teepee camping pass and two passes to the VIP area at the Vodafone Vintage Club.
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Mr & Mrs Smith’s Ten Hottest Hotel Bars

If you're a jetsetting barfly, get ready to spread your wings and drool over the world's top ten hotel bars.
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The Seven Best Camping Getaways from Brisbane

Get outta town.
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A Local’s Guide to Visiting Brisbane

A local's guide to the sunniest city in Australia, Brisbane.
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Stay in Africa’s First Underwater Hotel Room

Sleep in subaquatic comfort.
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Ten Hotel Oases That Will Cool You Down in Summer

Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have the lowdown on where the trendsetters sleep.
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A Local’s Guide to Visiting Melbourne

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Win NYE in NYC

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

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

The best places to stay all over the city.
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Food & Drink

Concrete Playground visits Vudu Cafe and Larder in Queenstown
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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.
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World’s Most Instagrammable Hotel Opens in Sydney

1888 Hotel has built in special features to inspire photographers of all stripes.
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Scale a Stairway of Lights and Blossoms in Sicily

The ingenious festival decorations of Sicily's most magnificent staircase.
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Ten Places to Get an Early Taste of Summer

Here are ten destinations that could well have you digging out your long lost swimmers.
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Your Guide to a Spring Weekend in the Hunter Valley

The perfect weekender, whether you're with friends, your lover or your mum.
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Join the Party In the Village

Homegrown and international acts create the party at ground level.
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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.
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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.
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Arts & Entertainment

Ten Gourmet Winter Getaways

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

Try a Truly Sustainable Diet at Pestival

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

Ten Incredible New Zealand Road Trips

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

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.
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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.
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South American Dreaming

Regular contributor to Concrete Playground Kristy Mayo offers up her advice and experience of South America.
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Tourist in my Own Country /// Cape Town

Thinking of hitting up Cape Town for a holiday?
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Contiki’s Ten Best Travel Destinations for 2013

Contiki offers their Top Ten Holiday destinations for 2013.
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The World’s Most Beautiful Public Swimming Pools

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