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Hotel
Hannah St Hotel

19 Walker Street, Southbank

Head to Hannah St Hotel for a heavenly home-away-from-home feeling for your next staycation or interstate holiday.

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Hotel
Grand Hyatt Melbourne

123 Collins Street, Melbourne

A Collins Street landmark since 1986, the Grand Hyatt Melbourne continues to balance old-world grandeur with skyline views, updated dining, and classic five-star amenities.

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Event
ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix 2026, Auckland

Sat, 14 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
Wynyard Quarter, Auckland

SailGP is bringing high-speed racing to the heart of Auckland's CBD this February.

Buy Tickets

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Event
ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix 2026

Sat, 14 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
Wynyard Quarter, Auckland

SailGP is bringing high-speed racing to the heart of Auckland's CBD this February.

Buy Tickets

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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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News
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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News
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
Grand Hyatt Melbourne

123 Collins Street, Melbourne

A Collins Street landmark since 1986, the Grand Hyatt Melbourne continues to balance old-world grandeur with skyline views, updated dining, and classic five-star amenities.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ten Incredible New Zealand Road Trips

List off ten of the best road trips in New Zealand.
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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.
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Eat 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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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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Trippin on the Pacific Coast Highway

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

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.
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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.
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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...
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Travel & Leisure

Aerial 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 & Leisure

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.
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Arts & Entertainment

Ten Film-Inspired Luxury Getaways

We've reviewed the new releases and flipped through the DVD cabinet to bring you ten jaw-dropping locations.
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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.
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Tourist In My Own Country /// Hokianga Harbour

The first in a series of travel inspired travels around God's own.
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Contiki Send Vloggers Around Europe

Contiki utilise vloggers in their latest global campaign.
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The Best Photos of Oktoberfest 2012

A little peak into the thrills and spills of the first week of Oktoberfest 2012.
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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.
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Hooroo: A New Kind of Travel Website

Real people who really want to share their travel adventures.
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A Glamping Guide for Music Festivals

Gear up for all of winter's festivals with 10 glamping necessities.
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Incredible Luxury Getaways from Brisbane

If you fancy a glam getaway close to home, you’re in luck.
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The Ten Best Luxury Getaways from Auckland

If you fancy a glam getaway close to home, you’re in luck.
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The 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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Highlights of an Unmapped Roadtrip of NSW

Five highlights from an Unmapped Road Trip around New South Wales.
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Five 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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Sceptic 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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Wheels On The Bus – The Roadtrip to Rhythm and Vines
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Sweden’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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Japan 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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Newcastle 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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First-Ever Space Hotel Set to Open in 2016

Space tourism set to become a reality in the next few years.
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21 of the World’s Most Stunning Holiday Destinations

Some of the places that truly capture the imagination around the globe.
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Corinne Vionnet’s Photo Opportunities Capture the Tourist Experience

Thousand's of observations from the tourist paparazzi come together in single, haunting images.