• News

    Fifteen of the Most Unique Stays You Can Book Around New Zealand

    Spend a few nights in a leafy treehouse, a beautifully restored truck perched right on the bay or even a mountaintop cabin with views for days.

  • News

    The Best Dog-Friendly Hotels, B&Bs and Self-Contained Getaways in Victoria

    Accommodations where both you and your pet can sit and stay all around Victoria.

  • News

    Now Open: The CBD's Newest Luxury Hotel Melbourne Place Is Home to Three Knock-Out Hospitality Venues

    The new 14-storey hotel is home to a Med-inspired restaurant, Portuguese diner and late-night basement bar.

  • Feature

    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.

  • Feature

    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.

  • Feature

    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.

  • Feature

    Into the Wild: Go off the Beaten Path at These Fascinating Regional Destinations

    Get out of town — literally — and do your weekend differently.

  • 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.

  • Feature

    A Southern Edge Road Trip: Follow a CP Writer's Ambling Foodie Adventure in Tasmania's South

    "While I love a scenic road trip with good company as much as the next person, this road trip truly rivalled almost every journey I can recall."

  • Feature

    A Northern Forage Road Trip: Follow a CP Writer's Tasting Tour Across Tasmania's North

    Proceed with an empty stomach, an open mind and a readiness to build a more meaningful relationship with what’s on your plate.

  • News

    Meet The Culinary Tastemakers Championing Tasmanian Produce

    Meet the passionate advocates and entrepreneurs who deal in flavours of the wild and tastes of terroir with the finest produce the earth and sea can offer.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Kangaroo Island

    The South Australian island's wineries, beaches, oyster farms and accommodation are as beautiful as ever.

  • 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.

  • News

    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.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Daylesford

    Spend a few days wrapped in nature, natural mineral springs and a blanket of good food and wine.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to the Mornington Peninsula

    Just an hour out of Melbourne, the Peninsula provides the perfect combo of coastal parks, prime produce and pinot noir.

  • News

    The Best Dog-Friendly Hotels, B&Bs and Self-Contained Getaways in Victoria

    Accommodations where both you and your pet can sit and stay all around Victoria.

  • Guide

    The 14 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.

  • Hotel

    Lanson Place Parliament Gardens

    502 Albert Street, East Melbourne

    This new Melbourne hotel houses a 20-metre lap pool, gym, all-day diner and cocktail bar, and 137 rooms.

  • News

    Ten Next-Level Australian Stays with Outdoor Baths for the Ultimate Relax and Rewind Getaway

    Whether you fancy relaxing in a private Japanese bathhouse, a rustic metal tub perched on a farm's timber deck, or a spa-bath in a mountain cave — we've got you covered.

  • News

    The Best Places to Go Glamping in New Zealand

    Choose from seaside glamping spots, campsites in the mountains and tents scattered about countryside farms full of roaming sheep.

  • News

    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.

Travel

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

    The Victorian Government Is Giving Residents $200 Vouchers to Spend on Regional Getaways

    The new $28 million scheme is set to come into effect in December, with 120,000 vouchers available

  • Travel & Leisure

    Jetstar Is Hosting Another Hefty Domestic Sale with Return Flights As Low As $65

    Book a flight one way and you'll get the return trip for free — across 51 routes.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Searoad Ferries Is Giving Away More Than 30,000 Free Tickets for Day Trips to Queenscliff and Sorrento

    That's more than $1 million worth — for trips between late November this year and July next year.

  • Travel & Leisure

    A Weekender's Guide to Patonga, Pearl Beach and Killcare

    Feast on oysters, sip locally made gin and stay in luxury accommodation on the Central Coast.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Seven Things You Didn't Realise You Could Do in Gippsland

    From scenic camel rides to renting your own island.

  • Travel & Leisure

    These Underwater Expeditions Will Let You Explore and Document the Current State of the Titanic

    Because everyone's fascination with the historic wreck will go on.

  • Travel & Leisure

    WA Has Scrapped Its Border Restrictions for All States and Territories Except NSW and Victoria

    Sydneysiders and Melburnians will need to isolate for 14 days upon arrival — but everyone else can enter without quarantining.

  • Travel & Leisure

    South Australia Is Opening Its Borders to Victoria So Time to Book a Wine-Fuelled Holiday

    Melburnians will be allowed into SA (without quarantining) from December 1.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Virgin Has Launched a Huge Domestic Sale with 500,000 Flights Starting from $75

    And there are lots of flights available over Christmas and NYE.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Everything You Need to Know Before Heading on a Road Trip with Your Pet

    Learn some tips and tricks for bringing your four-legged friend along with you on your next holiday.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Victorians Will Be Able to Visit Tasmania Without Quarantining from November 27

    It'll be the final state allowed to cross the Strait.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The NT Government Is Offering $1000 Discounts on Trips to the Territory This Summer

    It applies to flights, accommodation, tours and attractions, and vehicle hire.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Ten Lush Getaways You Can Book in the Yarra Valley

    Escape the city to the Yarra Valley for a weekend of wine drinking and sleeping among the trees.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Metro Melbourne Is Set to Further Ease Venue and Gathering Limits From November 22

    Melburnians, prepare to spend some more time in more places with more people.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Metro Melbourne's 25-Kilometre Rule and Regional Travel Ban Will Lift From Midnight Tonight

    Premier Daniel Andrews has also outlined the next set of planned steps, which'll come into effect on November 22.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Mornington Peninsula's Foreshore Camping Grounds Won't Reopen Until February 2021

    Victorians will soon be able to travel regionally, but campsites in Rye, Rosebud and Sorrento won't reopen for the summer.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Ten of the Most Blissful Waterfront Stays You Can Book in East Gippsland

    This regional gem is filled with idyllic waterfront retreats offering the ultimate antidote to city life.

  • Travel & Leisure

    NSW Will Reopen Its Border with Victoria From November 23

    The move comes as Victoria has recorded five consecutive days with zero new COVID-19 cases.

  • Travel & Leisure

    You Can Now Book a Boozy and Nostalgic Getaway in Australia's First Gin-Themed Caravan

    Available to book until the end of summer, it's a collaboration between caravan rental site Camplify and The Botanist Gin.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Western Australia Will Lift Its Hard Border and Let Visitors From Most Other States Enter Without Quarantining

    Travellers from states with low levels of community transmission — a five-case rolling average across the past fortnight — still need to isolate for 14 days upon arrival.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Ridesharing Service DiDi Is Offering Half-Price Rides Three Days a Week Until Early December

    If you don't want head to the pub via public transport, you can rideshare — for cheap.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Regional Holidays within Victoria Will Be Allowed From November 8

    Metro Melbourne residents will be able to travel within the state, and stay overnight — with your own household, your partner or one other household

  • Travel & Leisure

    Ovolo Hotels' New Staycation Options Will Have You Spending Your Annual Leave in Your Own City

    Treat yourself to a few nights away in a luxe room — with in-room massages, boat tours and eight-course degustations.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Six Ways to Have a Jam-Packed Getaway in Queenstown

    Float to 6000 feet on a balloon tour, hit a backcountry cycle trail and then unwind by an outdoor firepit.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Tasmania Has Opened Its Borders to Most of Australia and NZ

    NSW residents are set to be allowed in from next week, too, but Victorians will need to wait a little longer.

  • Travel & Leisure
    Brunswick East

    Barbers of Brunswick

    A sleek barbershop in Brunswick with a lounge bar out the back.

  • Travel & Leisure

    You Can Win a Luxury Getaway to Byron Bay Complete with a Fridge Full of Seltzers

    Escape to the coast without spending a cent.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Twelve Blissful Coastal Escapes You Can Book in Shoalhaven

    Escape the city for a few nights in a romantic former silo with 360-degree views or a group getaway with private beach access.

  • Travel & Leisure

    You Can Now Add Ziplining Into a Life-Sized Godzilla Statue to Your Post-Pandemic Travel List

    The new Japanese theme park attraction stretches across 120 metres in length — and also features a Godzilla museum and Godzilla-themed food.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Roxy Is Giving Away Free Holidays to Absolutely Any Beach in Australia

    You could spend a weekend in The Whitsundays, head on a surfing trip to Rottnest Island or relax in tropical Noosa. Here's how to enter.

  • Travel & Leisure

    You Can Now Stay in These Luxe Shipping Container Tiny Homes That'll Move Between Resorts

    NRMA's new 'glamtainers' have landed on the NSW Central Coast until the end of autumn, before heading to Jindabyne for ski season.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Has Been Named One of 2020's Ultimate Travel Experiences

    The Northern Territory site came in third in Lonely Planet's new list, with the UNESCO Heritage Site of Petra in Jordan nabbing the top spot.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Sydney Has Once Again Been Named One of the Top Ten Best Cities in the World

    The NSW capital came in at number four in Condé Nast Traveler's annual Readers' Choice Awards.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Tasmania Looks Set to Open Its Border to Most of the Country by the End of October

    It'll open to "low-risk Australian jurisdictions" — which includes Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory, the ACT and, depending on case numbers, possibly NSW.

  • Travel & Leisure

    New Zealanders Will Be Able to Travel to Australia from Mid-October as Part of a One-Way Bubble

    To start, New Zealanders will be allowed to visit NSW and the NT — and won't have to quarantine on arrival.

  • Travel & Leisure

    JBL's Aussie Travel Competition

    Let JBL cure your wanderlust with $5000 to go towards your next trip.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Tourism Australia's New Multi-Sensory Videos Capture the Sights and Sounds of the Country's Most Stunning Spots

    Embark on one of six colour-themed virtual escapes, visiting eye-catching destinations around the nation.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Australia's Travel Bubble with New Zealand Could Possibly Be in Place Before the End of the Year

    The potential plan, which would let Australian and New Zealand residents travel between the two countries before they open up to other international visitors, has been a hot topic of conversation over the past few months.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The South Australian City of Whyalla Is Now Home to a Spectacular New LED-Lit Circular Jetty

    Add it to your must-visit list — it spans 315 metres, and is the only jetty of its kind in the southern hemisphere.

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