Travel & Leisure
This Guest House’s $500 Bad Review Fine is Seriously Backfiring
Think before you joke-fine.
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NewsFifteen 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.
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NewsThe Ultimate Singapore Food Guide (For More Than Chilli Crab and Chicken Rice)
You’ll be ordering like a local in no time.
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NewsThe 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.
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NewsNow 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.
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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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FeatureA 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."
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FeatureA 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.
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NewsMeet 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.
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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 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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NewsA Weekender's Guide to Daylesford
Spend a few days wrapped in nature, natural mineral springs and a blanket of good food and wine.
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NewsA 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.
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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.
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GuideThe 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.
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HotelLanson 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.
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NewsTen 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.
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NewsThe 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.
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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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Arts & EntertainmentThe Ten Best Things to Come Out of Sweden
Take a look around at the headliners of music festivals, at the clothes you're wearing and the cider you're drinking.
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Arts & EntertainmentMake Your Own Rekorderlig Swedish Meatballs Straight from the Ski Slopes
Here's a boozy, fruity, wintry dish perfect for the final frosty nights of the season.
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Food & DrinkTake a Casual Weekday Lunch at the Base of a Waterfall
Casual waterfall-floored dining at its finest.
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Travel & LeisureThe Lake Tekapo Itinerary: Hot Springs, Stargazing and the Bluest Blue
Take a little trip to New Zealand's little mountain-surrounded oasis.
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Food & DrinkFresh Byron Bay: Eat Your Way Through Markets, Restaurants and Providores
That association with mung beans is just plain wrong.
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Arts & EntertainmentCreative Byron Bay: Discover Art, Galleries and Your Own Hidden Talents
Arty reasons to head north this winter.
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Food & DrinkTokyo is Opening a Pop-Up Pikachu-Themed Cafe
Get amongst these absolute Pokemonstronsities.
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Arts & EntertainmentMr and Mrs Smith’s Ten Best Winter Warmer Retreats in Australia and NZ
The boutique hotel experts have some special offers to help you make the most of winter.
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Food & DrinkWin a Thredbo Weekend and Swedish Winter Picnic Thanks to Rekorderlig
Embrace winter with a Swedish stopover in Kosciuszko National Park.
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Travel & LeisureThe Grand Budapest Hotel is Killing It on Trip Advisor
"Charming, luxurious, soothing, breathtaking... these are just some of the words I'd use to describe the concierge."
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Arts & EntertainmentThe World’s Ten Best Snowboarding Destinations
Whether you're newbie or pro, there's a jump, powder bowl and off-piste experience for you.
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Arts & EntertainmentGracie Otto’s Five Tips for Getting into Winter in Sydney
There's plenty of winter fun to be had - especially when your debut feature is about to open in cinemas.
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Arts & EntertainmentFive Reasons to Head to the Whitsundays
At the risk of sounding like your mum, going to the Whitsundays would be for your own good.
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Arts & EntertainmentChoose Your Own Whitsundays Adventure
Four itineraries for the high flyer, adventurer, sea baby or person of leisure.
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Arts & EntertainmentThe Six Best Whitsundays Hotels with Ocean Views
All the spas, infinity pools and panoramic views you can get your hands on.
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Design & StyleAesop Opens New Osaka Store with Minimalist Cedarwood Design
We're inhaling the cedarwood and parsley seed from here.
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Arts & EntertainmentIceland Confirmed as Home of Wizardry with New Aurora Timelapse
You'll be booking flights before you can spell Reykjavik.
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Arts & EntertainmentThe Top Winter Essentials to Pack for a Snow Trip
From Cards Against Humanity to Dumb and Dumber, here's the ultimate list of what to pack when entering the realms of the White Walkers.
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Arts & EntertainmentAn Insider’s Tips on How to Do Radelaide
Cam Knight shares a few of his favourite Adelaidean things.
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Arts & EntertainmentMcLaren Vale Sea & Vines Festival Showcases Adelaide’s Wine Country
South Australia's McLaren Vale and its winemakers are not only familiar with a good drop, they are synonymous with the stuff.
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Food & DrinkThe Ten Best Bars in Adelaide
With licensing loosened, 2014 is proving Adelaide's year of the small bar.
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Arts & EntertainmentA Weekender's Guide to Adelaide
We might be able to convince you to visit with just one word. That word is 'wine'.
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Food & DrinkMelbourne’s Attica Reclaims Throne as Australia’s Best Restaurant
Ben Shewry's done it again.
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Travel & LeisureTen Luxurious Boutique Hotels for Chasing the Summer Sun
Extend your summer by jetting off to one of Mr and Mrs Smith's handpicked hotels.
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Travel & LeisureMr and Mrs Smith’s Top Ten Boutique Hotel Swimming Pools
Fancy a dip with a difference?
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Travel & LeisureRomance at 650 Feet Deep in a Submarine Hotel
Live out your James Cameron-inspired deep sea fantasy.
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Travel & LeisureThree 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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Travel & Leisurelastminute.com.au’s Top Five Places to Stay in WA
Keeping the snakes out, in style.
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Travel & Leisurelastminute.com.au’s Ultimate Guide to Western Australia
There's an entire new land to discover out west.
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Food & DrinkIn 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 & StyleNew Site Behomm Offers Home Swaps for Artists and Designers
Never stay in an ugly (or normal) house again.
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Travel & LeisureTen Heart-Racing Hotels for Valentine’s Day Escapes
Forget humdrum hallmark this V-Day.
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Travel & LeisureMr & 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 & LeisureThe 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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Food & DrinkMr & 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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Travel & LeisureA Local’s Guide to Visiting Brisbane
A local's guide to the sunniest city in Australia, Brisbane.
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Travel & LeisureTen Hotel Oases That Will Cool You Down in Summer
Boutique hotel experts Mr & Mrs Smith have the lowdown on where the trendsetters sleep.