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Choose Your Own Whitsundays Adventure
Four itineraries for the high flyer, adventurer, sea baby or person of leisure.
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NewsJust in Time for Valentine's Day, Scoot Is Offering Discounted Flights to Multiple Dreamy Destinations Across Asia From $140
From steamy city breaks to island hideaways, these discounted fares are made for Valentine's daydreamers in need of a holiday.
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NewsYour Cultural Guide to the Gold Coast: Local Creatives, Independent Boutiques and Arts Spaces
Explore the Gold Coast beyond the beach with this insider guide to galleries, festivals, independent boutiques and local markets.
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NewsSpas, Wellness and Indulgence: 10 Luxe Gold Coast Escapes to Help You Zen Out
From bathhouses to hinterland retreats, the Gold Coast offers plenty of ways to slow down and reset.
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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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FeatureGreen Playground
Tropical North Queensland is the destination that should be perched at the top of your responsible travel hit list.
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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 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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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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HotelGrand 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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HotelThe 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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NewsThe 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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NewsTen 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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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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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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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.
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Travel & LeisureAn 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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Travel & Leisurelastminute.com.au’s Top Five Hotels in NYC
The best places to stay all over the city.
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Arts & EntertainmentWorld’s Most Instagrammable Hotel Opens in Sydney
1888 Hotel has built in special features to inspire photographers of all stripes.
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Arts & EntertainmentScale a Stairway of Lights and Blossoms in Sicily
The ingenious festival decorations of Sicily's most magnificent staircase.
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Arts & EntertainmentYour 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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Travel & LeisureExclusive 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 & EntertainmentTen Gourmet Winter Getaways
These hotel dining rooms draw food critics like thirsty wildebeest to a watering hole.
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Arts & EntertainmentTry 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 & LeisurePhotographer 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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Travel & LeisureThe 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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Arts & EntertainmentEat 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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Travel & LeisureBruce 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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Travel & LeisureThe 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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Arts & EntertainmentRare 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...