• News

    Vacation Like the Ghost with the Most: Airbnb Is Letting You Visit (and Haunt) the 'Beetlejuice' House

    It's showtime at the accommodation-sharing platform's latest pop culture-themed listing, complete with a portal to the afterlife.

  • News

    You Can Pay Tribute to Prince by Booking a Stay in the House From 'Purple Rain' Via Airbnb

    Four decades since the iconic film hit cinemas, the newly restored abode includes pieces from Prince's own collection — and a secret room.

  • News

    From Hiking to Sand Surfing: Here's How to Get Your Fill of Thrills in Regional Japan

    Seek out these adrenaline-charged experiences across Japan on your next visit.

  • News

    Twelve Incredible Australian Islands for When You Want to Get Off the Mainland

    You don't need to travel to Bali or Thailand to have an island holiday — these adventurous and relaxing spots lie just off the coast of Australia.

  • 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."

  • News

    Six Tassie Restaurants Championing Paddock-to-Plate Dining For if You Like Eating Straight from the Source

    Tasmania is home to some of the finest produce grown anywhere in Australia — here's where to sample it straight from the source.

  • 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

    The Essential Spring Long Weekender's Guide to Hobart

    For New Zealanders in search of epic adventures, incredible scenery, delicious gastronomy and damn good wine, you don't have to travel far.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Wanaka

    Soak up the very best of 'God's Country'.

  • 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 Most Romantic Places to Stay in Bali When Proposals and Honeymoons Come Calling

    Perfect for those looking to honeymoon or just run away with their special someone.

  • News

    Our Guide to the Best Glamping Sites Around Australia

    Stay in luxury tents scattered among remote deserts, lush rainforests and tropical islands at these Australian glamping sites.

  • Guide

    The 13 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.

  • Guide

    The Ten Best Hotels in Brisbane

    Whether you're vacationing or staycationing, this lineup of the top hotels in Brisbane will help you live your best life — fine restaurants, premium spas and rooftop pools for days.

  • Guide

    The Best Hotels in Sydney

    Whether you're vacationing or staycationing, this lineup of the top hotels in Sydney will help you live your best life — fine restaurants, premium spas and unbeatable views across the city await.

Travel

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

    You Can Rent This Entire Cave on Airbnb

    It's a cave. Your accommodation is an entire cave.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Spend a Luxurious, Terrifying Night Dangling at 9000ft

    Two double beds and 360 degree views, but no bathroom.

  • Food & Drink

    The Ten Best Cafes on the North Shore

    The Shore is home to free parking, an endless coast of user-friendly beaches and some of the most relaxed cafes in town.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Baroque Music is Alive and Well in the Bolivian Amazon

    It's been 400 years guys...

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Your Weekend Driving Soundtrack

    A soundtrack that takes you places.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Ten Best Drives in the Auckland Region

    Sunvisors, cityscapes and seaside adventures - buckle up, we've got the best drives in town.

  • Travel & Leisure
    Auckland

    Silo Park Bike Markets

    Aspiring cyclists and veterans alike will be treated to a day of bike-related events.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Noma Pops Up in Tokyo

    The pop-up with the 60,000-strong waiting list.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Ten Best Things to Come Out of Jamaica

    Jerk, James Bond, the world's finest coffee and rum? Thank Jamaica.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Mr and Mrs Smith’s Boutique Hotel Bucket List

    Let the winners of the Smith Hotel Awards inspire your daydreaming.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The Seven Best Staycations in Auckland

    Snorkel in a pristine marine reserve, take a tour through some of New Zealand's best wineries, cardboard box down an old World War II bunker-laden hill or surf the West Coast.

  • Travel & Leisure

    How To Spend 60 Hours in the Barossa Valley

    Spoiler: it includes a lot of wine.

  • Food & Drink

    Five Dining Trends That Are Big in Japan

    Japan has 32 Michelin-starred restaurants. These aren't them.

  • Food & Drink
    Auckland

    Scarlett Slimms & Lucky

    Scarlett Slimms and Lucky is a haunt for the modern day Raymond Chandler.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Your Guide to Queenstown Part Four: What to Do

    Here's just a tiny morsel of the activities Queenstown has to offer.

  • Food & Drink

    Your Guide to Queenstown Part Three: Where to Drink and Where to Sleep

    Where to take yourself out to after the sun goes down and where to tuck in afterwards.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Ten Best Boutique Hotel Holidays in the Maldives

    Too much pretty in the Maldives.

  • Food & Drink

    Your Guide to Queenstown Part Two: Where to Eat

    Celebrity chef Josh Emmett’s Queenstown fort and a contemporary ‘Polynasian’ restaurant are just some of the foodie highlights of the town.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Your Guide to Queenstown Part One: Where to Ski

    Queenstown really is a movie star in its own right.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Burning Man Postponed Due to Heavy Desert Rain

    Nevada's annual desert bacchanal has wet feet.

  • Travel & Leisure

    You Can Stay Airbnb at IKEA (and They’ll Let You Keep the Sheets)

    Display home SLUMBER PARTAY.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Humans of New York Has Gone Global

    Photographer Brandon Stanton has left the five burroughs behind.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Melbourne and Auckland Ranked Friendliest Cities in the World

    Up high, y'damn courteous bunch.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Take a Few Drone Selfies during your next South Island Snow Trip

    The drones will be flying all over the South Island during July and August.

  • Food & Drink

    Tokyo is Opening a Pop-Up Pikachu-Themed Cafe

    Get amongst these absolute Pokemonstronsities.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Mr 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.

  • Travel & Leisure

    The 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."

  • Food & Drink

    The Ten Best North Shore Bars in Auckland

    The best of the North Shore watering holes.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Capital is Coming to Auckland

    The capital is coming to Auckland.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Choose Your Own Whitsundays Adventure

    Four itineraries for the high flyer, adventurer, sea baby or person of leisure.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Six Best Whitsundays Hotels with Ocean Views

    All the spas, infinity pools and panoramic views you can get your hands on.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Five Reasons to Head to the Whitsundays

    At the risk of sounding like your mum, going to the Whitsundays would be for your own good.

  • Design & Style

    Aesop Opens New Osaka Store with Minimalist Cedarwood Design

    We're inhaling the cedarwood and parsley seed from here.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Iceland Confirmed as Home of Wizardry with New Aurora Timelapse

    You'll be booking flights before you can spell Reykjavik.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Uber Offers Concrete Playground Readers Their First Ride For Free

    Subscribe to Concrete Playground, ride with UBER.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The 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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    The Madness That is The American Express Queenstown Winter Festival

    Hot tub cinemas, night-time skiing, parties and more.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Hot Tub Cinema is Coming to Queenstown Winter Festival

    Pack up your togs and your ski gear and we'll see you there.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    An Insider’s Tips on How to Do Radelaide

    Cam Knight shares a few of his favourite Adelaidean things.

  • Food & Drink

    Bondi Icebergs to Open in Bali

    A classic Bondi institution takes on a new horizon.

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