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Driving the kids 'round Oz

Driving the kids 'round Oz

A long haul road trip with kids can be a hoot! There are many options for entertaining kids in the car and at stops along the way.
Keeping children healthy on holiday

Keeping children healthy on holiday

Heading off the beaten track? Adventure travelling with your family brings with it a unique set of health considerations. Here's our checklist of things to consider. How to plan the perfect group family holiday

How to plan the perfect group family holiday

Combining a family holiday with good friends and their kids? Here are our tips to help ensure that family friends, who holiday together, stay together.

TASSIE & VICTORIA

Tasmanian Food & Nature TrailTasmanian Food & Nature TrailEat and drink your way from the Tamar Valley along the east coast to Hobart. Great Southern Touring Route

Great Southern Touring Route

Check out Victoria's most scenic and historic gold rush towns. Tasmanian wilderness

Tasmanian wilderness

The wide open spaces of the west coast and the lakes and rivers of spectacular national parks rules this patch of road. Valley to peninsula

Valley to peninsula

This drive takes you from Melbourne to the Yarra Valley, the Dandenongs, Mornington Peninsula and Phillip Island.

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TOP END & OUT WEST

Coral Coast & Monkey MiaCoral Coast & Monkey MiaPristine beaches, wilderness and up-close wildlife experiences (yay, dolphins!) await. Nature's way

Nature's way

See wetlands, waterfalls and wildlife, and learn the long history of Kakadu's first inhabitants. Red Centre way

Red Centre way

This is Outback Australia: Uluru and Kata Tjuta, Hermannsburg and the vast Aboriginal lands.

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EASTERN OZ

Pacific coast

Pacific coast

Sydney to Brisbane on the Pacific coast takes travellers a diverse mix of towns, cities and glorious scenery. Capital & country

Capital & country

Colonial history blends with modern Australian regional luxury in this fascinating tour. Great sunshine way

Great Sunshine Way

South-eastern Queensland is a drawcard for those looking for beauty and ease in one sun-kissed package. Sydney & surrounds

Sydney & surrounds

Close to Sydney are some of the best national parks, wine-growing and gourmet-food regions Australia has to offer.

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DOWN SOUTH

Adelaide & Kangaroo Island

Adelaide & Kangaroo Island

From the City of Churches to outerlying wineries to rugged coast line and beyond. Melbourne to Adelaide

Melbourne to Adelaide

Drive the Great Ocean Road to South Australia's Coonawarra wine region. Wine & Outback touring

Wine & Outback touring

Get from the grapes out to the Flinders and the rugged Outback not far from the beaten path.

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