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Self-sailing the Queensland coast
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Whitsunday Group
Townsville
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Sailing
Dunk Island
Orpheus Island
Great Palm Island
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Pelorus Island
Australia
Queensland
Sailing opens up a new world where everything is about the elements, where dolphin escorts, cruising manta rays, circling sea birds and gentle winds become part of a languid daily routine.
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World's top five walks
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Vancouver Island
Zermatt
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Mount Gower
Te Anau
Australia
New South Wales
New Zealand
Japan
Canada
Switzerland
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Chatham Islands
Wakayama-ken
If you're planning a holiday of high-octane hiking, we've got five top trails to explore. From a rush of rainforest to multi-day mountain adventures, you'll...
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Pull plastic from the holiday picture
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Eco and nature
Coles Bay
Australia
Tasmania
When you're swimming on holiday, the last thing you want is a mouthful of plastic. Likewise, exploring an ancient ruin, the unwanted discovery of a heap of...
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Top 10 eco-friendly holiday rentals
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Eco and nature
Kangaroo Island
Daylesford
Hepburn Springs
Apollo Bay
Wollombi
Bellingen
Bream Creek
Mount Beauty
Australia
New South Wales
Tasmania
Victoria
South Australia
Our partners at stayz.com.au have rounded up the ten best eco-friendly holiday rentals in Oz. So if you feel like going green on your next domestic holiday,...
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Head for the Northern Lights in cool and kooky Iceland
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Eco and nature
Iceland
Northern Lights
The aurora borealis is one of those absolutely stunning, once in a lifetime things to experience during your world travels.
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Fuel for thought
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Eco and nature
Weird
With fuel prices higher than an Amy Winehouse tour bus, any reason to ditch the car is a good reason. One of the perks of travelling is there's always an...
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Animal rescue holidays
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Monkey Mia
Townsville
Exmouth
Grampians
Montague Island
Atherton
Liffey
Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
A taste of how you can get involved and help our environment.
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Man-eating sharks? How about shark-eating men?
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Eco and nature
Rob Stewart is a young Canadian marine filmmaker and director of the acclaimed film Sharkwater. Stewart contends that far from being the lethal...
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Christchurch's International Antarctic Centre
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Eco and nature
Christchurch
New Zealand
Canterbury
During the winter months, it can get a little chilly in New Zealand that white stuff on those mountains isn't paint, you know. But for a taste of...
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It's a wild world: the top 10 wildlife encounters
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Eco and nature
By Kim Wildman
For a holiday with a difference, nothing compares to witnessing our planet's fascinating and bewildering range of wildlife. From watching...
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Swimming with ...
tuna
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Eco and nature
South Australia
Port Lincoln
Australia
Port Lincoln, SA, is the hub of Australia's seafood industry, and one company is now giving visitors the chance to swim with tuna, the metre-long predators of...
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Swimming with sealions in South Australia
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Eco and nature
South Australia
Baird Bay
swim with dolphins
Australia
Gemma Pitcher gets the once-in-a-lifetime chance to visit and swim with a colony of wild sealions.
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Navigating Norfolk Island
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Eco and nature
Norfolk Island
Australia
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (general)
Norfolk Island a hidden paradise in the South Pacific with a dark past.
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Talk to the animals
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Queensland
Kids and family
Australia Zoo
Moreton Island
Mooloolaba
Australia
A warrior is someone who is engaged energetically in an activity, cause or conflict. Each and every one of us can be a wildlife warrior, fighting to protect...
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World's most breathtaking spots
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Eco and nature
Turkey
Egypt
Peru
Angkor Wat
Tunisia
Granada
Fiji Islands
Sognefjorden
Fiji Islands
Spain
Norway
Andalucia
Why do we travel? To be wow'ed, of course. The journey's reward is quite often having the breath knocked straight out of our lungs. Below are some of the...
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Top ten mountain retreats
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Luxury and spa
Hotels
Wanaka
Alaska
Banff
Dandenong
Yunnan Sheng
Zermatt
Kitzbuhel
Merano
Molinos
Montrose
Australia
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New Zealand
Victoria
China
Canada
Italy
Switzerland
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Austria
Colorado
Alberta
Bundesland Tirol
Chatham Islands
Has the early summer heat already got you thinking about heading to the hills? Check out these top ten mountain retreats where where comfort, repose and fine...
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Croajingolong National Park
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Victoria
Australia
Those in the habit of meticulously preparing travel itineraries will need to set aside ample time for the surprising wildlife discoveries inside Croajingolong...
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Hidden Wonders: Arnhem Land
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Eco and nature
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land
Australia
Imagine an untamed wilderness of primordial swamp and savannah, a climate with six seasons, forests teeming with exotic wildlife and hundreds of species of...
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Hidden Wonders: Cape York and Torres Strait Islands
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Eco and nature
Queensland
Cape York Peninsula
Australia
The northern Cape York and Torres Strait region is a place where warm, friendly locals make you feel welcome. A place where you can beachcomb at a leisurely...
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Hidden Wonders: Kangaroo Island
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Eco and nature
South Australia
Kangaroo Island
Australia
You may well have done the Rock, marvelled at the Reef and climbed Sydney Harbour Bridge, but until you've discovered Kangaroo Island there's a gap in your...
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Forget about your troubles and get back to the way nature intended at these great holiday retreats.
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Naturist holidays are not a new phenomenon, but they are taking the travel world by storm as more and more nudists take their clothes-free lifestyle to the road, leaving luggage behind to catch rays on their ... behinds.
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If there's one thing the web is not short of, it's people blogging about their travels. So how do you sort through the vast fields of chaff to get to the good stuff? Well, these 20 blogs are an excellent place to start.
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With our 50 must-see places of the world - we'll start with our top 10 most popular destinations as voted by you.
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Every other day we seem to hear reports of commercial airline failures planes diverted to make emergency landings after in-flight dramas, aircraft grounded due to shonky equipment, near collisions and crew strikes over safety standards and these are just to name a few from
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Head for the snow in winter and the islands in summer... But to get it right, you may want to check out when the perfect time is for you to travel.
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Bali Girl flew into Auckland, a short three-hour flight from the east coast of Australia.
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The top five beaches in NSW you never knew existed!
A hidden gem is something many people don't know about, but should. NSW's 'hidden beaches' are certain to make those who discover them feel as though they have been let in on a fabulous find.
Finding a Valentine in Dublin
Those on the lookout for love in this traditional month of romance could do worse than head for Whitefriars Street Church in Dublin. Who better to consult on matters of the heart than the patron saint of love himself, Saint Valentine?