As I change down a gear and ease my way into the steep curves leading up towards Tarraleah, I’m not quite halfway along the most interesting, scenic and varied day’s drive between Hobart and Strahan o…
Australia’s Marvellous National Parks
Australia’s National Parks have come a long away since 1879. Ever since the ‘Royal National Park’ (Australia’s first) was established in New South Wales in 1879, an enormous n…
Experience outback NSW
A visit to Broken Hill should be on the checkbox of every Aussie traveller. An iconic outback town adjacent to the South Australian border with NSW, this remote and fascinating place is a living museu…
Discover funky Paris
It almost doesn’t matter where you stay in Paris; you’re in Paris after all. But with a little homework, you can enhance the experience of being in the world’s most loved city just t…
Australia’s desert heartland
Nothing prepares you for the astonishing redness of Australia’s Red Centre. The sand is red. The rocks are red. The sunrises and sunsets are red. The unsealed roads are red. And in contrast, emphasisi…
A tropical paradise you’ve probably never heard of
Malaysia has always lured travellers with its beachfront resorts and natural wonders around Sabah, Penang and Langkawi. However, it’s the islands off the coast of Terengganu that have become Asia’s ne…
On New Zealand’s coast of green and gold
The magnificent waterways of the Marlborough Sound at the northern tip of New Zealand’s South Island are a spectacular maze of bays, channels, peninsulas and islands – and at times, they don’t seem qu…
The best self-drive holiday destinations around the world
Traffic and parking nightmares rightly dissuade visitors from renting a car in densely packed urban areas like London, where you’ll have to pay dearly to enter the Congestion Zone. But you’ll definite…
Going with the flow in Venice
Rumours of the death of Venice may have been exaggerated, but this former maritime city-state is certainly in danger of being loved to death, particularly under the rising tide of 30 million visitors …
The Northern Territory’s ancient Lost City
In the remote Abner Ranges of Australia’s Northern Territory stand the bizarre stone pillars of an ancient Lost City. Cape Crawford is not the kind of place that allows itself to be easily locat…