From the booming hub of Cairns to the delights of the Great Barrier Reef, the rainforest and the rugged beauty of Cape York, Queensland’s top end delivers a five-star experience. We are about as far as you can get from the aquamarine and turquoise water of the Great Barrier Reef, but really, we are not […]
When the trans-Tasman bubble opens, and Jacinda Ardern opens the gates for Australians to visit New Zealand, the list of things to do around the North and South Islands is long. Auckland will be the first cab off the rank. Australians make up nearly half of the total international market into the harbour city pre-virus. […]
We have compiled a list of a couple of great gift ideas that could be just the thing for Christmas, or even just to celebrate the end of 2020. We have some outstanding jewellery from Jan Logan, the newest from Apple Watch, a very swanky Swiss Army Knife from Victorinox and a travel backpack that […]
Christmas is a wonderful time to stock up on products for hair and body.
For that hard to buy for friend or family member, how about a bottle or Christmas pack of a classy Australian gin?
Tourism Australia has put together the ultimate Christmas Gift Guide to encourage Aussies to give the gift of travel this festive season. In many ways, travel is a priceless gift to give. Travel allows us to step outside of our everyday routines and reconnect with the people and world around us. This year in particular – the gift of travel is not only giving loved […]
Giving books for Christmas is a wonderful idea, and we have put together a collection of great reads to help you tick off your shopping list. Loving Country By Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In […]
As COVID continues to stop us from travelling overseas, fulfilling our love of art, music and culture, Renaissance Tours has curated amazing culture filled short trips around Australia, all led by experts. If Tasmania or Victoria are on your list, check out these wonderful tours that will start in late February 2021. Touring Tasmania Gardens […]
Fans of the Rocky Mountaineer, which operates outstanding train journeys in Canada, will be thrilled with this news. The Rocky Mountaineer is going to add a new train route to its family of scenic train journeys. It will be the first route for Rocky Mountaineer in the USA. The new route, The Rockies to the Red […]
With the prospect of international travel on the horizon, now is the perfect time for travellers to dream about The Maldives. And not just the idyllic location of luxurious resorts, but also the incredible experiences you can have in the Maldives. The Maldivian sands are as white as the smiles of the locals. Fish […]
Gifu is an inland prefecture located roughly in the centre of Japan. It is easily accessible from places like Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka and other main cities along Japan’s Golden Route. It is two hours 10 minutes from Tokyo, one hour 10 minutes from Kyoto or one hour 15 minutes from Osaka – all by […]
What do Stranger Things, Catherine the Great and War and Peace have in common? They were all filmed partially in Lithuania. Whether it is an art museum turned into a Japanese War Tribunal or almost an entire old town transformed into 18th century Russia, Vilnius and Kaunas, the country’s largest cities, have been the background […]