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The little ship with a big heart – a voyage in the Kimberley

Coral Expeditions’ recently refurbished Coral Discoverer is best known for its Kimberley cruises. Brian Johnston hops aboard to sample its expedition offering. As I sail the convoluted, indented Kimberley coastline, rust-red and battered and pounded […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Aug 3 2020
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Tweed Heads: The in-between coast

Craig Tansley reveals the Tweed Coast remains a secret, hidden between Byron and the Gold Coast… “I’ve never not seen a dolphin off the point here, mate,” the bloke beside me in the car park […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jul 14 2020
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Why Australian caravan holidays are the next big thing in cruise

With cruising off the table for the foreseeable future, cruise enthusiasts have had to find a new way to get their travel fix. Based on the thousands of grey nomads parked in their RVs just […]

WORDS BY Cruise Passenger . Jul 7 2020
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Fly-and-drive the best way to visit the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is vast at a whopping 1.4 million sq km. It’s famed for its outback desert landscapes, from the iconic sandstone monolith Uluru (Ayers Rock) in the arid Red Centre to the wetlands […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jul 6 2020
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Six ways to see Kakadu now it’s reopening next month

Thirty- four years ago, Paul Hogan’s iconic movie Crocodile Dundee put Kakadu National Park on the world’s travel map. Next month, when Northern Territory borders reopen on 17 July, Australians can once again visit the […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 23 2020
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The regional destinations where Aussie celebs will be road tripping

The great Australian road trip will be the way we holiday in the coming months. We’ll take to the open roads and give back to the regional areas which were first affected by drought and […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 23 2020
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A visit to the whale highway of Australia – a weekend in Port Stephens

The sprawling national parks, crystal clear waters, white beaches and seaside accommodation of Port Stephens has long attracted Sydneysiders looking for a weekend getaway. Port Stephens is a lazy three-hour drive north of the city. […]

WORDS BY Teresa Ooi . Jun 22 2020
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Tim Tam beer, anyone? The great brewery crawl of Melbourne

Past the graffitied laneways and underground bars of Melbourne, there is a new type of watering hole which is fast emerging in Victoria. While the cultural city is known for its art galleries, fine dining […]

WORDS BY Bernadette Chua . Jun 15 2020