Somehow a trip to New Zealand doesn't seem quite complete if you haven't gone on a cruise on Milford Sound. Twenty-two kilometres long, the narrow fiord off the Tasman Sea ... Read More

The Dutch explorers were wrong. What they found were not rats but quokkas, a species of small wallabies, on what is still known as Rottnest ("Rats' Nest") Island. It's close enough ... Read More

There's much of history in the Victorian goldfields and much to visit in Ballarat, the state's largest inland city. Experience colonial times and the search for gold at Sovereign Hill, ... Read More

Men's World No 1 and Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has won the 2007 Australian Open, defeating Chilean Fernando Gonzalez, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3, 6-4, in the men's singles men's final. ... Read More

South Australia's Riverland region is a land of fruit trees and vineyards, and is Australia's largest wine-producing region if not, arguably, as well known as the Barossa, also in South ... Read More

Among Australian public holidays, Australia Day is considered one of the most important as it commemorates the founding of the first white settlement in Australia in 1788. British Captain Arthur Phillip ... Read More

It looks quite a staid, old building with nothing much to brag about. But Canberra's National Gallery of Australia does hold a number of surprises, particularly for those who have ... Read More

Dunedin lies on the southeastern coast of New Zealand's South Island, a place of historical richness and natural attractions. As Mark Twain said after a visit in the mid-1890s: "The ... Read More

On the western coast of Western Australia, Shark Bay is a World Heritage area and home to dugongs, dolphins and stromatolites. It's a fascinating aquatic world, a diver's paradise (where diving ... Read More

The largest town on the eastern coast of Tasmania, St Helens is situated on George Bay along the Tasman Highway (A3) somewhere between the northeastern coast national parks of Mt ... Read More

The first matches of the Australian Open, the world's first Grand Slam tournament of the year, have begun at Melbourne Park. Some of the world's best tennis players have arrived in ... Read More

When you're on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, is but a daytrip away. The popular story is that Fraser Island was named after a shipwreck ... Read More

Western Australia's wine region of Margaret River encompasses not only the town of Margaret River but the region between Cape Naturaliste in the north, Cape Leeuwin in the south, and ... Read More

Seven hot air balloons floating over western Sydney at sunrise mark the opening of this year's Sydney Festival. The balloons create a sky-borne symphony with each balloon playing a different ... Read More

Brisbane sightseeing uncovers attractions which make the Queensland capital, sandwiched between the tourist areas of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts, a destination in its own right. The city's South Bank, for ... Read More

If you've been to — or know of — the iconic rock monolith that is Uluru, you'd expect it to be a World Heritage site. Well, it is. In fact, the ... Read More

For a leisurely trip through the backblocks of rural Sydney, away from the hustle and bustle of city life, the visitor may want to pack a picnic basket and head ... Read More