This year, the Queen's Birthday holiday in New Zealand is on June 4. In Australia, the Queen's Birthday holiday is on June 11 in all states and territories except Western Australia. In ... Read More

Cross Clarence Strait north of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory and you are in the Tiwi Islands, Aboriginal Tiwi country. The main islands are Melville Island, Australia's second largest island ... Read More

If you're traveling to Australia, should you know some Australian slang? The short answer is: You don't have to. But Australian slang and Australian colloquialisms have been a colorful, vigorous and ... Read More

Take the route north from Auckland to Cape Reinga through the Ninety Mile Beach on the western coast of far north New Zealand. Find quiet solitude and magnificent natural vistas. ... Read More

There's much to do in Melbourne this winter: international masterpiece exhibitions, stage musical revivals, design and film festivals, sports, shopping, and indulging yourself in spas, cafes, restaurants and bars. Two major ... Read More

In the past couple of years, there've been reports in the news of dingo attacks on Fraser Island. Normally, as long as you keep your distance, these dogs don't attack humans. ... Read More

Celebrated in Australian folklore, poetry, and song, the Dog on the Tuckerbox, a monument to the pioneers of the Riverina region, has become an icon of Australia's past. It is ... Read More

With the southern winter officially starting on June 1, the skiing season Down Under is nearly here. In fact, earlier this week, snow began falling in the mountains to blanket ... Read More

It's New Zealand's national museum and Te Papa is definitely a place to visit on your trip to the capital, Wellington. Get an insight into the Land of the Long ... Read More

If you prefer the cold to heat, especially if seeking to escape the northern summer, the best time to visit Sydney could be in the Australian winter from June 1 ... Read More

Forgo the hectic pace and travel to the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia... Think fertile slopes and plains, country towns and farms, national parks, grazing land and wineries... peace and ... Read More

The Australian premiere of Anglo-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh's prize-winning play, The Pillowman, has opened in Melbourne with performances until June 23. This is a Melbourne Theatre Company production directed by Simon ... Read More

Just south of the Melbourne city centre, and a short walk across the river from Flinders St Station and Federation Square, lies the cosy, visitor-friendly arts and entertainment precinct that ... Read More

On May 27, 1967, an Australian national referendum was held affecting the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. What it did was amend the Australian Constitution to remove specific ... Read More

As the weather begins to cool towards the southern winter, the Antarctic whales are beginning to stir for their journey north in the whale migration season. Soon there will be whale ... Read More

It is one of New Zealand's most visited places, a land of boiling lakes and thermal geysers which shoot up to the sky... a region for whitewater rafting, cycling, and ... Read More

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been voted the world's best destination by the World Travel and Tourism Council meeting in Lisbon, Portugal. Queensland Tourism Industry Council chief executive officer Daniel Gschwind ... Read More

After filming scenes in Sydney at Strickland House, shooting of the Baz Luhrmann movie Australia moves to the Queensland town of Bowen this week. The sprawling film epic set in the ... Read More

If diving and snorkeling interest you, the Byron Underwater Festival takes place from May 10 to 13. Snorkeling, scuba diving and underwater photography are some of the highlights of the four-day ... Read More

The Overland, which has been in service between Melbourne and Adelaide for more than a century, has had a facelift and the new, refurbished train is back on the rails. The ... Read More

It's a public holiday today in Queensland and the Northern Territory as Queensland marks Labor Day and the Northern Territory has its May Day.

Ah, to laze away the days on a perfect beach with a perfect companion. I'm talking about New Zealand's Bay of Islands, just about three hours by road from Auckland, ... Read More

Western Australia: It's Australia's biggest state and its innumerable and unique attractions are a continuing drawcard for visitors to the region. There are the striped hills of Purnululu, the friendly ... Read More

Curving southward and westward from Melbourne along the eastern coast of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, is a region of fine beaches, vineyards and wineries, and a variety of ... Read More

They're known to be the largest fish in the sea, and the largest cold-blooded animal in the world — and they visit the Ningaloo Reef area in Western Australia's Exmouth ... Read More

Why, fair dinkum, mate, for sure there's skiing in Tassie, Australia's only island state. With winter just a month away, you should find skiing at Ben Lomond, Mt Field and ... Read More

As with many other Australian waterways, the Murray River is a place for a host of water activities. River cruises, particularly on paddle-steamers, are quite a big thing. But if ... Read More