What you see on the right are The Devils Marbles in the Tennant Creek region of Australia's Northern Territory. They are among the many unique landscape (and seascape) features found ... Read More

I'm not sure if that's the longest name for a canoe. But the canoe called Ngatokimatawhaorua is reputed to be the largest war canoe in the world. You find this ... Read More

Well, yes, it's midwinter in Australia and can get really cold in some parts of the country. Canberra in the winter, for instance, does get rather cold, relatively speaking, with ... Read More

As Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opens in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre, it is interesting to note that the imposing theatre building, extensively renovated in the ... Read More

Visiting Brisbane? Across the river from the city's central business district lies the former World Expo site which has been redeveloped into an exciting precinct with a variety of cultural, ... Read More

If you're in Australia's Northern Territory, you may just get the chance to join or at least view the Darwin Beer Can Regatta and have a beer or two. Some 20 ... Read More

First performed on October 9, 1986, at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, The Phantom of the Opera, has since played to a worldwide audience of more ... Read More

Cast and crew of the Baz Luhrmann film Australia are taking a break in Sydney after location shooting in Darwin and before they start filming in Kununurra in the Kimberley ... Read More

Bindi Irwin, on television as Bindi: The Jungle Girl, turns 9 on July 24, marking her birthday at Australia Zoo with free entry for children aged 14 and under when ... 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. Take ... Read More

This hole in the rock is in the shape of Australia, and you'll come across it in Narooma on Highway 1, the Princes Highway, on the New South Wales South ... Read More

It's Sicko time in Melbourne on July 25 as the Melbourne International Film Festival unreels at the Regent Theatre to start a 19-day feast of film. The festival breaks with tradition ... Read More

With the southern half of the Australian continent suffering some of its coldest winter days and nights this past week, the tropical north basks luringly in the sun. And you ... Read More

The Australian premiere of Will Eno's one-hander, Thom Pain (based on nothing), goes into preview this week at the Beckett Theatre in Melbourne's CUB Malthouse. The Melbourne Theatre Company production ... Read More

For those going north from Sydney, Byron Bay is close enough to Queensland's Gold Coast to be considered a northern New South Wales winter — and warmer — destination. It has ... Read More

It's Australia's third largest city, Brisbane, which Aussies affectionately call Brizzie. But because it lies between the more popular Queensland tourist destinations of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts — and ... Read More

Closer to Darwin than either Kakadu or Katherine Gorge, the Northern Territory's Litchfield National Park is arguably a more convenient daytrip destination. Litchfield National Park is, of course, known for its ... Read More

Wherever you are in New Zealand, and particularly in the South Island, you’re never too far from a ski slope. In fact, you should be able to go cross-country skiing ... Read More

Bindi: The Jungle Girl, starring Bindi Irwin, hits Australian television screens with the first of 26 episodes televised on the Australian national TV network ABC on Wednesday, July 18. Filming of ... Read More

One of Australia's largest national parks, Karijini (formerly Hamersley Range) National Park is arguably one of the most spectacular in Australia and a definite drawcard for Nature and adventure lovers. ... Read More

Take that daytrip out of Adelaide, south to the Fleurieu Peninsula, through the farmlands and vineyards that begin to rival South Australia's Barossa as a growing wine region. Depending on ... Read More

There's blood on the soil of Australia's Port Arthur, Tasmania's historic convict settlement south of the Australian mainland. Not only was blood shed on the island by the convicts transported ... Read More

When in Melbourne, you may want to wander up to the Carlton Gardens and discover a fascinating blend of culture, history, art and modern-day technology with exhibits from dinosaurs to ... Read More

From either Byron Bay on the New South Wales Far North Coast or the southern end of Queensland's Gold Coast, head inland into Tweed Valley in the Northern Rivers region ... Read More

Mostly, visitors to Cairns think of this far north Queensland city as a springboard for diving into the Great Barrier Reef. Certainly the Reef is one of the most visited ... Read More

With its awesome natural attractions (and dangers), Arnhem Land in Australia is the Aboriginal homeland where the Dreamtime lives in song and dance, where legend, myth and history interweave with ... Read More

Yes, it's definitely wintertime Down Under, so bring out your skis and snowboards. It's not only circus aerialists who fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Skiers and snowboarders ... Read More

It's not really who but what. And what they are are 120 large-scale photographs of various aspects of the earth on display 24 hours a day at Darling Harbour until ... Read More

A new pictorial exhibition at the Australian National Maritime Museum marks 150 years of Fort Denison standing guard in Sydney Harbour. Fort Denison — celebrating 150 years brings together a series ... Read More

If cost were not an issue, the latest Harris Poll® reveals that Americans would consider Australia first as the country to visit outside the United States. In order of preference, the ... Read More

The daughter of Princess Mary and Prince Frederik of Denmark was named Isabella at her July 1 christening. Princess Mary is the former Mary Donaldson of Australia's only island state, Tasmania, ... Read More

To coincide with the publication of a new book on Aboriginal life, art and culture, the One Sun, One Moon exhibition opens in Sydney at the Art Gallery of New ... Read More