Any trace of levity aside, the small island named after British Admiral Richard Howe, the 1st Earl Howe, remains a popular holiday destination off the north coast of New South ... Read More

The Golden Slipper, Sydney's richest horse race and the world's richest race for two-year-old thoroughbreds with prizemoney of A$3.5 million, is run this year on April 4 at Sydney's Rosehill ... Read More

The Eiffel Tower will go dark in France as will the Acropolis in Greece and Sydney Opera House in Australia. A multitude of other public buildings in many cities of the ... Read More

On the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, between Greymouth in the north and Milford Sound in the south, are the exceedingly slowly moving massive rivers of ice that ... Read More

Cataract Gorge in Launceston, Tasmania, lies just west of the city centre and, depending on where you start, could be as close as a 10-minute walk. With steep walls along the ... Read More

Sun, surf, sea and a fascinating back country combine to make Gisborne, New Zealand's easternmost city, a place for both easy leisure and active sports. Located close to the international date ... Read More

The town of Alice Springs lies in Australia's Red Centre on the train route between Adelaide in South Australia and Darwin in the Northern Territory. From here, if you wish, you ... Read More

Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin, a most attractive feature of Australia's capital city, is circled by swards of green, shaded picnic spots, and well-kept cycleways. It was created in 1963 when ... Read More

From the outskirts of the South Australia capital of Adelaide, the contiguous area of hills, mountains, fields, valleys and rivers known as the Adelaide Hills fans out through some of ... Read More

Bowali Visitor Centre, within Kakadu National Park, lies just south of the junction of the Kakadu and Arnhem Highways in Australia's Northern Territory. Accessed through a meandering path, Bowali Visitor Centre ... Read More

The TSS Earnslaw is a vintage steamship that evokes the feel of a bygone era when steamers and paddle wheelers plied Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand and ferried sheep, cattle ... Read More

Canberra starts its nine-day Canberra Festival on March 7 which includes festivities on Canberra Day, March 9, a public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory. The Canberra Festival features community activities, ... Read More

Get set for Melbourne's massive carnival-like festival, Moomba Waterfest, which takes place over Victoria's Labor Day long weekend (March 6-9). There's a host of activities on and along the Yarra River ... Read More

Sydney's colorful Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras comes to a scintillating climax on Saturday night, March 7, with its traditionally spectacular parade. The parade start at Hyde Park in the heart ... Read More