Roll it or pack it flat? Tips from the luggage experts

• Hannah Tattersall

Packing. It's the precursor to so much joy and yet the bane of our lives. Let the experts tell you how to do it as Louis Vuitton debuts new rolling luggage designed by Australian Marc Newson.

Winter dreaming in the wilds of Patagonia

• Kendall Hill

It's impossible to have a bad day even in the depths of winter in the deep south of the Americas when each morning begins with a scene so surreally beautiful you'd be forgiven for thinking you were still dreaming .

Pain and glory on the Scenic Rim's Hidden Peaks bike trail

• Craig Tansley

There can be no bigger tip than this, my friends: pad your butt before you take on a four-day mountain bike ride through some of the prettiest volcanic landscape in Australia.

Plato got it right about airport lounges

• Adrian Wooldridge

'I remember the moment when I was promoted to silver as vividly as I remember buying my first car.'

The one desire that unites every traveller

• Fiona Carruthers

Life at the pointy end is irresistible.

Trailing diamonds in Vienna

• Jane Cornwell

From the chandeliers that glitter in the great hall of the Spanish Riding School to an opera house done up in gold leaf and plush crimson velvet, Vienna is the grand dowager of gorgeous.

Is it time to take a sabbatical from your stressful life?

• Helen Hawkes

Splash out $340,000 on year-long, round-the-world sabbatical and you're bound to come home with renewed health and a new sense of direction for your life.

Standing on two hands - on top of the world

Wild Women on Top CEO Di Westaway singles out doing a handstand at 6890 metres on the summit of Mt Ama Dablam in Nepal as her favourite travel moment.