The best of the best: The perfect airport named
Take note, Kingsford-Smith. Listen up, Tullamarine. This is how you do airports right.
Traveller's globetrotting backpacker, Ben Groundwater, finds the good, the bad and the ugly in the world’s best destinations. Ben is a columnist, blogger, feature writer, and co-star of the web series Beauty and the Backpacker, who has visited more than 80 countries during his 12 years in the industry. Ben was named travel writer of the year by the Australian Society of Travel Writers in 2014 and 2015.
Take note, Kingsford-Smith. Listen up, Tullamarine. This is how you do airports right.
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