Road Trips

Our beach campsite beside Ahipara Bay.

New Zealand

New Zealand road trip guide: Are we there yet?

New Zealand's North Island has golden beaches, menacing volcanoes and some of the world's largest trees. But when you're four years' old, none of them compare to sleeping in a campervan, writes Mark Daffey.

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Not Canberra Avenue: hundreds of Canberra public servants should be on the road to Alice Springs, says Regional ...

Australia

Short way round: Australia's greatest shortcuts

Australia's a big place, so finding a way to shave some kilometres off a road trip is a good thing. Here's 12 of the country's best shortcuts.

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Red dunes and white beaches at Cape Peron.

Road trip

Australia's best state for a road trip

It takes more than a luxury van, a cheeky red, glorious sunsets and a few dad jokes to get some on board with the camping caper. – but Ben Groundwater gives it a shot along WA's Coral Coast.

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Double Island Point.

Australia

Australia's new great ocean road

Victoria's Great Ocean Road gets all the fame, but there's a new Aussie ocean drive that's just as spectacular.

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