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Pregnancy not covered by one in four travel insurance policies
Planning a babymoon? Make sure to check the travel insurance fine print.
- by Maani Truu
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Opinion
Opinion
I take my kids out of school for holidays. This is why
Australia’s favourite holiday destinations cost 54 per cent more at Christmas.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Analysis
Airports
Air travel is about to get even less glamorous
Savour the boutique shopping and caviar bar at your next visit to an airport. Outside the walled gardens of business-class lounges, the future of aviation is likely to be a whole lot more functional.
- by David Fickling
Parenting
The joys of staying idle in one place
Meshel Laurie discovers there are places you never want to leave.
- by Meshel Laurie
How a mystery cruise companion changed the course of my work
A mystery woman becomes Tricia Stringer’s muse after a chance encounter at sea.
- by Tricia Stringer
Travel
Sunday postcard: Welcome to Supai, the most remote community in the US
The most remote town in the contiguous United States offers a snapshot of American Indian struggles.
- by Rachel Olding
Opinion
Opinion
Driving into a Google-dependent future
Google's first concern is itself and its clients. But its services are so useful I don't really mind when it screws me.
- by Crispin Hull
Bali
Dry skin on holidays in Bali? Consider a 'beer spa' (or not)
What it is like to bathe in Bintang.
- by Sangeeta Kocharekar
Travel
Archives boss says $280k travel bill is 'money well spent'
International travel is required for the National Archives to keep up with best practice, the director-general said.
- by Sally Whyte
Opinion
Canberra
Pooh's corner the focus of a uni study, and you can get involved
The hazardous hairpin corner and its proliferation of soft toys is being studied by a group of researchers at the ANU.
- by Tim The Yowie Man
Canberra
The Canberra tree that ‘ate’ a garden rake. Really!
And it turns out, your Akubra-clad columnist discovered, there are a surprising number of trees worldwide that have partially devoured objects.
- by Tim the Yowie Man