Today
Which cruise is best for you this year?
As people continue to holiday at home, virtually all high-end cruise lines are preparing to sail into Australian waters.
- 12 mins ago
- Brian Johnston
Yesterday
Australian cruising creeps back with the new Coral Geographer
You won’t need a geography lesson to find your way around this compact, elegant ship by Coral Expeditions.
- Brian Johnston
New Zealand’s top lodges have turned down the beds
Whether you crave luxury digs with alpine views by Lake Wānaka or an eco-rich hotel on the Auckland waterfront, the trans-Tasman bubble is calling.
- Joanna Bates
How to make Mother’s Day count
Champion change to make mum proud: Draw on the inspiration of travel and cross-cultural values to help alleviate suffering, and make the world a better place.
- Fiona Carruthers
This Month
Melbourne’s newest hotel is a time machine to the ’70s
With its retro glamour, the new 123-room Ovolo South Yarra lets you luxuriate – or party – like a rockstar.
- Jane Cornwell
Seduced by the truffles of the Tamar
Launceston’s acclaimed Stillwater Restaurant is offering a new experience for visitors to enjoy the pricey but pungent delicacies.
- Luke Slattery
Why taking a mini-break is good for your mind
More than ever, you need to remember to stop and smell the roses – preferably while firing up your neurotransmitters with a change of scenery.
- Nina Karnikowski
April
Rear Window revisited as reporter gets behind a $10,000 camera
A Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist relishes the opportunity to get behind a very expensive camera while staying at a Park Hyatt Sydney suite, with views across the city.
- Michael Roddan
Business class opens to masses as affordable COVID-19 refuge
Flush with cash and a record number of air miles after a year on the ground, leisure travellers are splurging on premium seats for their first trips back.
- Angus Whitley
How Jetset boss took on Qantas and won
Isi Leibler, who died earlier this month, helped grow Jetset into a travel industry titan. In this extract from Lone Voice: The Wars of Isi Leibler, Suzanne D. Rutland describes how Leibler overcame a setback that nearly derailed the burgeoning business.
- Suzanne D. Rutland
Choose your ski pass and hit the slopes – here or across the Tasman
The official start of the season is fast approaching and a range of operators is on the market with lift permits at all price points.
- Fiona Carruthers
Why the Maldives should top your 2022 travel list
There’s plenty of space for everyone in the ‘land of a thousand islands’, making it the perfect holiday destination in a pandemic.
- Fiona Carruthers
Airfares approach record lows
Government data shows airfares are at near-record lows as the aviation industry recovers from the COVID-19 crisis and lures passengers back to the air.
- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Travel
Should you read Anthony Bourdain’s new, posthumous book?
After the author and TV personality’s death, his long-time assistant was left to finish his last tome, a world travel guide.
- Sebastian Modak
The greatest light show above Earth
A 10-hour flight with two boarding passes for one person and a destination about 40 kilometres above the plane. Is this the strangest travel experience?
- Andrew Burke
Rediscover the legacy of the Anzacs
From Darwin to Canberra and Phillip Island south of Melbourne, Australia has plenty of places to immerse in our military history.
- Fiona Carruthers
Vaccinated travellers should still avoid eating on planes, experts say
They should also avoid drinking, as being with maskless passengers does increase your risk of coronavirus exposure, despite the aircraft’s ventilation system.
- Natalie B. Compton
Parrtjima, the greatest desert show on earth, is all heart
Now in its sixth year, the Alice Springs festival casts Indigenous culture and the 300-million-year-old West MacDonnell ranges in a profound light.
- Fiona Carruthers
The ‘blue economy’ heats up with bold new marine architecture in WA
A new oceanic museum two kilometres offshore in Busselton, Western Australia, will set new standards for what is possible in marine engineering.
- Ute Junker
Cruising Australia’s home waters is the safest option
In light of Tuesday’s ‘flyer beware’ warning on the New Zealand travel bubble, here are three domestic travel options to check out.
- Fiona Carruthers
