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Adelaide no longer wants to be nicknamed ‘Radelaide’? Too bad
You get the name you’re given in Australia. And if you want to change it, whatever you do, don’t say so.
- by Ben Groundwater
Traveller Letters: Unfair fee pushed cost of my Australian passport over $500
“I know Australian passports are expensive but it seems if you renew overseas you are now hit with an additional fee of $155.”
Opinion
Air travel
I was frisked at Sydney Airport. The worst thing was how long it took
Travel is stressful and we sometimes do silly things when distracted at airport security, but getting mad doesn’t help anyone.
- by Lee Tulloch
New York hotel’s joyful design is the opposite of soulless ‘quiet luxury’
There’s a reason many previously all-white houses are now several shades of the year’s most on-trend colours, and it’s Kit Kemp.
- by Trudi Jenkins
Melbourne’s hotel ‘for those who don’t like hotels’
The Lyall Hotel & Spa has been popular with celebrities keen to stay on the down-low yet in a fashionable address.
- by Julietta Jameson
Queensland hot springs scene now rivalling Victoria’s
Taking advantage of the environmental success story that is the rehabilitated Artesian Basin, Cunnamulla Hot Springs has opened on the banks of the Warrego River.
- by Julietta Jameson
Melbourne-based cruise company builds its own ships
After almost 20 years plying Europe’s great rivers in chartered ships, APT is creating its own vessels, heralding a new era for the Australian company based in Melbourne.
- by Julietta Jameson
Jetstar launches new route to Aussie west coast beach escape
East coast fans of Western Australia’s famed south-west now have a direct flight.
- by Julietta Jameson
Traveller Letters: Australians have abandoned this great destination
“The government’s Smart Traveller website advises travellers to exercise a ‘high degree of caution’. How crazy is that?”
Opinion
Air travel
I was stranded in a wheelchair at the airport. Something’s finally being done
Eighteen months ago, I was almost left stuck on the kerb in a wheelchair at Sydney Airport. Finally, the airport and airline are making changes.
- by Tracey Spicer
Rupert spent two weeks in Bali without drinking. He’s not alone
They’re calling it The Next Big Dry – young Australian travellers overseas turning their back on alcohol-fuelled partying and instead opting for high sobriety.
- by Sue Williams