‘It’s positive’: shoppers react to Oxford Street pedestrianisation proposal Businesses back London mayor’s £150m plan but taxi drivers said they think it will be ‘disastrous’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2024
6 of the best cruises in Australia for 2025 and 2026 From snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef to traversing the Outback, here are some of the most incredible Australian cruise itineraries to inspire your next booking The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2024
A local’s guide to Port Stephens: ‘Everyone’s pretty excited about the new coastal walk’ With ever-changing sand dunes and a big breakfast culture, local artist Anna Webster says ‘the bay’ is filled with creative energy The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2024
Australian heritage meets European grandeur at Copperstone, a New South Wales retreat Copperstone is New South Wales’ answer to the European country estate, and includes a five-bedroom retreat, set in 48 acres Wallpaper · Sep 13, 2024
Newcastle must bring this mighty infrastructure home I'M ON BOARD: If city makes serious noise, like western Sydney, it will land crucial HSR project Newcastle Herald · Sep 8, 2024
Almost 68% of Australia’s tourism sites at major risk if climate crisis continues, report says Uluru, the Daintree and Bondi beach among locations that could be impacted if planet hits even 2C of warming by 2050 The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2024
Travel expert shares his tips on how to make your Australia trip cheap, quick, and painless Exclusive: Fares go as low as £595 return from London to Sydney in November The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2024
Newcastle Airport gets funding for new flight destinations International and domestic routes are being discussed. Newcastle Herald · Sep 5, 2024
Great Barrier Reef wants more tourists to visit – and you can save money by learning to protect it Tourism is a positive for Australia’s world-famous coral reef, say officials, as more people are urged to visit The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2024
New Zealand to nearly triple tourist tax for international visitors Australian tourists will be exempt from the NZ$100 levy which critics say will deter travellers The Guardian - AU · Sep 3, 2024
Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures Heat building up in country’s centre and driving south-east is causing ‘really unusual’ heatwave that is breaking winter records The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2024
Noodles, gelato and a dip: how to spend a day riding the rails of the Sydney metro extension The new section of the north-west and city line makes parts of the city much more accessible. Here are a few ideas for a day out The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2024
Sweet dreams are made of this: Queensland’s Big Pineapple is back. Is it still a big deal? Touting itself in the 1970s as Australia’s No 1 tourist attraction, the country’s biggest ‘big thing’ is back in business The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2024
Where’s the beef? Gina Rinehart puts past journalism quarrel aside with pies at the Kennedys Mining billionaire, who hasn’t always been on good terms with reporters, bankrolls journalism awards. Plus: cuts continue across media companies The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2024 The fight for iron sands: the bitter battle to protect New Zealand’s sea-floor riches Government’s push to fast-track projects in NZ stirs fears deep-sea mining off Taranaki, long opposed by the community, could go ahead
The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2024 Regional trains in NSW are old, slow and half-empty – but I still enjoy the ride The ageing fleet of Xplorer trains are running late half the time and can’t get up to speed on single tracks, but the 10-hour journey still has much to recommend it
The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2024 A local’s guide to Launceston: ‘Harvest Market on a Saturday morning is 100% part of the culture’ Youthful yet early rising, Launceston has a great mix of nature, food culture and even a colony of monkeys says brewer Will Horan
AAP · Aug 16, 2024 'Game-changer' metro is ready to fill public's appetite The Sydney Metro City line is expected to welcome thousands of passengers on its opening day, some ten years after the project was initially announced.
Cycling News · Aug 14, 2024 AusCycling Road National Championships 2025 routes Courses released for January 8-12 national title events in Perth
AAP · Aug 12, 2024 Vivid festival allure dims with big drop in visitors The shine has come off Sydney's Vivid Festival with a big drop in visitor figures from the previous year and some blaming prices for its decline in popularity.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 10, 2024 They’re 600km off the coast, but farmers on Lord Howe Island say ‘we can’t compete with Woolworths’ A weekly supply plane carries online grocery orders to the island’s 450 residents, but a growing number are returning to subsistence farming
Bored Panda · Aug 9, 2024 “Because I Live In New Zealand”: 50 Reasons For New Zealanders To Flex For many people, New Zealand is known for being the set of the iconic Lord Of The Rings series, but anyone who’s ever stepped foot in the country knows that it’s way more than that. The post “Because I Live In New Zealand”: 50 Reasons For New Zealanders To Flex…
Newcastle Herald · Aug 8, 2024 Airport's international terminal expansion gets closer to take-off 'We're hunting multiple destinations with multiple airlines.'
The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2024 Saunas, sledding and empty shores: Guardian Australia staff’s favourite east coast winter breaks Whether you plan on embracing the cold or warming your bones, these well-tested winter holiday spots lean into the best of the season
The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024 What other countries say about visiting the UK – as Australia issues travel warning amid riots Exclusive: After Australia warned its travelling citizens about riots in the UK, what other alerts are there to visitors?