Beach and island holidays
Best short-haul holiday destinations: Noumea, New Caledonia
Noumea offers a genuine taste of France incredibly close to Australia – closer than Cairns is from Sydney, in fact.
- by Anthony Dennis
Best short-haul holiday destinations: Suva, Fiji
This overlooked gem is home to a third of Fiji’s population, is one of the most cosmopolitan centres in the South Pacific and has a great nightlife.
- by Craig Tansley
Best short-haul holiday destinations: Singapore
Still consider this city a place in which to merely pause on the way to somewhere else (or somewhere more interesting)? It’s time to catch up.
- by Anthony Dennis
Best short-haul holiday destinations: Port Vila, Vanuatu
Tiny Port Vila, with a population just over 61,000, has come of age. The capital of Vanuatu is home to chic restaurants, bars and gourmet produce outlets.
- by Craig Tansley
The abandoned goat that now lives in five-star island luxury
Bonnie the Nihi Goat, as she’s known on Instagram, has become the accidental mascot of one of Indonesia’s most luxe resorts.
- by Jenny Hewett
When Mother Nature created this part of Australia, she went all out
A splatter of blue – no: two, three, four shades – for the water, a drizzle of pure white for the sand, and a deep red for the soil. And why not some lakes of pink?
- by Julie Miller
New adults-only resort on lesser-known Fiji island has a 34-guest limit
I’ve arrived at Waya a couple of days ahead of its official opening and find I’m the only guest.
- by Lee Tulloch
Why this beautiful Greek island comes with unsolicited health advice
The birthplace of “the father of modern medicine” sticks to its roots – and there’s much for travellers to learn (and potentially ignore).
- by Caterina Hrysomallis
Nine must-do highlights of Fremantle, Western Australia
It’s impossible not to be charmed by this eclectic port suburb, also known as the gateway to Rottnest Island.
- by Tim Richards
Cruising around Greece is booming like never before
Greece is a scintillatingly beautiful destination with a coast and islands made for cruising. It’s no wonder more than 1000 ships are heading there this year.
- by Brian Johnston