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Orlando Brightline will get you from Miami to Orlando in three hours and 25 minutes.

Strap yourself in: 12 of the world’s most thrilling new ways to travel

You don’t need to be in a theme park to have a thrilling ride. Here are 10 new modes of transport that will propel you into discovery, fresh scenery and more adventure.

  • by Brian Johnston
If you think becoming a parent won’t change the way you travel, you’re wrong.

I’ve made these road-trip mistakes so you don’t have to

Anyone who tells you that having kids won’t change your lifestyle is either A) a bad parent, or B) not a parent.

  • by Ben Groundwater
Route 50: America’s “lonliest road”.

‘No points of interest’: Driving the ‘loneliest road in the US’

In 1986, Life magazine described Nevada’s Route 50 as “totally empty”. Nevada tourism turned the put-down into a marketing slogan.

  • by Keith Austin
Scenic drive along the coast of bubblegum-hued lake, Hutt Lagoon.

What I learnt driving 22,000 kilometres around Australia as a solo woman

Julia’s great adventure started as a vague stirring in her soul. But the delirious sense of freedom far exceeded her expectations.

  • by Sue Williams
Sunset drinks at Kingfisher Bay Resort.

The spectacular unknown side of Queensland’s most accessible island

The traditional Fraser Island holiday has changed. For starters, Fraser Island doesn’t even exist anymore.

  • by Craig Tansley
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The Isla’s centrepiece: the lounge area with heated pool.
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This retro-style motel excels where many others don’t

Vending machine espresso martinis, retro furnishings and eucalyptus green pool umbrellas? Yep, this Batemans Bay newcomer is ready for her close-up.

  • by Katherine Scott
 Europe’s highest mountain pass.

It’s a miracle Europe’s most breathtaking mountain pass exists at all

One of the highlights of any trip to Norway is this 108-kilometre ribbon of tarmac that squirms its way over a 1434-metre-high plateau.

  • by Rob McFarland
The pickings are slim and often grim at an Australian roadhouse.
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Compared with Europe, the food at Australian roadside stops is terrible

I recently stopped at a petrol station on a trip up the Hume. The food offering was dismal. There was nothing I wanted to eat.

  • by Lee Tulloch
Sisteron and the Durance River

The tiny French town that changed the course of history

For one day over 200 years ago, this small town — current population about 8000 — held the course of European history in its palm.

  • by Chrissie McClatchie
Cathedral Spires along the Needles Highway in South Dakota.

A ludicrously scenic byway isn’t even the main attraction at this US park

Although bison are the primary attraction, don’t leave Custer State Park without driving through this explosion of soaring, needle-like granite peaks.

  • by Rob McFarland