Calm down: Australia's most relaxing experiences

Brian Johnston

In stressful times, we all need a chance to unwind. Here are six of Australia's best places to do just that.

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Arkaroola Astronomical Observatory (credit Maxime Coquard)

Nine must-do highlights of the Sunshine Coast

Craig Tansley

Trendy cafes and hotels, along with some of the country's most spectacular coastal scenery, await visitors to the Sunshine Coast.

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The Sunshine Coast is home to some of Australia's most beautiful coastline.

Australia's last great adventure destination

Catherine Marshall

Up on Cape York, it's hard to know where this country ends and the one next one begins.

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Britain's last original temperance bar has stood on Bank Street in the Lancashire mill town since 1899.

Last 'temperance' bar could soon be joined by others as UK contemplates booze ban

Spirits are high at Britain's last 'temperance' bar in Lancashire, which could soon be joined by others.

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Virgin Australia will add two new routes and increase frequency on other routes for the Easter holiday period.

Domestic battle heats up as Virgin adds new routes, lounge

Virgin Australia will add two new routes in March for the Easter holiday period, while increasing capacity on some other routes.

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Craig Platt

Boarding rear-to-front of planes is the standard method, but it's also one of the least efficient ways.

COVID-19 could change one of the worst things about flying

Why is it so difficult for airlines to devise a quick, simple boarding process?

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Michael Gebicki

Airline takes extreme measures to avoid quarantine requirement for flight crew

Cathay Pacific Airways is taking extreme measures to cope with new rules that will require flight crew to quarantine in Hong Kong.

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Will Davies and Kyunghee Park

Second mid-air explosion prompts call for Boeing groundings

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One reader was left without access to money in Dubai due to a hotel's pre-authorisation charges on her credit card.

Letters: Hotel holding charges left me broke in a foreign country

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Alice Springs

Located in the heart of Australia's Red Centre and surrounded the magnificent MacDonnell Ranges, it's a great spot to experience the beauty and magic of the outback.

A huge bone-in rib-eye "txuleta" that's seared until barely rare on a wood-fired grill.

The perfect meal doesn't exist, but this is as close as it gets

Anthony Bourdain, the late chef, TV host and traveller, was always on the hunt for the perfect meal, even though he knew it didn't exist.

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Ben Groundwater

I spent $1500 on lunch, and it was the weirdest meal of my life

A white-knuckle ride through taste and scent and texture, this meal was the best, the worst, the weirdest, the most magical and the most mind-blowing culinary experience of my life.