Ten crazy food festivals (that don't involve eating)

Brian Johnston

Not all food festivals involve eating. Here are ten ways to have far more fun.

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Participants in the festival La Tomatina, a tomato battle that is celebrated every year in the city of Bunol.

You can now visit this previously inaccessible Tassie island (after a long hike)

Andrew Bain

It's the adventure for adventurers: landing by helicopter on a lighthouse-topped Tasman Island.

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Tasman Island rises like a Southern Ocean Alcatraz.

The best view in Sydney - for under $70 a night

Sue Williams

In a city like Sydney where bargains are few and far between, this feels like one of the best you never knew was on offer.

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The splendid roof terrace with its panoramic harbour views.

One of the restaurants named among the world's 50 best for 2023, in the city named the world's best for food by Lonely ...

Travel quiz: Which city has been named the world's best for food in 2023?

What does 2023 have in store for travel? Test your (upcoming) travel knowledge this week's quiz.

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After and afternoon at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria, fly into Sydney for dinner.

Dream trip: The best of Australia in just 24 hours

Twenty-four hours, it turns out, is not very long. Not if you want to "do" Australia.

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Ben Groundwater

Japanese trains don't have restaurant or bar cars, only snack trolleys.

There is no better way in the world to travel than this

Hunt around, prod and poke every corner of the travelling world, and see if you can come up with a better way to get from A to B than a train in Japan.

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Ben Groundwater

Passengers being bussed to their planes is uncommon at Australian airports, but happens a lot overseas.

Why some airports use buses to transport passengers to planes

Passengers on board a bus transporting them to their aircraft recently were shocked when they saw the plane take off without them.

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Michael Gebicki

I was a fit, adventurous traveller. Then I had a heart attack

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Mad March, in all its kaleidoscopic glory, is a precursor to Adelaide's year-long cultural calendar.

The best things to do in Australia's other cultural capital

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Kuala Lumpur

A love of food reigns supreme in this cultural mish-mash.

Absolutely terrifying: Australia's ten scariest experiences

If a half-hearted vampire costume and a badly-carved pumpkin won't quite cut it, then Australia has several better options for getting the heart pumping.