Sheriden Rhodes

Sheriden Rhodes
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Sheriden Rhodes is a travel writer and photographer who travels the globe with her frequent small flyer, Ella.

Jacaranda trees blooming in First Fleet Park, The Rocks.

Forget Japan's cherry blossoms: Australia's most spectacular spots in spring

Spring has sprung and it's time to lose yourself in Australia's striking canola fields or beneath flowering jacaranda trees.

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Better than the beach: Australia's ten most spectacular places to take a plunge

What could be finer than a dip in water as clear as gin or in natural rock pools that fizz like Champagne? Here are 10 of Australia's best swimming spots.

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The six kilometre Bathers Way to Nobby's Beach (pictured) is a highlight.

Nine must-do highlights of Newcastle

Forged by steel and sweat, Newcastle has risen once more to become one of Australia's coolest coastal cities.

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Not the Middle East: Incredible dunes on the NSW coast

Created tens of thousands of years ago, the otherworldly dunes are far more than a desert playground.

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On big swell days, waves crash dramatically into the pool.

The spectacular sea baths carved by convicts

Lying spectacularly at the bottom of a rugged cliff face carved into a natural rock platform lies the little-known Bogey Hole.

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Newcastle Airport is NSW's second busiest airport.

Newcastle Airport's multi million-dollar improvements

Connecting to an international flight from here beats driving to Sydney Airport.

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Brisbane's new Art Series Hotel

Staying here you'll to get to know the artist Vincent Fantauzzo through his work and perhaps even get creative yourself.

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Spa room at Lon Retreat and Spa, Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria.

Ten game-changing country hotels raising the standard

The 10 boutique stays profiled here – none of which have been affected by the fires aside from smoke haze – are dramatically raising standards in country NSW and Victoria.

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Aussie island is the ultimate, crowd-free place to relax

With no pollution, no traffic, no fast food chains and no rush to do anything, Norfolk Island is in fact an ideal destination to disconnect from busy lives.