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Aitutaki is famous for its equilateral-shaped triangular lagoon five times larger than the island surrounding it.

Paradise found (again): Pacific island's post-COVID comeback

There are a lot of new things to discover now the Cook Islands are open to Australian travellers again.

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Club Med Bali, which sits on 500 metres of beachfront in Nusa Dua on the south-east peninsula of Bali, is enormous.

I stayed inside Club Med's giant Bali resort for my entire holiday

There's a lot to be said about letting a resort do all the holiday planning for you.

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Palm Beach's top activity is the one-kilometre, lung-busting walk up to the lighthouse on Barrenjoey Head, where the ...

Neighbours is gone, but Home and Away's real Summer Bay lives on

Neighbours may be gone, but fans of Australia’s other major soap opera can still visit the idyllic setting of Summer Bay.

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NCL's itinerary visits five ports on four islands in one week.

Island hopping through Hawaii is heaven

The return of this cruise around the Hawaiian islands is cause for celebration.

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Lord Howe is a 14.55-square-kilometre crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea.

More than 130 years on, Australian island hotel still shines

The Pinetrees story begins with Margaret Curry, an Irish-born housemaid, and Thomas Andrews, a fetching seaman she met on her passage to Australia in 1832.

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Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay occupies prime position by the coast, looking out towards the Mamanuca Islands.

Six of the best places to stay in Fiji

Stunning lagoons, white-sand beaches and swaying palms await.

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Pacific Resort Aitutaki.

Paradise found: The best places in the Pacific named

It's finally time to put the flop back into drop. After two long years, the South Pacific is reopening to the world

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Croatia's turquoise-rimmed Korcula is a worthy alternative to Hvar.

The 25 incredible bucket-list islands tourists are yet to discover

Island escapes are irresistible, but why do we keep revisiting predicable places?

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South Australia's special holiday island isn't an island at all

The Yorke Peninsula has always been a favourite getaway for South Australians, yet has remained off the radar to interstate visitors. They don't know what they've been missing.

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The Yasawa Islands were untouched by tourism until the 1980s.

Why Fiji's now our No.1 destination (and why it beats Bali)

Fiji's resorts are full of Australian tourists after the country became the first Pacific nation to open to Australian tourists quarantine-free late last year.

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Lord Howe Island naturally attracts outdoor types.

Nine must-do highlights of Lord Howe Island

Stunning Lord Howe Island is home to the world's most southerly coral reef.

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Six of the best: French Polynesian Islands

There's a lot more to Polynesia than postcard perfect beaches.

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