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Caravan sales are booming and campsites in Australia are full: #vanlife is taking over travel in Australia.

Podcast: The travel trend taking over Australia

Who knew that the daggy holidays of our childhoods would suddenly be dominating our social media feeds in the 2020s?

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Unexpected Australia: The Karst cliffs near the Mimbi Caves in Western Australia.

Podcast: Australia's most outrageously fun experiences

You might think you know what to expect when you travel within Australia. But you should expect the unexpected.

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The Twelve Apostles on Victoria's Great Ocean Road.

Podcast: The best things to see and do in Victoria

Victoria has so much to offer, and surely there has never been a better time to get in there and experience it.

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What does the roadmap for travel look like in 2021?

Podcast: How will we travel in 2021?

It takes a brave commentator to predict what's going to happen in 2021. Brave, or possibly even stupid.

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Australians have developed a love affair with Japan in the past decade.

Podcast: The destinations we'll always love, no matter what

These destinations are evergreen. They're long-time favourites of Australian travellers, and they're sure to be just as popular when we can pack the passports and head overseas once again.

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Self-confessed plane nerd: Ben Groundwater.

Plane nerds: Why are we so obsessed with geeky plane stuff?

There comes a time in every traveller’s life when we have to admit that we're a bit of a plane nerd - but why are we so obsessed with this airborne mode of transport?

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Melbourne's Victoria Market is one spot where you can see and sample the vibrant mix of Australian cuisine.

'Australian food': The best places to try our local cuisine

Tim Tam slams, pad Thai or bush tucker: What is "Australian food" and where we can best enjoy our local cuisine.

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Iceland, with its stunning scenery, dramatic waterfalls and its famed Blue Lagoon, is a perennial favourite for ...

The greatest travel adventures you should try - at least once

Dreaming of your next big travel adventure, somewhere ambitious and completely different? These are the best adventures for any time, especially in post-COVID times.

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Tea Tree Bay in Noosa National Park is a popular place for picnics and surfing, with many other spots in the park more ...

Podcast: Summer holidays - where to go and what to expect this year

Summer is coming. Here's what you need to know to start planning that ultimate getaway.

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Outdoor heaven: Tasmania's specular Cradle Mountain.

Podcast: Australia's great outdoors - the best places to go

Say goodbye to the bright city lights and get back to nature at Australia’s best spots for fresh air and open spaces.

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A modern winery experience: The d’Arenberg Cube in McLaren Vale.

Podcast: Where to have the best winery experience in Australia

Good wine, great food and beautiful scenery: here are the best destinations for wine in Australia.

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Famous for its stunning white sand beaches, the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia.

Podcast: Best things to see and do in Queensland (once the borders open)

Looking to explore Australia's Sunshine State? Here's what you can see and do, and where to go.

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"It's a great cultural exchange": Ben Groundwater learning about Aboriginal culture in Western Australia

Podcast: Indigenous tourism - learning about First Nations culture

It's the oldest living culture in the entire world dating back more than 60,000 years and it's right here in Australia. Here's how you can learn and experience Aboriginal culture.

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While we're travelling less, it's a good time to take stock and think about what we can do to help make travel better.

Podcast: How to create a better travel world

If you want to make travel better; if you want to make the world better – now is the time.

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Sunset in Francois Peron National Park, Western Australia.

Podcast: The classic Australian road trip - what makes it so great?

There might not be a better country in the world for a road trip than Australia. So where should you go?

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Ironically, Italy could be one of the first places Australians will want to return to, post-COVID-19.

Podcast: Which countries will open up to tourists first?

It's going to happen. The world will open once again. But where will we be able to go first?

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Can't go hiking in South America? There are plenty of spectacular hiking trails in Australia, such as the Larapinta walk ...

Podcast: How to live your international travel dreams in the bubble

We may have had to ditch our overseas travel plans this year but here's how you can recreate your dream travel at home.

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The Three Sisters seen from the Echo Point lookout near Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, NSW.

Podcast: Regional travel in Australia - the best places to visit

The regional communities and isolated attractions that you might have heard of, but have probably never visited.

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Sri Lanka is one of the countries we're keen to get back to as soon as possible.

Podcast: The places we can't wait to get back to

The question all travellers around the world must surely be considering right now is: where to next once global lockdown is over?

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Italian opera singer Laura Baldassari sings from her window in Milan during the lockdown.

Podcast: What lockdown has taught us about travel

There's nothing like a little isolation to give you time to think: about your life; your career; your relationships; and what travel mean to us in this crazy new world.

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American celebrity chef, TV host and author Anthony Bourdain has inspired a whole generation of travellers and food ...

Podcast: The weird and wonderful things that inspire us to see the world

Travel doesn’t happen by chance. The best experiences take place because we’ve been inspired to do them.

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Rio De Janeiro. Brazil, one of the world's most beautiful cities.

Podcast: The places you must visit in South America

It's the continent that has it all. You want ancient ruins, bustling cities, soaring mountains, vast jungles? South America has you covered.

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Crowds of people flood the streets of downtown Rome.

Podcast: Overcrowded cities - and their lesser known equivalents

Isn’t it funny that we all know that the world’s most exciting cities are being loved to death, but we just keep going there?

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It'll be a while before Australians can return to Italy. Pictured, a local guide shows tourists around Volterra, Italy.

Podcast: Travel 2020 - will it ever be the same again?

So we're grounded for the foreseeable future - is this the end of the travel as we know it?

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The northern entrance of the Lemaire channel of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Podcast: Things that surprise first-time visitors to Antarctica

Everything you should know about travelling to the great ice continent, from what to pack to what to do once you get there.

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