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Corals fertilise billions of offspring by casting sperm and eggs into the Pacific Ocean off Cairns.

Great Barrier Reef erupts in brilliant explosion of colour

Queensland's Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of colour as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes.

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Visitors to Christmas Island will see plenty of crabs.

Millions of red crabs jam traffic in 'epic' annual migration

Millions of red crabs crawled across Christmas Island on Tuesday, part of their annual migration journey to the ocean on the island off the coast of Western Australia.

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Virgin Australia will make every economy seat on domestic flights available for points bookings for 48 hours.

Virgin turns all flights into 'points planes' for 48 hours

Virgin Australia has announced its largest ever frequent flyer points promotion.

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'Ouch' by Ken Jensen is the overall winner.

'Ouch!': Winners of the world's funniest wildlife photos announced

It’s that time of year again when the funniest wildlife photos are announced, and what looks like a particularly painful image has taken out the overall title.

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Koh Phi Phi Lee with the beautiful central beach of Maya Bay.

The beach from The Beach is reopening to tourists

The tropical getaway you've been waiting for.

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At $A127,000, this Fly540 CRJ100 jet is one of the more expensive planes up for sale.

Airport to sell off more than 70 abandoned planes at bargain prices

Fed up with having dozens of abandoned aircraft just lying around, one African nation is putting together an auction to get rid of its aviation junk.

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The video begins by introducing a "Chief Visionary Officer" named Zack Mossbergsson who sports Zuckerberg's Augustus ...

Iceland trolls Facebook's Zuckerberg in tourism promotion

Iceland's clever new promotional video takes not-so-subtle shots at Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his instantly memed Metaverse.

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Tourism Australia has focused on domestic travel during the pandemic, using Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster-Blake in a ...

How can Australia attract international tourists again?

Australia has to pivot its international reputation from the world's lockdown capital to one of the world's safest countries in order to woo tourists back, experts say.

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New cruise ship will feature cabins for singles

When Oceania Cruises' new ship Vista debuts in April 2023, six solo staterooms will feature among the cabin choices.

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Virgin Australia will trial its new interior and seats on two of its Boeing 737s.

Virgin unveils new 'prototype' cabin, seats on two planes

Virgin Australia has unveiled a new 'prototype' cabin for its Boeing 737 aircraft, installing the new interiors in two aircraft as a trial.

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Emirates says Australians will start venturing out into the world from the middle of next year.

Emirates says holidaymakers targeting mid-2022 for overseas travel

Leisure travellers want to see the international border stay open for six months before venturing abroad, according to the local boss of airline giant Emirates.