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An issue with Jetstar's check-in facilities left thousands of passengers affected with a backlog of delays and cancellations.

Passengers delayed as smoke and a global outage plague Sydney Airport

A spokesman for Sydney Airport advised passengers to allow plenty of extra time due to the delays.

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In the same week that seven climbers died on Everest, mountaineer Nirmal Purja's photo showing crowds of climbers ...

The biggest travel news moments of 2019

MARCH: Boeing planes grounded

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Jimmy Ashby, Australian Geographic Society's 2019 Young Adventurer of the Year.

Young adventurer Jimmy Ashby: What travel has taught me

'People who have so little give so much': a bike trek around the world left this then 18-year-old humbled.

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The raw beauty of roughing it

It might be just a camping cushion but it could mark the beginning of the end of this traveller's life in the rough.

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More than 60 new European and African destinations will be available for points redemptions.

New Qantas deal unlocks 'hundreds of thousands' of reward seats for frequent flyers

Qantas frequent flyer members now have more options to redeem their points for European travel after the airline unlocked more seats through an agreement with two major carriers.

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Jetstar will fly Boeing 787 Dreamliners on its new Seoul route.

Jetstar's new route from Australia to Asia takes off

Jetstar has launched its new route into Asia, with non-stop flights from the Gold Coast to South Korea's capital, Seoul, taking off on Sunday.

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The words written out in rock at Granite Bay.

'Send nudes': Anger at backpackers' beach 'graffiti'

A community in Australia has reacted angrily after a group of tourists recently left messages strewn across a beach.

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The Great Southern is the first major new luxury train in Australia since the launch of the Indian Pacific almost 50 ...

Australia's new, 3000-km luxury train route launches

The new Great Southern train is Australia's first new luxury rail route in almost 50 years.

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Silversea's Silver Spirit undergoes a world-first lengthening project.

Why cruise lines are cutting their ships in half, literally

A few weeks ago, John Delaney, president of Windstar Cruises, stood on a scaffold at a historic shipyard in Palermo, Italy, and took a blowtorch to the Star Breeze.