Category: Australia
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Everything you need to know about visiting Rottnest Island
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Visiting Rottnest Island is an essential part of any trip to Perth. It’s best-known for being home to most of the world’s quokka population but it also has some of Western Australia’s quintessential picture-perfect beaches. Here’s everything you need to know about visiting Rottnest Island. How to get to Rottnest…
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10-day Western Australia road trip itinerary: best beaches and coastal stops
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Western Australia is famous for its incredibly beautiful coastline and sparse population. It’s no exaggeration to say that I had never stood on such a heavenly beach before that was so empty of people – and that wasn’t even a one-off in Western Australia. Here’s a 10-day Western Australia road…
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Australia Day: a Brit’s perspective
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It’s not often you happen to be in a country for its national day. But I was in Sydney for Australia Day in 2025. What is Australia Day? Australia Day is the anniversary of British ships landing at what is now Sydney Harbour on 26 January 1788. This was the…
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A Great Ocean Road trip: where to stop and what to see
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The Great Ocean Road, west of Melbourne, is renowned as a thing of beauty. It winds through small towns whose beaches are somehow more expansive than almost anything I’ve seen in the UK, through rainforest on the edge of Great Otway National Park, all the way to the spectacular Twelve…
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Five lovely bookshop cafés in Sydney
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My two favourite things to do are travelling and reading. It feels like the stars align when the two come together. If you’re also a travelling book-lover, don’t miss these five lovely bookshop cafés in Sydney. Berkelouw Books, Paddington First, Berkelouw Books in the district of Paddington claims to be…
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Seven small things I love about Australia
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I love lots of things about Australia. Obviously I loved the usual stuff: Western Australia’s deserted white-sand beaches, Sydney Harbour’s iconic skyline, the perpetual sun. But there are also lots of small things I love about Australia that are simply the icing on the cake. Here’s my list. 1. Excellent…