In picture-perfect rural scenery about 20 minutes in from the coast, Lismore is a town feted for its culture. A big contingent of artists and musicians call this place home, and there’s a surfeit of cafes and pop-up galleries. The cornerstone of the local arts scene is the Lismore Regional Gallery, staging must-see exhibitions and …
An agricultural town in West Gippsland’s, Warragul is on a plain between the Great Dividing Range in the north and the Strzelecki Ranges in the south. This is the economic, service and cultural centre of West Gippsland, found along a corridor of settlements threaded by the Princes Highway. Warragul hosts one of Victoria‘s premier farming …
Victoria‘s Great Ocean Road ends just east of this enticing coastal city, which puts you within a short trip of natural wonders like the Twelve Apostles and Bay of Martyrs. Here craggy stacks, arches and caves have been sculpted from multicoloured limestone by the raging Southern Ocean. This is a coastline with a harrowing past, …
A vibrant university town, Bathurst is set high in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, where the climate is cool and temperate. This is Australia’s oldest inland settlement, going back all the way to 1814, and its development through the 19th century was spurred on by a Gold Rush in the 1860s. The streets …
The fast-developing town of Drouin is on the Princes Highway, 90 kilometres east of Melbourne. Like its close neighbour Warragul, Drouin is on a plain between the peaks of the Strzelecki Ranges in the south and the first spurs of the Great Dividing Range in the north. There are rainforest covered valleys, waterfalls and scenic …
The story of Kalgoorlie in the Western Goldfields starts in 1893 when a pair of prospectors found 100 ounces of alluvial gold close by at Mount Charlotte. So began the Western Australia Gold Rush and the gradual discovery of an immense goldfield, the Golden Mile, that continues to produce gold in huge quantities to this …
On Western Australia‘s Coral Coast, Geraldton is a crucial seaport, exporting grains, livestock and minerals, but also the base for a lucrative lobster fishery. There’s a gentler side to the city, at its string of beaches and their newly regenerated foreshore, and as a departure point for the Houtman Abrolhos, an archipelago feted for its …
The first settlement in Western Australia was founded in 1826 at a safe anchorage shielded from the inhospitable Southern Ocean. Albany is on a perfect natural harbour, discovered in 1791 by Captain George Vancouver and resting in the embrace of the Torndirrup Peninsula. For seven months of the year humpbacks, southern right and blue whales …
The seat and commercial centre for the City of Shoalhaven, Nowra is a small town perched on the high, rocky banks of the Shoalhaven River. Local farms, the presence of the Pacific Coast and a booming wine region all bless this part of New South Wales with world-class food and drinks. The river, walled by …
Tasmania‘s third city faces off against Melbourne across the wide expanse of the Bass Strait. The Spirit of Tasmania, the ferry service from the mainland, docks at the mouth of the Mersey River in Devonport. There are breathtaking headlands and beaches along the rugged coastline where you can set your gaze to the north, as …