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Australia's best dog-friendly beachesARTICLE

Australia's best dog-friendly beaches

TOPICS: Beaches Pets Kids and family Australia Taking the dog to the beach on a hot summer's day is a great way to relax. Not all beaches are dog friendly, but we've found a few gems...
Surfing with the pros at CronullaARTICLE

Surfing with the pros at Cronulla

TOPICS: Beaches Cronulla New South Wales Australia The Cronulla Coast has been named the country's fifth National Surfing Reserve.
The top 10 beach houses in VictoriaARTICLE

The top 10 beach houses in Victoria

TOPICS: Beaches Victoria Beach houses Australia From a charming limestone cottage to one of the country's most iconic homes — Victoria's finest beach houses to suit all tastes and budgets.
The top 10 beach houses in QueenslandARTICLE

The top 10 beach houses in Queensland

TOPICS: Beaches Queensland Beach houses Australia Queensland's best beachside retreats that offer sun, sea, sand and style on your doorstep.
The top 10 beach houses in NSWARTICLE

The top 10 beach houses in NSW

TOPICS: Beaches New South Wales Beach houses Byron Bay Bondi Beach Coffs Harbour Angourie Point Boomerang Beach Palm Beach Bundeena Australia Want to throw a grown-up beach party this summer? Kim Wildman scours the state for NSWs' best beachside holiday homes.
Beach holidays in ... Germany?ARTICLE

Beach holidays in ... Germany?

TOPICS: Beaches Germany Beach holidays in Germany sound like an anomaly, but the marzipan-white resort of Heiligendamm lies along an unexpectedly beautiful Baltic coastline nicknamed...
Best tropical paradisesARTICLE

Best tropical paradises

TOPICS: Beaches Endless summers, coconut trees and ...stop daydreaming! These are the top tropical paradises, as nominated by Lonely Planet. But destinations like Atiu,...
Australia's underrated islandsARTICLE

Australia's underrated islands

TOPICS: Beaches Eco and nature Montague Island Houtman Abrolhos Lady Elliott Island Lady Musgrave Island Christmas Island French Island King Bay Tiwi islands New South Wales Queensland Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Resorts, national parks and cultural centres you may not have heard of.
Surfing in YemenARTICLE

Surfing in Yemen

TOPICS: Beaches Yemen Surfing Monster waves, zero crowds and some interesting locals — Yemen is surf's new frontier. Catch it before it breaks.
Australia's best beach housesARTICLE

Australia's best beach houses

TOPICS: Beaches kids weekends The beach shack is firmly rooted in every Aussie's consciousness. Here are a few of Australia's best beach houses.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CaliforniaARTICLE

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California

TOPICS: Beaches California Car Branch United States West Virginia Leave your stilettos at home if you're planning a visit to lovely Carmel-by-the-Sea in California. No high heels is one of the town's more unusual by-laws,...
Discover the thousand islands of CroatiaARTICLE

Discover the thousand islands of Croatia

TOPICS: Beaches Croatia For a small country, Croatia has a lot of neighbours. In the north, Hungary and Slovenia, to the east, Bosnia and Serbia, and south, Montenegro. And to the...
Chumbe Island: castaway conservationARTICLE

Chumbe Island: castaway conservation

TOPICS: Beaches Eco and nature swimming Zanzibar United Republic of Tanzania Chumbe Island looks like Sydney Opera House on Robinson Crusoe's island.
Sick of sunbathing? Try something new at the beachARTICLE

Sick of sunbathing? Try something new at the beach

TOPICS: Beaches "What is there to do in Australia?" can be distilled into an even simpler question: "what is there to do at the beach?" Whether you like swimming or surfing,...
Destination BondiARTICLE

Destination Bondi

TOPICS: Beaches You can't say you've done Sydney until you've visited world-famous Bondi Beach. So here's the do-it-like-a-local guide to maximising your sojourn.
Head for the hills: The Sunshine Coast HinterlandARTICLE

Head for the hills: The Sunshine Coast Hinterland

TOPICS: Beaches The abundant charms of sophisticated Noosa and the succession of pearly-white beaches which line the Sunshine Coast...
Bells Beach: Genuine Aussie ClassicARTICLE

Bells Beach: Genuine Aussie Classic

TOPICS: Beaches Victoria Australia The Beach Boys sang about Aruba, Montego and Key Largo. If they had visited the southern parts of Victoria, where the shore meets the sea, it’s certain at...
Beyond the Banana: Coffs Coast NSWARTICLE

Beyond the Banana: Coffs Coast NSW

TOPICS: Beaches Who could visit Coffs Harbour without calling in at the iconic Big Banana, with its ski run, toboggan slope and railway through a banana plantation?
Cronulla: a beach icon that comes out of the blueARTICLE

Cronulla: a beach icon that comes out of the blue

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Haggerstone IslandARTICLE

Haggerstone Island

TOPICS: Beaches Queensland Haggerstone Island Australia As you near the end of the two hour, 600km small plane flight that brings you from Cairns to Haggerstone Island, it is hard to believe that you could possibly...
         

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