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Ben Quilty 

Ben Quilty to sell part of his personal collection for superannuation

Among lots for sale is his Archibald Prize-winning portrait of Margaret Olley, and paintings done over the past 25 years that haven’t been shown before.

September 2023

Greek orchestral conductor Zoe Zeniodi.

An insider’s guide to travelling in Greece

Athens born and bred orchestral conductor Zoe Zeniodi goes home whenever her schedule allows. Here are her personal favourite places to dine and explore.

August 2023

Dining room in The Carlton Club, London. It’s still one of the most exclusive clubs in town.

Ever considered staying in a club when in London?

Some Australian clubs have reciprocal rights arrangements which provide an insight to a secret slice of London life off limits even to most Britons.

July 2023

Soprano Katie Stenzel, at the bar, leads the audience in a singalong at Winton’s North Gregory Hotel.

Why you won’t want to miss this opera festival in the outback

Tiny country towns, singalongs over a beer, friendly folk, and arias under the stars. There’s nothing else like the Festival of Outback Opera in Queensland.

June 2023

Mona Farm in Braidwood.

These luxury lodges are set in a private sculpture park

The Shearer’s Quarters is the final of seven accommodation options at Mona Farm in Braidwood, passion project of contemporary art collectors Bill and Belinda Pulver.

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April 2023

A rainbow frames the Glasgow City Chambers and George Square. It’s a city full of attractions – and surprises.

How Glasgow got a luxury makeover

Immerse yourself in a world of fabulous art, culture and design, enjoy the city’s great food and sample some of the best shopping in Europe.

February 2023

More superyachts berth at the Coral Bay Marina than anywhere else in Australia, according to Paul Darrouzet.

The Queensland marina that’s out to be the Monaco of the south

The revamped Coral Sea Marina Resort is the latest stage in former Rich Lister Paul Darrouzet’s big dream for the former “grotty yachtie” hangout at Airlie Beach.

The Sea Raes motor yacht.

See the ‘secret’ Whitsundays from this $18k-a-night yacht

Owned by the Catalano family, owners of Byron Bay’s legendary Raes of Watego hotel, the “seriously overengineered” motor yacht is yours for $18,000 a night.

November 2022

Lavinia Ketchell is the youngest artist to work on the Ghost Net Collective’s eagle ray project.

A tiny Torres Strait mob is casting its net wide for your attention

The creators of a colossal Sydney artwork handmade with driftnets fished from the sea want you to know they pose a dire threat to the world’s turtles.

August 2021

Skylab

Skylab is NASA’s forgotten space station triumph

Today’s billionaire wannabe astronauts owe a debt to the pioneering work done on the world’s first space station.

March 2020

Hydra as it is today. There are still no cars on the island.

Heaven and heartbreak on Leonard Cohen's Hydra

It’s 60 years since Canada's giant of song discovered a small Greek island, bought a hovel and met the woman who became his lifelong muse.

December 2019

Lotus Cruises has boutique luxury cruise ships aimed at discerning Europeans and Australians.

Jewel in the Mekong

What's more romantic than a luxury cruise down the Mekong River? How about the improbable love story that made it possible.

September 2019

Aerial view

Channelling ski legend Stein Eriksen on the slopes of Utah

Where better to follow in the footsteps of the father of freestyle skiing than at the luxurious Stein Eriksen Residences in Deer Valley?

August 2019

Heart Island's glass-bottomed boat positioned off Heart Reef.

Whitsundays’ Heart Reef up close and personal

The new and decidedly classy way to explore this coral icon is from a bespoke $2 million pontoon accessed in a custom-built $4 million helicopter.

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Lennox Hastie readies to do what he does best: prepare a barbecue like no other.

Expect culinary fireworks at Race Week

Lennox Hastie's Showcase dinner is among a smorgasbord of fine dining events on offer during the Hamilton Island regatta.

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"Everywhere good anchorages," Cook noted when sailing through the Whitsunday Passage.

Captain Cook would be blown away by Race Week

The English explorer was smitten by the Whitsundays 214 years before the first Hamilton Island regatta set sail.

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Sailors and socialites line up for Race Week

The 36th edition of Hamilton Island’s spectacular regatta is on course to be one of the biggest and most glamorous yet.

June 2019

The resort's interior design by Melbourne practice Dubois champions reclaimed timber.

Outback luxury at Australia's newest five-star resort

Rich Lister Chris Morris has added a cattle station to complete his trilogy of north Queensland resort offerings.

“Monkee fans were the younger brothers and sisters of the Beatle fans," says Micky Dolenz.

Looking back at Monkeemania before 'likely' last tour

The Monkees were dismissed as "a manufactured, American, TV rip-off of the Beatles" but John Lennon was a fan and more than 50 years on, they're still touring.

May 2019

One of the Pestana Palace hotel's four royal suites.

Be pampered like a soccer mum at Lisbon's most palatial hotel

Check in to the Pestana Palace, where Madonna took four royal suites while her son attended the prestigious Benfica Football Academy.

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