Backyard beauties: 5 must-see Australian destinations

Holidaying close to home will lessen your carbon footprint and help regions battered by the summer's bushfires.

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Philippa Coates, Nina Karnikowski, Fiona Carruthers and Anthony Dennis

Feb 20, 2020 – 10.54am

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It's been a life-changing summer for many Australian regions, particularly those in areas badly affected by fire, such as the Blue Mountains, Mid North Coast and South Coast in NSW, and South Australia's Kangaroo Island.

So pack up your kit and get out into the nation’s many hidden pockets. Visit Tourism Australia’s website or check the relevant local tourism information sites in your bid to support local and “stay here this year”, as the new TA domestic campaign goes. A suite of hashtags will help guide you to areas that are crying out for love, including Take a #RecoveryWeekend, #BookThemOut, #Spendinthebush and #gowithemptyeskys.

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Philippa CoatesContributorPhilippa Coates was deputy editor of The Australian Financial Review’s lifestyle liftout, Life & Leisure

Nina KarnikowskiTravel writerNina Karnikowski is a travel writer focused on sustainability, and the author of two books including Go Lightly: How to Travel Without Hurting the Planet.

Fiona CarruthersTravel editorFiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller.