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Busselton’s famous jetty.

More than just a gateway: 10 Australian airport towns worth visiting

Most people who fly into these destinations immediately head to a higher-profile place nearby. Here’s why you should linger a little longer.

  • David Whitley

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A Redback conducts a live fire demonstration during trials at Puckapunyal.

What Australia’s next generation of army vehicles will look like

A defence expert said the fast-moving infantry fighting vehicles would give Australia ‘the best capability on offer’ to replace personnel carriers from the 1960s.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Aerobatic pilots Emma McDonald (left) and Matt Hill (right) at the Avalon Air Show.

‘It’s probably the freest I feel’: A day in the life of a stunt pilot

Aerobatic pilots Matt Hill, Emma McDonald and Paul Bennet left crowds stunned with their daredevil flips, tricks and turns during the Avalon Airshow.

  • Nell Geraets
Starfish Avalon
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Starfish Avalon

Starfish hardly needs the Avalon in its name. A large, fresh room, bare wood floor, banquettes with ...

Baveras Brasserie

Try to arrive at dusk and marvel at the darkening sea and the awakening lights of Geelong.

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Swell Cafe

The majority of Swell's customers still have their beach towels wrapped around their shoulders and ...

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The Cooks Larder

One of Avalon's frontier foodie destinations, the Larder is still going strong. An extensive ...

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Starfish Avalon

A simple beach cafe gets all sophisticated by night, surprising diners with serious grown-up ...

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Swell Cafe

This is an unpretentious corner in increasingly cool beachy Avalon that has a bit of fun with ...

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The Cooks Larder

There's something about walking around in a sea breeze that makes for wicked hunger. The Cooks ...

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