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SunFeb20cover ; Highways to heaven / Vantastic extract ; text by Sue Williams
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Downloaded from QLD tourism image libraryCampervan driving on a dirt road through Chillagoe - Mungana Caves National ParkMandatory credit: Tourism and Events Queensland/ Tourism Tropical North Queensland

My sophisticated friend is giving up the city for a van. He’s not alone

Sophisticated and urbane, he’s the kind of person who is very discerning about the aesthetics of his life. I can’t imagine him living in a motorhome.

  • Lee Tulloch
PNG: wild, mysterious, haunting and flamboyant.

The one country you’ll never see on any ‘must-visit’ list

It’s wild, mysterious, haunting and flamboyant, but most Australians view it with fear and loathing.

  • Michael Gebicki
Getting to South America is easy from Sydney or Melbourne.

Back-to-work blues? These 10 tips will ignite your travel dreams

The exchange rate is brutal, there’s a cost-of-living crisis and overtourism is ruining popular spots, but here’s how you can still have a great holiday in 2025.

  • Ben Groundwater
Kyoto’s tourist numbers have surged to unmanageable levels.

Go somewhere else: Overtourism is no longer just a European problem

Kyoto tourist numbers have become so onerous the tourism board recently urged Australians to visit other parts of Japan.

  • Anthony Dennis
Qantas uniforms, 1974-1987.

The five most influential airlines in aviation history

From Pan Am to Qantas, these carriers flew higher, shaping modern aviation – and changing travel forever.

  • John Arlidge
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There are high levels of satisfaction with China Southern.

Eight Chinese airlines now fly to Australia. Here’s how they stack up

Many of the Chinese airlines flying to Australia offer cheap connections to Europe and other parts of Asia, but what are their reputations like?

  • Michael Gebicki
Polignano a Mare, a stunning clifftop town on the coast of Puglia.

The five travel questions we keep asking

The best way to see Japan, Italy’s less obvious highlights, and how to use an eSIM: here are the travel questions I get asked over and over.

  • Michael Gebicki
You might run into Alan Joyce on your next Qantas flight.

Superjumbos, ‘raw doggers’ and Alan Joyce: Travel’s winners and losers

From the tourism rise of an oil giant to the dramatic downfall of an aviation supremo, here are travel’s biggest winners and losers of the past year.

  • Anthony Dennis
Korean bibimbap could well be the new fried rice.

Seven dishes around the world to put on your must-eat list for 2025

Those who really love food can design an entire holiday around the opportunity to eat just one dish.

  • Ben Groundwater
Even on the Cote d’Azur, wine gets the ice cube treatment.

If the French put ice in their wine, you can too

In this one region of France, putting ice in your wine is so popular that a whole new drink has been invented: a piscine.

  • Chrissie McClatchie

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