How it feels when adrenaline is your job
‘Going four Gs … it’s just like a Sunday drive for me’: a skydive instructor, an aerobatic joyride pilot and a stunt double reveal what it’s like when a daily adrenaline rush is all part of the job.
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The Gold Coast’s 13 best parks and playgrounds
Spring has sprung and school holidays have begun — there’s no better time to explore our parks. We’ve found 13 of the best parks and playgrounds in the city.
Trail which leads to Coast’s cutest animals
You know you are in paradise when a trail following one of the city’s most beautiful creeks leads you to a sanctuary for native animals.
Busy Coast suburb’s unexpectedly beautiful walk
Earlier this week I went for a jog around the block — and came up with an unexpected spot to enjoy the early morning rays.
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A tale of two cities
THEY are the cities where the war in the Pacific began and ended for the US and Japan … discover the history and the future in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor and Japan’s Hiroshima.
The country everyone will visit in 2017
ICELAND was popular this year, Thailand hit its stride before that. Next year’s hotspot might just trump them both.
Grinning and bearing it in China
THEY are among the world’s most recognisable animals, constantly drawing admirers wherever they are, and there are few places you can get closer to the giant panda than this park in China.
Inside North Korea’s propaganda HQ
KIM Jong Il was a huge fan of cinema — and so the people of North Korea have become avid moviegoers as a result of his influence.
The cheapest country for Aussies
Australian travellers will be sorted at this destination according to the top 100 list of the most affordable hotels. Here’s where to save.
Pop star takes out deranged passenger
GRAMMY-winning artist Richard Marx has slammed Korean Air after a four-hour ordeal with a “psycho” passenger on board one of its flights.
Radio king’s flight of frustration
GOLD Coast former radio king Richard Fowler has been caught up in flight chaos ruining the start of his festive break.
Journo given ‘vaginal pat-down’ at airport
A CNN reporter has filmed the moment she was given an invasive “vaginal pat-down” by security at an airport.
11 secrets of our newest mega ship
Ovation of the Seas’ arrival in Sydney this week is rewriting the history books. Here’s what you didn’t know about the ship.
Maldives: No stress atoll
TAKE a trip a million miles from care as we visit one of the most luxurious resorts in a chain of islands know for being an escape par excellence – the Maldives.
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