$29m super yacht comes with sports car
A SWEDISH company has produced one of the world’s most luxurious yachts – boasting its very own supercar.
Adventure
Bear Grylls meets jaws of death
THIS is the first glimpse of TV’s adventure man Bear Grylls during his trek to far north Queensland to film episodes for his international hit series.
Harry Potter theme park ‘stunning’
THE soon-to-be-opened Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park has been labelled “stunning” by gushing reviewers.
Luxury jet transforms into room with a view
NEW ultimate luxury aircraft design includes an “air deck”, transforming the plane into a living space with spectacular views.
Tintin holidays offer plenty of adventure
TRAVEL company offering Tintin fans the chance to follow in the footsteps of the world famous adventurer.
New extreme dolphin adventure
TOURISTS will pay over $200 to swim with a wild dolphin pod at an Aussie location – but the experience lasts only five minutes.
Swinging time in the tropics
NOTHING stands out quite like orang-utans and proboscis monkeys on a family adventure in Malaysian Borneo.
Aussie travellers more adventurous than ever
AUSSIE travellers are more intrepid than ever, trading traditional holiday destinations for adventures in the far reaches of the globe.
Man uses shark as taxi
A DIVER has been filmed using a shark as an underwater taxi.
The most extreme golf course in the world
TAKE a swing from on top of a mountain and avoid the wild animals on the greens at the world’s most extreme golf course.
A land of roar beauty
NOTHING compares to the adrenalin surge of a first game drive while witnessing one of the world’s wildest wonders.
Stay in tuna with nature
FORGET great white sharks. Swimming with bluefin tuna in South Australia’s Port Lincoln is the new underwater adrenalin rush, says Sam Wundke.
Singleton’s wild with wife carrying
WIFE-carrying may look like a throwback to those Neanderthal times but don’t be mistaken: one NSW town is busy making its mark in this quirky international sport.
Cruising for a bruising
RAVAGED by rain and soaked in sea spray, Lee Taylor’s eco-cruise of Tasman Island was more like a theme park ride.
Sand up for adventure
SANDBOARDING, snorkeling and a beach picnic: this adventure has all the ingredients for an island thrill, writes Kara Murphy.
Holidays behind bars
LOOKING for more adventure? Why not turn your holiday into a prison sentence by doing hard time in the world’s jail hotels.
Scariest trek in the world
CLINGING to a rusty iron chain above a 2090m drop, China’s Mt Huashan has to be the scariest tourist trek in the world.
You may float about the cabin…
HOLIDAYS in space? It’s not as far-fetched as most people once thought, writes Roderick Eime.
Wired in Launceston
SPEEDING above Hollybank Forest on a steel cable, Lee Taylor feels the rush of Tasmania’s newest adrenalin attraction.
Way out west
A DRUNKEN caped crusader, Hooters girls and Elvis marrying an Aussie… it can only be a Contiki tour of the US, writes Scott Walsh.
Sea kayaks are sweet as, bro’
PADDLING with the local fur seals, Jeanti St Clair takes to the seas for a three-day kayak adventure around the sun-bleached top of New Zealand’s South Island.
Earning your stripes in India
SPEEDING across the animal trails of the Vindhya Hills in a jeep, Diana Plater realises tigers really are the beauty of India.
Great leaps into the unknown
CROSS my heart and hope to fly Evonne Fletcher realises at 14,000ft, it’s too late to change her mind about skydiving.
Licence to surf
WITH dreams of riding Queensland’s famous breaks, Cathy Finch discovers during her surf lesson on the Gold Coast that it’s not good to ride backwards.
Swimming with sharks
DETERMINED to prove that not everything in Australia eats you, Cathy Finch jumps into a pool of deadly looking sharks and immediately wishes she hadn’t.
High times in the Blue Mountains
TRYING not to scream, Crystal Ja takes in the stunning panoramas of the Blue Mountains while awkwardly dangling, breathless, at the end of a rope.
Walking with legends
HAVING left the wild days of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll behind, Raymond Hawkins has created the thinking man and woman’s call to adventure, says Jan Cornall.
Places to surf before you die
FROM Hawaii’s famous Pipeline to the newly-born Superbank on the Gold Coast, Sean Doherty has created the ultimate wish list of waves to surf before you die.
A wild race with no rules
THE Siena palio is a mad scramble of a horse race, accompanied by extravagant parades and celebrations.
Shark vs dolphin in food battle
PHOTOGRAPHER has captured an epic underwater food fight between sharks, whales, seals, dolphins and gannets.
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