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Jim Darby

Jim Darby

Senior Producer

Jim Darby is a senior producer for Traveller and the author of White Gold, a history of Australia in winter sports.Connect via Twitter or email.

The Hazards in the distance, across the water from Moulting Lagoon and the vines of Devil’s Corner.

The home of Australia’s best-selling pinot is also ‘Tasmania’s Kakadu’

At the back of his ute, a local Tasmanian oyster farmer is shucking oysters from their shells, to be savoured alongside a glass of sparkling or riesling.

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The Marble Bar, 50 years on.

Sydney hotel turns 50, but its iconic bar is turning 132

If its walls could talk, what tales would the Marble Bar at Sydney’s Hilton hotel be telling us?

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Dinner Plain village with a fresh cover of snow.

Village with a difference: Australian ski resort that’s not like the rest

Victoria’s Dinner Plain is unique. Its chalets and apartments – low-rise by nature and edict – followed a theme that has continued today.

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Table Cape in Tasmania.

This Aussie road trip is outstanding, even if my car isn’t

Six nights of indulgence, in scenery and food, lie ahead on this road trip – that’s if the car will keep moving.

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Street front for this Victorian-era house.

With serenity and comforts aplenty, this restored retreat is superb

Hobart luxurious Lumiere Lodge is near enough to the centre and waterfront for all the attractions, but far enough afield to enjoy the peace of suburbia.

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Felons Corner with Mount Roland as a backdrop.

Stunning Tassie retreat feels like your own private mountain

A stunning location with splendid bush isolation, here you have a well-designed and lovingly finished cottage with smart finishing touches.

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Spoilt for choice: Australia’s surprising foodie capital

People used to come to Hobart, stay one night, eat at one restaurant, then fly out. Now you can be here for a week and you’re spoilt for choice.

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Following the track in the Great Otway National Park.

Australia’s wild and unforgiving coast makes this ‘great walk’ sublime

The coast-hugging Great Ocean Walk has sea views in abundance, and covers 110 kilometres from Apollo Bay to the Twelve Apostles.

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Rooms with a view.

New Sydney hotel is a stellar stay for work or pleasure

Citadines Walker is a good choice if you have business in North Sydney, but the quality of public transport nearby means you don’t need to linger.

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Old Faithful in winter at Yellowstone National Park.

How to avoid the tourist hordes at the world’s first national park

Visit Yellowstone National Park in summer, and you’ll be, literally, one in a million.

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