The Kimberley
Insider intel: Traveller’s writers share their 22 top discoveries
Our roaming reporters check their notepads, sharing secret addresses and perennial favourites from their past year of travel.
- by Traveller team
Ten of the world’s greatest adventure holidays to add to your bucket-list
Hands up if you’re a part-time explorer? From a polar plunge to an end-of-the-world expedition in pure comfort, we’ve got you covered.
- by Traveller team
A brutal landscape blessed with the most pristine places to get wet
Full of red rock and clear water, this brutal, arid landscape is replete with an oversupply of that simplest human luxury – natural swimming pools.
- by James Woodford
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Hotel reviews
The cheaper way to stay at one of Australia’s iconic outback destinations
What many don’t realise is that only a tiny proportion of visitors to El Questro Station stay at the iconic $2000-a-night Homestead.
- by James Woodford
Opinion
Ocean cruises
Rare plane makes spectacular landings in Australia’s most isolated region
I was dreading the bumpy experience of an unwieldy looking old plane that you had to board using a stepladder. I shouldn’t have.
- by Lee Tulloch
The remarkable location where Australia sheds its hot hard skin
Only small ships can get you into the crannies of our most convoluted coastline.
- by Brian Johnston
Breathtaking: The world’s most amazing natural phenomena from the sky
This experience crams a week’s worth of Kimberley highlights into a unique 24-hour itinerary.
- by Julietta Jameson
Six reasons why the Kimberley is best seen from the water
It is one of the oldest and largest wilderness areas in the world, which is one of the many reasons the Kimberley is best seen by boarding a ship.
- by Helen Pitt
It’s now easier to visit this Aussie bucket-list item
There’s now a luxury houseboat parked near one of the Kimberley’s most popular natural attractions, Horizontal Falls, and you can stay overnight.
- by Julietta Jameson
Six of the best honeymoon destinations in Australia
Whatever your type of honeymoon, Australia is like a giant catering platter full of delicious choice. Here are six of the best places to choose from.
- by Julietta Jameson
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