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Craig Tansley

Craig Tansley

Travel writer

Craig Tansley is a Gold Coast-based freelance travel writer with a specialty in adventure, and a background in the South Pacific.

Bribie Island, Queensland’s “least-likely island paradise”.

Queensland’s ‘least likely paradise’ is not your standard resort island

Craig Tansley discovers that the McDonald’s and Bunnings outlets on Bribie Island just add to its unusual and secret charm.

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The Brisbane River is a great place to see the city from.

The must-do highlights of Brisbane in three days

There's a lot to see and do in Brisbane from island hopping to cultural inner-city evenings.

  • Craig Tansley
Commonly known as lupin or lupine, is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Torres del Paine is a national park in Chilean Patagonia.

One of the world’s most beautiful walks can now be done in style

This new luxury guided hike makes one of the world’s most revered adventure challenges much more accessible.

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Mount Bromo volcano, East Java.

Bigger is better: The world’s 20 largest islands you need to visit

Big islands mean big opportunities to find somewhere magical, all for yourself. To those who think the world has been “done”, this will make you think again.

  • Craig Tansley
Supplied PR image for Traveller, check for reuse Fiji places to stay: The top 12 hotels and resorts for different budgets by Craig Tansley Mantaray Island Resort Fiji

Fiji’s best places to stay, whatever your budget

From hostels and bures on quiet beaches to private island retreats, Fiji has somewhere to stay for every traveller and every budget.

  • Craig Tansley
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The Calile Hotel Brisbane: This former big country town has come of age, and its accommodation offerings reflect this.

The best places to stay in Brisbane

This former big country town has come of age, and its accommodation offerings reflect this.

  • Craig Tansley
This part of Arnhem Land is home to some of the most significant Aboriginal art on Earth.

In all of Australia you won’t find anywhere else like this wonderland

Once you get to this part of the Top End, a fancy bar is one where the drinks are actually cold.

  • Craig Tansley
Western Brook Pond, a fjord within Gros Morne National Park surrounded by billion-year-old, 600-metre-high sheer rock walls.

A piece of paradise locals kept to themselves, until now

It was the setting for an international hit musical, but most people know little else about this quiet, wind-swept corner of Canada.

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Local swim spot Killen Falls in the “Tintenbar triangle”.

Just 30 minutes from Byron, you can capture its bygone holiday magic

Just beyond the famed coastal spot, find gourmet meals, distilleries and stunning country hamlets that hardly anyone knows about – perfect for busy school holiday periods.

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The retreat is near the town of Jaco.

You don’t have to live here to have a long life, but it helps

In one of five zones on Earth where people live longest, the outside world hardly seems to exist – so visiting adds a few months to my expiry date, surely?

  • Craig Tansley

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