Steve Madgwick
Travel writer
Steve Madgwick is a journalist and travel writer.
Beyond the obvious, this Australian island remains an enigma to most
Most Australians only know three things about Christmas Island: it has lots of crabs, a notorious detention centre and is closer to Bali than our mainland.
- by Steve Madgwick
Of America’s two most famous ski towns, which one is the best?
We put two of North America’s glitziest ski towns up against each other in an alpine battle royale.
- by Steve Madgwick
Australia’s most far-flung and freakishly scenic archipelago
I’ve been advised to “duel to the death” for a window seat on this “cinematic” flight to this little-known Australian territory.
- by Steve Madgwick
Opinion
USA
My shocking arrival in the US: Border security was nice to me
Passing through the borders at US airports used to give me nightmares, but something seems to have changed. Or perhaps I have.
- by Steve Madgwick
This notorious country now deserves to be on your travel radar
Previously “the murder capital of the world”, this Central American country is now rated no more dangerous than Bali or Thailand.
- by Steve Madgwick
Oh Lord: I visited a bizarre, fake Hobbit-theme park in a cloud forest
Who wouldn’t, given the chance, travel to a kooky cloud-forest amusement park trying its heart out to authentically rip off a movie-set-cum-theme park thousands of kilometres away?
- by Steve Madgwick
Rottnest Island quokkas: The big problem with selfies with 'the world's happiest animal'
Tennis stars have turned selfies with 'the world's happiest animal' into a must-have for visitors to WA's Rottnest Island. Is that really a good thing?
- by Steve Madgwick
Quy Nhon: Why you need to visit Vietnam's next big beach destination now
How can Quy Nhon still be a 'hidden gem' in such a compact and well-trodden place like Vietnam?
- by Steve Madgwick
Flying economy class turns us into selfish, angry and clueless people
If it were possible for a human being to magically mutate into a cow, it would happen high above us, around the 10-hour mark of a long-haul economy class flight.
- by Steve Madgwick
Airline review: Bamboo Airways, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, Business Class, Sydney to Ho Chi Minh
Bamboo Airways is a sound choice for people looking for a business-class experience at very reasonable price.
- by Steve Madgwick
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