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The Kylesku Bridge spanning Loch a’ Chairn Bhain in the Scottish Highlands.

The world’s nine best (and five worst) countries for a road trip

A driving holiday can be a pleasure – or a pain. Here are the best, and worst, places for a road trip around the world as well as here in Australia.

  • Chris Moss

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The popular Daylesford wine bar is moving - but not far.

A favourite hatted Daylesford restaurant is saying goodbye, but not for long

The team behind this award-winning spot, loved by locals and daytrippers, have big plans for a new site. And it’s just a stone’s throw from the original.

  • Emma Breheny
Mortadeli in Torquay is combining sandwich shop, pasta bar and deli under one roof.

Torquay’s favourite sandwich bar is moving, but it’s good news for fans of carbs

There’s more to love at the new Mortadeli, including carbonara-inspired breakfast wraps, pasta all day, and Roman drinking food. Plus, a nearby cafe has an all-Australian menu led by jaffles.

  • Emma Breheny
View of Rocamadour, France.

Forgotten France: 10 stunning regions most visitors overlook

You don’t have to battle tourist hordes in the world’s most-visited country. Here are 10 of its relatively less-visited but underrated regions.

  • Brian Johnston
Some animal behaviourists reckon dogs love road trips because they evoke the same euphoric sensations as hunting marathons with their wolf ancestors.

Now it’s easier to take your dog on that long road trip

You can now tell your dog to stay, and it can do so with you.

  • Julietta Jameson
Whangamomona Hotel, the nerve centre of the republic.

In small towns, places can close up for winter. I learnt the hard way

A post-revolution visit to the quirky NZ Republic of Whangamomona goes off the rails.

  • Lee Mylne
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Big views on the Kalbarri Skywalk.

No time to do ‘the Big Lap’ of Australia? Do this road trip instead

This spectacular coastal drive is so rugged and remote that even the young adults are impressed.

  • Jane Reddy
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.

  • Jim Darby
Britain’s most spectacular road ascent is also one of its most dangerous.

Britain’s most dangerous road has become a global tourist attraction

At the foot of Bealach na Bà in the Scottish Highlands, you receive a stark warning.

  • Greg Dickinson
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in flood.

Largest floodwater on record creates rare outback spectacle

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, Australia’s largest salt lake, is coming alive for the second year in a row. But this year is different.

  • Julietta Jameson

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