The four-in-one Australian ship that can go anywhere

Coral Geographer isn’t just a ship: it has four adventurous ways to get you into Australia’s remotest corners.

• by Brian Johnston

These Aussie islands were a secret test site for A-bombs. Now you can visit

Some of the Montebello Islands are so radioactive you can only stay for an hour. Just enough time to experience the weird world of Cold War secrecy and big bangs.

• by Brian Johnston

Airline review: Qantas domestic business class on a new dream route

This flight will make World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef more accessible for those with it on their bucket list.

• by Anabel Dean

New direct flights to home of the world’s biggest shark take off

In the waters beyond Ningaloo Reef, a shark is circling. More than seven metres in length, it’s larger than any great white.

• by Andrew Bain

UK writer replaces Australian holiday with virtual road trip

Viewing what I'm missing out on is surely some form of torture.

• by Kirsten Powley

Ningaloo, Western Australia: Swimming with the world's biggest fish in a World Heritage environment

It emerges from its indigo underworld as though from a dream, a colossus accompanied by the tiniest of golden trevallies.

• by Catherine Marshall

Dirk Hartog Island, Western Australia: The place where Australia nearly became French

Australia should have belonged to the French. Unfortunately they were 226 years too late to prove it.

• by David Whitley

Adventure around the Z Bend

Daniel Scott discovers it's can-do in the canyons where the Murchison meets the sea.

Temptation of the fresh

From rugged islands to lobster lairs, Western Australia's Coral Coast is sharing its secrets, writes Kerry van der Jagt.

Best national parks: into the wild heart

Lee Atkinson has visited 150 of Australia's national parks. Here, she reveals her five favourites.