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The truth is outback

Aboard his mothership, Robert Upe finds life, but not as he knows it, on a road trip from Alice Springs to Darwin. more

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Australia

 

And then there were five

Can Australia's crowded air space support another domestic carrier?

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Meet locals, get laid

In fairness, I'm pretty sure that's not what the inventors of CouchSurfing had in mind when they set up their little network. (The term "little" is relative, of course - it has more than 600,000 members signed on at the moment.) I'm sure the idea was to create an online network of friendly,...

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Best Breaks: Blue Mountains

Video Explore the hidden treasures of the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.

Short breaks

 

Wildlife in the city

Margot Date discovers there's plenty at her doorstep to keep her small tribe entertained.

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Activities

Flat out having fun

First-timer Kylie Davis falls for the many charms of skiing. Again and again.

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Fact sheets

Tahiti

For more than 200 years, Tahiti has represented the tropical-paradise myth for Europeans.

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Your Travel

To buy or not to buy

Your own set of wheels promises freedom - and a few headaches, writes Jane E. Fraser.

Readers' snapshots

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Traveller' tale

Though bitten by the travel bug, Melanie Lees survives to tell the tale.