From Top to Bottom
One of world’s great train journeys, The Ghan Expedition snakes through the interior of the country on a four day, three night, 2979km all-inclusive journey that starts in Darwin, passes through the red centre and ends in Adelaide. It’s the ultimate way to explore the most remote and captivating parts of Australia in style and comfort.
Feast for the Eyes
An elegant, upscale harbour cruise reminds a rusted on Sydney resident that she lives in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Drinks with a View
It’s human nature to be curious about the unknown. Curiosity has driven us to cut through the dense mesh of the Amazon rainforest, to drive a flagpole into the ice at the South Pole, to send submarines to the bottom of the Mariana Trench… even to leave footprints on the surface of the moon. But what happens when all of the unknown places become known?
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The Lost World – El Questro
It would take a week to follow every one of the walking trails crossing El Questro, but after several days of exploring on foot I decide it's time to take a break and let one of the guides show me around.
Merrily We Roll Along
A romantic story of the romanticism of The Ghan and the land it travels across. Except from issue 5 of Lodestars Anthology: Australia
The Seven Spirits of the North
One of the first luxury lodges in the outback, Seven Spirit Bay is a wilderness lodge like no other. Accessible only by boat or air – the lodge has a private airstrip – it’s a wonderland for wildlife.
Canberra, a Capital of Choice
If evidence is needed that Australia does everything that little bit differently, Canberra is it. Most countries elect a geographically central city or a highly populated metropolis as the capital. Australia resolved political wrangling between Melbourne and Sydney by choosing neither. After several years of scouting, Canberra was selected as the capital in 1909, legislated in 1911 and officially designated the capital of Australia on 12 March 1913.
Beyond Bananas in Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour has tried its hand at a few things over the years – it’s been a centre for timber export, sugar cane and sugar mills made an appearance, butter was made here, and there was a brief stint of gold mining, but one thing dominated them all: bananas.
Beyond the Cellar Door
We think the Clare Valley is a pretty special part of South Australia – it is one of the country’s oldest wine regions after all.