Travel

ADELAIDEAll aboard for nautical fun

STEPHEN SCOURFIELD finds plenty to do in historic Port Adelaide

Stephen Scourfield

BunburyClose-up encounter with Bunbury’s wild dolphins

MOGENS JOHANSEN enjoys a buoyant experience where everything seems to just click

Mogens Johansen

NT tourismFluctuating border restrictions will ruin NT tourism, says leading operator

CONSISTENCY across Australia’s border restrictions is key to keeping the Territory tourism industry afloat this year, according to a leading Territory tourism operator

JASMINE BURKE, centralianadvocate.com.au

ExclusiveHotel boom: Top End occupancy rates at levels not usually seen until the Dry

A COVID-19 enforced stay-at-home festive season has delivered Top End hotels a near 20 per cent boost in occupancy rates in what is traditionally the slowest period of the year

Will Zwar

PhotographyBullet proof Leica camera

Leica pays homage to the great reportage photographers with their new Leica M10-P

Mogens Johansen

Two wrongs make a big frightDouble trouble: Close encounters of the blood-curdling kind

TWO of the world’s deadliest predators have been caught on camera in a frightening close encounter in the NT, filmed calmly ‘staying in their lanes’ as they cruise past each other. WATCH THE AMAZING VIDEO here

JUDITH AISTHORPE

tarragonaToga party in Tarragona

Tarragona is a rewarding side trip from Barcelona, writes STEVE McKENNA

Steve McKenna

Busselton jettyMermaid tales from Busselton

MOGENS JOHANSEN meets some mythical creatures at the Busselton Jetty

Mogens Johansen

Tourism operatorsPark fees welcomed as ‘a positive’ for Larapinta Trail

BUSINESS owners around the Larapinta Trail are welcoming the move to introduce park entry fees saying it will help with essential trail maintenance

JASMINE BURKE

the pod well travelledAustralia’s Coral Coast 2: Life on the Road

STEPHEN SCOURFIELD praises the pleasures of the humble roadhouse

Will Yeoman

Local delicacy puts WA on the map

After years of developing intricate aquaculture techniques comes WA’s newest ocean delicacy.

Harvest Road

Coronavirus NTFace masks compulsory in the Northern Territory

FACE masks will become compulsory in all major NT airports from midnight on Wednesday

Denise Cahill

Dante 700One hell of a trip

Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago. What can his great poem The Divine Comedy still teach us about travel?

Will Yeoman

TravelMan 'lived 3 months at Chicago airport'

US prosecutors have charged a California man they allege has been living for three months undetected in a secure area of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.

FremantleFremantle by design

A new exhibition shines the spotlight on some of Fremantle’s most talented designers, writes WILL YEOMAN

Will Yeoman

COVID crunchThousands flood home but overseas travel on its knees

The number of overseas arrivals into Australia has reached its highest point since international borders were closed last year, but the figure is still well below pre-pandemic figures.

Sarah Ison

Take off!Virgin’s massive frequent flyer offer

Virgin Australia has announced millions of free Velocity points will be available over the next 24 hours in an attempt to get more customers to book flights.

Gerard Cockburn

EXCLUSIVESurprise travel predictions for 2021

Tourism bosses have revealed the countries we’ll likely be travelling to this year – and New Zealand is no longer top of the list.

David Mills

New bloodVirgin unveils new look senior leadership team

Virgin Australia has lured a number of high-profile executives to form its new look senior leadership team, as the airline embarks on a fresh chapter under former Jetstar boss Jayne Hrdlicka.

Geoffrey Thomas