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Bar/fly: The Pub With No Beer, Queensland
Wartime rationing and a famous poem built an Aussie pub legend, writes Pamela Wade.

Room check: Les Jardins de la Koutoubia, Marrakesh
Courtney Whitaker stays at a luxurious hotel within Marrakesh's 13th-century kasbah walls.

How to plan your safari holiday
Seeing animals in their own environment is worth the hefty price, writes Rachel Muir.

Peru must-dos that aren't Machu Picchu
The word Peru has become almost synonymous with Machu Picchu - but there's so much more to see.

Fiji: Paradise gets helping hands
Fiji has 333 islands. Some are large, some small - sticking up like green molars in a Listerine sea, each with its own smile of beach.

Australia: It's called paradise
Natural wonders abound on and around Fraser Island, writes Jim Morton.

Japan: Bridging the gap
Amelia Langford takes on Japan's 'Shimanami Kaido' cycleway, and finds it's not all downhill.

Record low fares to London
It has never been cheaper to fly to London but chances are fares will drop even further.

Japan's volcanic Hakone Ropeway reopens
The service has gradually resumed since the volcanic alert level for Mount Hakone was raised in May 2015.

Dubai opens largest indoor theme park
The 140,000-square-metre adventure park is one of two major theme parks opening this year in Dubai.

Great places to eat and drink in Port Vila
Whether you want to live it up, chow down, take the heat or just chill, Port Vila has what you want, writes Shandelle Battersby.

Five ways the hotel of the future is already here
The latest innovations include voice-activated rooms and robotic butlers.

A man in terminal decline
Graham Reid spends 24 hours in Dubai International's famously huge and busy terminals.

Room check: Novotel Phuket Karon Beach Resort & Spa
Kevin McIntyre checks in to a new hotel just off the main west coast road in Phuket.

Hervey Bay: Quay to success
The natural design of Hervey Bay makes it a safe and fun playground for us humans to go and holiday throughout most of the year.

Ask Away: Be prepared for US airport security
Be prepared, not scared, of US airport security, writes online guru Eli Orzessek.

Room check: Lewtrenchard Manor, Devon
Xenia Taliotis stays at a Jacobean beauty in the southwest of England.

China's lights, cameras, action
Chinese fans shelled out nearly $NZ10 billion to go to the movies, and almost two-thirds of that was spent on tickets to the hundreds of local films produced each year.

The essential guide to Colorado's national parks
Home to the tallest sand dunes in North America and the largest archeological preserve in the USA, Colorado's national parks are grand in every way.

Hoi An: Stitched up in Vietnam
Hoi An is well known for two things - its unique heritage-listed town centre, Hoi An Ancient Town, and its cheap tailoring services.

The essential guide to Utah's national parks
Rock formations shaped by geological forces and erosion feature heavily in this state's red-hued national parks.

Splendid isolation in the Inner Hebrides
Fortified by bacon, beer and stoicism, Tom Hodgkinson sets off in the footsteps of JM Barrie to Eilean Shona.

The essential guide to California's national parks
From misty valleys thick with trees to desolate, sandy heat-traps, this state's national parks have scenes to awe everybody.

Tasmania's attractive Adventure Bay
Graeme Lay discovers the attraction of Adventure Bay for 18th century explorers.

Six of the world's best beer festivals
Beervana might be over for another year, but there are plenty of other festivals around the globe celebrating the amber thirst quencher.

The essential guide to Alaska's national parks
The USA's northernmost state is positively heaving with spectacular wilderness areas, but you'll need to embrace a spirit of adventure to visit some of them.

Mad day trips on Japan's bullet train
Tokyo is a city lit up with technology, where public transport is refreshingly efficient.