Wendy Dunlop waves goodbye to the Gold Coast's beaches and takes to the hills and skies for unique sights, tastes and pampering.

Make sure you check out all the options before booking a tour, writes Isobel Marriner.

Currumbin on the Gold Coast has a unique character, writes Paul Rush.

Comparisons to Cambodia's tourist sites are unavoidable, writes Tim Roxborogh.

Andrew Louis brings his island prize of whole cooked crab back through Customs.

Ewan McDonald cops a serve in Detective Inspector Rebus' favourite watering-hole.

The strong New Zealand dollar means Oz holidays are great deals right now, writes Mark Chipperfield.

Good things come to those who ask. Up your chance of bagging that room upgrade with Megan Singleton's tips.

The memorial to lives lost in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor is a moving and dramatic place to visit, writes Heather McCracken.

Piping hot sand calls for certain famous cold drinks in hand, writes Emily Prain.

You need a passport, a visa and a bit of cash - but perhaps the key to travelling cheap is to carry a healthy supply of chutzpah.

The world's top music festivals draw big names to their super-charged events. Chris Schulz looks at America's leading live music festivals.

Ian D. Robinson dresses in traditional clothes to watch equally traditional Japanese theatre.

"Rule No 1," the Travel Editor said: "Don't get killed." Helen van Berkel looked for angry mobs in Bangkok and found only scenes of calm.

Myanmar's countryside hosts a lifestyle that has scarcely changed over centuries, Angela Lock discovers.

Kiwis are thriving in America's wine country paradise, discovers Leena Tailor.

We round up 10 activities to do in this gorgeous spot north of Cairns.

Ten things to do on and around Queensland's stunning coral cays.

A wrong turn on the motorway led Colin Nicholson to Las Teresitas, one of the best beaches in the Canary Islands.

Canberra's war memorial museum offers exhibitions as a tribute to the warriors who willingly gave their lives on foreign soil to protect Australia, writes Bruce Holmes.

Now that Cyclone Lusi has gone, the people of Vanuatu are more keen than ever to welcome tourists. Marty Silk finds a cheerful country.

Graham Reid visits one of the most famous sites in Christianity's history.

Schedule in a visit to see the animals at one of these institutions next time you're in the USA.

Australia makes a handsome profit from the notoriety of its national bad boy, discovers Shandelle Battersby - from the site of that shoot-out to the gallows in Melbourne Gaol.

The prospect of a prolonged high New Zealand dollar and sky-high consumer confidence has travel agents looking forward to bumper winter bookings from holidaymakers.

In the south of Ireland, the sport of hurling is the focus of a community's sense of itself, writes Peter Calder.

Michael Burgess enjoys the freshest produce and craft beer on the West Coast of the USA.

David Brown finds the hotels in this West African country are cheap, the locals are welcoming and there are still places where you can discover a new fetish.

Justine Tyerman meets some magicians in Turkey...

You don't have to be able to see to enjoy India's magic, writes Fraser Alexander.