Graham Reid stays at the luxurious boutique hotel on the coast north of Sydney.

At Coffs Harbour, Andrew Louis saddles up his fine steed for some seaside cantering.

Andrew Louis gets a taste of life as a superhero with the help of a water-propelled jet pack.

A surfer was knocked off his board by a shark on the New South Wales north coast yesterday, just kilometres from where a bodyboarder was mauled by a suspected great white less than 24 hours earlier.

Graham Reid samples home-grown beer and spirits on the Central Coast of NSW.

Kiwi twin sisters have been celebrated as being among the highlights of major Australian arts festival Vivid Sydney.

Rachel Bache takes on the excitement of Vivid Sydney. Here are today's highlights from day five of the festival.

Rachel Bache takes on the excitement of Vivid Sydney. Here are today's highlights from day four of the festival.

Rachel Bache takes on the excitement of Vivid Sydney, here are today's highlights from the festival.

Graham Reid stays at "the world's first Instagram hotel" - so named because of how many people post photos of it.

A pig hunter is in a critical condition after being accidentally shot in the back in the NSW south west slopes region.

Auckland's getting closer but Sydney is still the king when it comes to transtasman cuisine, writes Anna King Shahab.

Justine Tyerman stays at a luxurious fifth-floor apartment in McMahons Point.

Graham Reid finds a secret bar in New South Wales where he's made to feel right at home.

Although the wild weather eased yesterday afternoon, authorities warned that the coming days could see more flash floods.

Sydney's arts community wants the city to become the country's cultural capital, finds Lynley Bilby.

Justine Tyerman spends 48 hours exploring Australia's 'Riviera'.

A heritage-listed island in Sydney Harbour is a spectacular place to camp in style, writes Judy Skatssoon.

Two large sharks have been spotted of the northern NSW coast where a surfer was fatally attacked, forcing authorities to reassess beaches.

Authorities have revealed a large great white shark was behind Australia's latest shark fatality, as video footage has emerged of the attack.

Two men charged over an Isis-linked terror plot have not appeared in court, with prosecutors warning there are "clear security issues".

A young woman was seen moving towards police with a knife before officers fired two shots in a fatal shooting outside a Sydney fast-food outlet.

'It went whack and he was thrown in the air.' A Japanese surfer killed yesterday when both his legs were bitten off by a shark was a 'great guy', friends say.

“He lost both his legs," says a local after a killer shark apparently came out of nowhere and attacked a man off a NSW beach.

Dylan Cleaver conquers his fears and discovers a new outlook over Sydney.

The Sydney siege hostages who sold their stories to TV networks for large sums of money have the right to do so, an inquest has been told.

Mackerel floss anyone? Jesse Mulligan finds new and innovative Asian eateries in Sydney.

'That's so scary, man' said a fisherman whose boat was nudged by a five-metre great white shark. Beaches along NSW have been closed by continued sightings.