You can't visit Australia without cuddling a koala.

Jane Warwick recalls an overnight airport adventure.

Wartime rationing and a famous poem built an Aussie pub legend, writes Pamela Wade.

The Gold Coast might have all the cheesy thrills, but the Sunshine Coast is home to some far more enticing attractions.

A 21-year-old British backpacker has died after allegedly being stabbed by a French national yelling "Allahu akbar" at a north Queensland hostel.

Andrew Louis meets some fair dinkum Aussie locals in their natural habitat ... and not a XXXX in sight.

Andrew Louis checks out a campground where you can have the tenting experience without having to pitch and pack away the tent.

A woman has died in a freak accident in a Gold Coast car park.

Spiders 'the size of dinner plates' invade camper but snake of more concern.

A man charged with the murder of Napier man Campbell Paterson in Far North Queensland 19 months stands trial today.

Juliana Bahr-Thompson always expected to move back to Noosa one day, but didn't expect to make the 1000km journey by paddling with her arms.

A miner reveals the hidden pain of suffering a mental breakdown while living and working at a remote Australian site.

Kiwi lifesaving champ branded gutless by father of little girl hit by flying tub of KFC coleslaw.

EXCLUSIVE: The parents of a New Zealander grabbed by a crocodile in Australia have spoken of their pain as authorities continue to search for the missing woman.

Cindy Waldron was snatched by predator while she went for late-night swim at remote Queensland beach.

A Kiwi woman believed to have been killed in a crocodile attack in Australia was with her childhood friend from Hamilton.

Police are searching for 46-year-old woman who was attacked while swimming at night at remote Australian beach.

Just after we rolled back the clocks and settled again into the dark evenings and, in my opinion, the depressing half of the year, I amused myself with one of those silly online quizzes.

Fitzroy Island is a cliche of a tropical paradise - pretty as a postcard. First impressions are of lofty palm trees, golden-tan sand and a blue, blue sea.

Deep in the Australian Outback, many people drive to Winton.

There are swathes of blackened trunks and spindly ghosts of trees, killed when the sap boiled from the heat of bushfires.

Fraser Island this month started welcoming mid-sized cruise ships as part of what local authorities say is a major tourism coup.

Tackling the Great Beach Drive proves easier than expected, finds Andrew Louis.

Detour off the main highway and safety of the tarmac and make your way down to the beach. I am on the Sunshine Coast, about to tackle Queensland’s Great Beach Drive.

There is a spot at the highest point of Hamilton Island where time stands still.

Corazon Miller visits Fraser Island, a World Heritage Site that's been crowned the world's largest sand island.