As far as activities, the Botanic Gardens are a must and free guided tours are available twice a day.

There's a lot more to Hawaii than Waikiki Beach and Pearl Harbour - here's a look, island by island.

Gratuities are being solicited more than ever and travellers are prime targets.

My question is, can pilots vary the planned routes as he did or do they need airline approval? But it did save time on a long direct flight.

Books can take you places, but Steve Braunias wants to go for real to the exact place he's been reading about.

Formerly known as Joliffetown and Moonlight Gully, it was subsequently named for the Blackball Shipping Line, which leased land in the area to mine coal.

Stay at the Ovolo Hotel in the former wool store-cum-Naval building on Finger Wharf (Russell Crowe owns an apartment at the end).

You're more likely to come down with a nasty bug than be injured while travelling - and that touch-screen entertainment device could be responsible.

Once known as the 'Pearl of Asia', Phnom Penh is filled with French colonial buildings and has a picturesque riverside promenade.

New Zealand boasts some of the world's top multi-day tramps and wilderness adventures.

Formerly a mill town, the area was surveyed in the 1880s, in 1903 the main trunk line came through and the school was opened in 1904, the same year the phone line was brought in.

For travel in South America, she recommends carrying a mixture of US dollars, partly in cash and partly in travellers' cheques, or ATM cards.

Here are our top five sites to see the best sights the Pacific has to offer under water.

People rush back and forth behind the window, calling out orders as they move in seemingly synchronised motion.

Time travel is difficult-but not impossible: witness the nostalgia-seeking horde that descends on Napier for the Art Deco Weekend each February.

Just like Auckland in 2011, as we swung into Rugby World Cup mode, Brisbane has undergone a rejuvenation and had an injection of coolness

Most road rules in New Zealand for motorhomes are similar to those for cars.

On a hot air balloon ride over the Gold Coast you're treated to magical views, as warm ocean currents meet a lush green hinterland for 30km from Coolangatta to Southport.

You don't have to travel to remote parts of Australia to experience its indigenous culture. There's plenty on offer right on Sydney's doorstep.

We were greeted in New Plymouth with a powhiri, an aeroplane-shaped cake, several Taranaki mayors, and a couple wearing his-and-hers Crocs.

I wondered if deciding to cycle over San Fran's Golden Gate Bridge on one of the busiest public holidays of the year was up there with the time I visited Disneyland on Independence Day.

Britannia's celebrity chefs serve up tastes of India, England and France writes Michael McHugh.

I'm a bit scared of flying and will be taking my first overseas trip in quite a few years this October.

All those big white ships you see in the harbour are part of a growing trend.

The most well-known ferry ride in Asia, the Star Ferry connects Hong Kong Island with Kowloon Peninsula to the north.

Now here's something worth knowing as you plan your indulgent road trip of Ireland: Guinness, unlike Irish breakfasts, is not too bad on the waist.

There's more to this town than pretty parks and coastal walks, writes Susan Strongman.

Most people who live around here have deep ties to the land, their parents are from here, their grandparents, and their great-grandparents.