Travel and Tourism (Lifestyle and Leisure)

For women setting out by themselves to experience regional Australia, adventure is calling, along with growing confidence in going it alone.

This patch of dirt was once a lush jungle that locals say was home to ancient spirits. Now, luxury villas, bars and restaurants are being built here instead to bring in foreign investors.

As regional jetties around South Australia crumble into the ocean, councils are struggling to gather the funds to secure the future of the popular community assets. 

The Passport Office will overhaul its passport application processes after an audit finds it knew there would be a surge in demand for passports after the pandemic, and should have planned for it.

Sir Bruce Small had a bold plan to revive tourism on the Gold Coast. All he needed was a bevy of beautiful women and a captive audience in cold southern states.

It has been eight years since a small group of volunteers joined to form a street art project, and now 13 murals don the walls of the buildings in this small town.

Tourism Australia's Beach Ambassador Brad Farmer created the list of the top 10 beaches of Australia.

Statistics show a majority of Australians are prioritising travel despite the biting cost of living, even if that means tightening the belt in other areas. We ask experts what it would take for prices to fall and if there are ways to be a savvy traveller.

Crashing waves, beautiful boulders, emus and wombats help Squeaky Beach take out top spot on Australia's Top 10 best beaches.

It is announced Batik Air will begin offering flights from Canberra to Bali three times a week from June.

Waterfall season in the East Kimberley is an indescribable joy for many residents, and they want better road access to visit some of the best falls when they are "pumping".

Wilderness rangers encourage bushwalkers to use poo pots after noticing an "unprecedented" amount of human faeces in remote places.

Australia's consumer rights watchdog sees a sharp increase in Australians citing the popular accommodation site when reporting they've been scammed.

Australians have enthusiastically returned to travel post-pandemic, but the government agency responsible for air safety is facing criticism.

Many Australians have been stranded at airports in the past year and have often blamed the major airlines but industry insiders say missteps by a government-owned body are a major reason for the poor service.

A south-east Queensland couple has built a two-storey silo hotel by hand, giving urbanites a taste of the country.

James and Mark have travelled the world together. Now they are aiming to inspire others entering middle age with their next journey.

Mount Buffalo's grand chalet was once the jewel of Victoria's high country, but it has been closed for almost two decades. However, hope is growing that the "old girl" can be revived.

The rocky headlands at Dark and Myrtle beaches tell a story more than 150 million years old, from before the Sydney Basin formed. It's a story anyone can read — if they have eyes to see it.

Apollo Bay is a tourist mecca whose population explodes roughly 10 times in the peak visitor season. But locals and workers without deep pockets say they're struggling to stay, exacerbating the pressures on those who remain year-round.

A coronial inquest into the drowning death of Ardebby Oh Chua recommends that businesses conducting snorkelling activities should carry an emergency oxygen unit.

While a reopening date has not been set, Pemberton businesses fear they are missing out on millions of dollars as visitors skip the town.

Climbing the 60-metre-tall Gloucester Tree, without a harness, is a major tourism drawcard for WA's South West. There are concerns its closure will result in millions of dollars of lost tourism revenue.

In 1990, the ABC visited Cunjurong Point and created a short feature on Don Hearn's Cabins as a cheap holiday destination. It was aired in a now-decommissioned show called Weekends Away.

Lexie Myer has kept all the original features and fixtures of Don Hearn's Cabins as a way of retaining a bygone culture of simple, cheap holidays.