Lifestyle | The Guardian USDec 12
Pop art, folk festivals and grape crushing: Australian summer events worth travelling for https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/dec/13/australia-best-summer-events-festivals-music-art #WesternAustraliaholidays #SouthAustraliaholidays #NewSouthWalesholidays #Australianlifestyle #Queenslandholidays #Australiaholidays #Victoriaholidays #Artanddesign #Lifeandstyle #Festivals #Culture #Travel
Pop art, folk festivals and grape crushing: Australian summer events worth travelling for

From contemporary art exhibitions to eccentric festivals, regional Australia has no shortage of big events over the summer of 2025-2026

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USNov 17
‘It just blew me away’: the new Gidjuum Gulganyi Walk in northern NSW follows ancient trails https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/nov/18/gidjuum-gulganyi-walk-northern-nsw-multiday-hike-trails-bundjalung-country-culture #Australianlifestyle #Australasiaholidays #Australiaholidays #Walkingholidays #Lifeandstyle #Travel
‘It just blew me away’: the new Gidjuum Gulganyi Walk in northern NSW follows ancient trails

Bundjalung man Ashley Moran has a personal connection to the track and says the multiday hike will give walkers a new appreciation of the area’s significance

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USOct 17
Australia has loads of great walks, but why are they suddenly all Great Walks? https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/oct/18/australia-great-walks-nsw-queensland-tasmania #NewSouthWalesholidays #Australasiaholidays #Australianlifestyle #Queenslandholidays #Australiaholidays #Tasmaniaholidays #Walkingholidays #Lifeandstyle #Travel
Australia has loads of great walks, but why are they suddenly all Great Walks?

Whether a clever marketing ploy or truly great by nature, Australia’s walking tracks are attracting visitors in increasing numbers

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USSep 28
Vast and spectacular: a five-day hike to Smitt Rock and Eighth Gorge in Nitmiluk national park https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/sep/28/smitt-rock-eighth-gorge-nitmiluk-national-park-five-day-hike-northern-territory-spectacular #NorthernTerritoryholidays #Australasiaholidays #Australiaholidays #NorthernTerritory #Walkingholidays #Campingholidays #RuralAustralia #Nationalparks #Australianews #Lifeandstyle #Environment #Walking #Fitness #Travel
Vast and spectacular: a five-day hike to Smitt Rock and Eighth Gorge in Nitmiluk national park

Walking the rocky and remote Northern Territory terrain, Tegan Forder finds lush ravines, undulating trails, delicate native flowers and stunning sunsets

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USSep 13, 2025
‘The next generation is coming up’: a local’s guide to the Barossa Valley https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/13/barossa-valley-local-travel-guide-what-to-do-for-tourists-visitors-south-australia #SouthAustraliaholidays #Australianlifestyle #Australiaholidays #Lifeandstyle #Travel
‘The next generation is coming up’: a local’s guide to the Barossa Valley

Winemaking in the Barossa Valley is evolving, says restaurant owner and chef Clare Falzon. But the region has a lot to offer beyond its robust reds

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USAug 22, 2025
‘Warm and fuzzy’: would you cuddle a Highland cow? https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/aug/23/would-you-cuddle-a-highland-cow-south-australia #SouthAustraliaholidays #Australianlifestyle #Australiaholidays #Lifeandstyle #Animals #Travel
‘Warm and fuzzy’: would you cuddle a Highland cow?

Last year, two South Australian farmers were ‘going broke’. Then visitors became entranced by their Highland herd

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USAug 15, 2025
‘It has an ancient, Jurassic Park feel’: a local’s guide to Port Douglas https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/aug/16/port-douglas-queensland-qld-local-travel-guide-for-tourists-visitors-beach-great-barrier-reef-rainforest #Australianlifestyle #Queenslandholidays #Australiaholidays #Lifeandstyle #Travel
‘It has an ancient, Jurassic Park feel’: a local’s guide to Port Douglas

The rainforest is lush in the wet season, says Kuku Yalanji man and local tour guide Juan Walker, and year-round you can find long stretches of deserted beaches

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Opinion | The Guardian USAug 7, 2025
Still throwing shrimp on the barbie: Tourism Australia’s advertising is stuck in a 1980s time warp | Anita Manfreda and Simon Pawson https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/07/tourism-australia-advertising-ads #Tourism(Australia) #Australiaholidays #Australianews #Advertising
Still throwing shrimp on the barbie: Tourism Australia’s advertising is stuck in a 1980s time warp

Our tourism ads return again and again to familiar themes: white sandy beaches, red desert landscapes, barbecues and blokey humour. It’s time for deeper, more inclusive storytelling

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USAug 2, 2025
Deep impact: touring central Australia’s cosmic craters https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/aug/03/deep-impact-touring-central-australias-cosmic-craters #NorthernTerritoryholidays #Australianlifestyle #Australasiaholidays #Australiaholidays #Lifeandstyle #Astronomy #Meteors #Deserts #Travel
Deep impact: touring central Australia’s cosmic craters

The luminous Milky Way is not the only feature that makes space feel close in the Central Desert – you can also witness the aftermath of stars that fell to Earth

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USJun 21, 2025
Wildflowers, saunas and antiques: a local’s guide to the Blue Mountains https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/21/blue-mountains-nsw-australia-local-guide #NewSouthWalesholidays #Australianlifestyle #Australiaholidays #Lifeandstyle #Travel
Wildflowers, saunas and antiques: a local’s guide to the Blue Mountains

The World Heritage-listed area has award-winning beer, steamy bathhouses and a thriving arts community, as well as incredible views and swimming holes.

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