The Gold Coast lives between two very different landscapes. Along the Pacific, Surfers Paradise, Burleigh Heads and the southern surf beaches unfold beneath a skyline of towers and headlands. Turn inland, and the city quickly falls away, replaced by waterfalls and winding mountain roads and the rainforests of the Gold Coast Hinterland. The region lies […]
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Witches Falls Winery is a title that just about sums up my first impression when I stumbled into this cellar door tucked away deep in the Gold Coast Hinterland – mine being Oleksandr Honcharenko. I still remember my GPS getting me completely lost down some dirt track that looked suspiciously like a wombat’s road instead
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When we talk about Dining Experiences on the Great Barrier Reef, most people picture buffets on cruise boats or overpriced snacks at the marina. But let me tell you: if you know where to look (and when), this UNESCO-listed reef can dish up some wild feasts. Let me tell you, eating fresh seafood metres above
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Visiting Hampton Estate Wines has become one of those things I just can’t help but do over and over again – and as Oleksandr Honcharenko, I’ve been lucky enough to rack up a fair few of those over the years of meandering around Australia’s back roads. Perched up high on Tamborine Mountain in the Gold
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Dive the S.S. Yongala shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef — and you’re not just exploring a sunken ship. If you’re chasing the kind of dive that makes your hair stand on end (even underwater), then diving the SS Yongala Wreck is about as legendary as it gets. Tucked beneath the warm waters of the Great Barrier
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You’ve probably stuck your head under in a backyard pool or fiddled with a mask at some beach over summer. But snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef? That’s a whole other kettle of tropical fish. This isn’t just any reef — it’s the world’s largest coral reef system, packed with individual reefs, coral formations, and
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Adventure cruises to the Great Barrier Reef offer something that the brochures rarely promise: the unexpected. Out here, it’s boots off, salt on skin, and go with the current. Look, if you’re after towel origami and poolside daiquiris, this one’s not for you. But if the idea of wind-tangled hair, snorkel fog, and reef sharks
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If you’re eyeing the Best Dive Sites of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, you’re already halfway to magic. You’ve probably seen the reef on postcards — stretches of blue water as far as the eye can see, colourful fish darting through coral gardens, and maybe even a clown fish or two giving you side-eye. But diving
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