Sydney
Sydney: Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2020
“What Matters” is the theme of the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to embrace the issues of the LGBTI+ community (and the rest of us). The issues in 2020 range from belonging to sustainability.
Jessica Adams
Hobart: Some Say It’s The Best Shop In Tasmania
Hobart is so small that you can happily walk around it and think you’ve ‘done’ the shops – most of which are in or around the Elizabeth Street Mall.
Jessica Adams
Perth: The Best Breakfast in Town
When you’re travelling it can be hard to find a good, reliable cafe for breakfast. The world is full of runny under cooked fried eggs, watery scrambled eggs and toast with stingy butter.
Holiday Goddess Editors
Melbourne
Melbourne: The Library That’s a Bar
The biggest, most impressive library in Melbourne is also a bar. And a bookshop. And a cafe.
Jessica Adams
Ballarat: Finding Vintage and Rockabilly
Ballarat is an 80 minute train ride from Melbourne with great rockabilly and vintage at the other end.
Jessica Adams
Perth: Badlands Beer Garden
Perth’s most awesome Live Music Venue, Late Bar and Function space
Sara Foster
Coffs Harbour: Family Road Trip
When I was a kid, Coffs’ most exciting feature was the Big Banana – but these days there’s a whole lot more to the Coffs Coast region.
Deborah Dickson-Smith
Lord Howe Island
It is the ideal place to unwind, relax and appreciate the surrounding natural environment, and really, it is what you make of it: a virtual Choose Your Own Adventure destination.
Deborah Dickson-Smith
Mackerel Beach: Ocean Currents, Wheelbarrows and Feathered Friends
Alana Hill loves the bushland and fish and chips at Mackerel Beach, just a short drive or bus ride from Sydney.
Alana Hunt
Perth: Hillarys Boat Harbour
Hillarys Boat Harbour is a thirty-minute drive north of Perth, and is often packed out for one simple reason: it’s full of locals, who always know the best places to go!
Sara Foster