Australia
Alice Springs: Dining under the Australian outback sky
Dinner under the stars against the backdrop of sacred indigenous site Uluru is offered in the outback of Australia’s Northern Territory with Sounds of Silence.
Tamara Pitelen
New Zealand
Lake Tekapo: Astro Café
Overlooking Lake Tekapo, on the summit of Mount John at 1,036m above sea level, the Astro Café is the ultimate mountain top refreshment stop.
Tamara Pitelen
Australia
Sydney: Moran Portrait Prize – I Am Woman
Dagmar Cyrulla has received the first Highly Commended award in the long history of Australia’s richest art prize – The Doug Moran Portrait Prize.
Holiday Goddess Editors
Australia
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
Australia
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
Australia
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
Australia
Sydney: Drink Like Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel won Best Australian Album, in 1979, and also Best Australian Record Cover Design for the shot of the band taken in the Marble Bar in the Sydney Hilton.
Jessica Adams
Australia
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
Australia
Perth: Badlands Beer Garden
Perth’s most awesome Live Music Venue, Late Bar and Function space
Sara Foster
Fiji
Malolo Island: Mixing day spas, diving and fine dining
A high-arched, thatch-roofed lounge greets you after walking up the jetty accompanied by a band of musical Fijians and beyond, a white panelled colonial style building which houses the restaurant and function rooms.
Deborah Dickson-Smith