Australasia & Pacific
Let the good vines roll in New Zealand
Raymond Whitaker hits the wine trail from Hawkes Bay to Marlborough
Inside Australasia & Pacific
My holiday in Australia: Polly Burton, aged 7
Saturday, 15 November 2008
Five island havens in Australia
Saturday, 18 October 2008
There's water, water everywhere: drink in the views of these pristine atolls
24-Hour Room Service: Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart, Australia
Saturday, 27 September 2008
When the Tasmanian government took possession of a seen-better-days line of 19th-century warehouses and a disused jam factory on Hobart's blustery waterfront in the Seventies, it could have done two things: knock the whole lot down and commission a steel-and-glass number in their place, or preserve the historic façade and wait for someone with funds and imagination to do something interesting with the shell. The island's government took the controversial second option – then waited 30 years before Australia's first dedicated art hotel opened in 2004.
Stay The Night: The Royce Hotel, Melbourne
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Check-in to the silver lady's former lodgings: This Melbourne boutique hotel used to be a Rolls-Royce showroom, says Mark Rowe
Ride like the devil in Tasmania
Sunday, 31 August 2008
One of the world's most incredible railway journeys chugs its way through the unreal landscapes of this remote island off the coast of Australia, Michael Williams reports
Hotel Of The Week: Ohtel, Wellington, New Zealand
Sunday, 10 August 2008
A hip hotel in Wellington? There's a first time for everything
Australia and New Zealand in winter: a photographer's guide
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Peter and Hannah Bills explore Australia and New Zealand. Giving us a glimpse of breath-taking landscapes and sites during a colder time of year
Mauritius: The life aquatic
Saturday, 26 July 2008
Rebecca Corbally skips the spa to try some more adventurous options in Mauritius
Serene dream: Ruby Wax thinks big in Thailand and Laos
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Ruby Wax travelled to Laos to discover her spiritual side, by way of northern Thailand, a disobedient elephant and a George Clooney lookalike
Families: 'Any suitable beach resorts near Sydney?'
Saturday, 3 May 2008
Q: I will be travelling to Sydney soon and wondered whether there are any beach-style resorts in the surrounding areas. I will be with my nine-year-old daughter and would like to stay somewhere with other children around. Any ideas? S Whitehouse, London
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