Australian Traveller

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Editor’s letter

Australian Traveller

ONLINE • Hang onto the last vestiges of SUMMER everywhere from the Barrington Coast to our best SECRET beaches at australiantraveller.com

CHIC SHACK

WISH YOU WERE HERE • SOUTHERN OCEAN LODGE, KANGAROO ISLAND, SA

TRAVEL BUZZ • Go deep in BUSSELTON or find a patch of well-kept LORNE: here are the travel TRENDS to have on your RADAR.

PILLOW TALK • Check in to CHECK OUT the latest, GREATEST and most FABULOUS stays across the COUNTRY.

WINE & DINE • Celebrating the NEW and NOTEWORTHY, from a rum and seafood BAR in CAIRNS to a laid-back SYDNEY steakhouse.

DREAMBOATS • From HISTORIC paddle-steamers to floating retro havens, here are FIVE of the best ways to feel BUOYANT around Australia.

Permanent Holiday • AUSTRALIANS are EXPERTS at elevating summer dressing. When it comes to RESORT wear, ANTIPODEAN designers thrive.

Footloose in Freo • Christine Aldred JOINS a new WALKING tour to get the lay of the LAND in the HISTORIC port city of Fremantle.

Simple stuff • In a WORLD that chases the NEW, building rinse-and-repeat TRADITIONS may be the overlooked answer to holiday BLISS. Fleur Bainger shares the SECRET behind Rottnest Island/Wadjemup’s ALLURE – and it’s NOT quokkas.

COLOUR BY NUMBERS

A shore thing • What’s not to be STOKED about when you’re at CRONULLA’S new FAVOURITE beachside BAR AND GRILL, asks local Carla Grossetti.

URBAN FABRIC • Richmond’s NEW KID on the block is a motley mix of colours, textures and patterns – a BOLDyet beautiful stay unlike any other in MELBOURNE, writes Danielle Norton.

Splendour on the grass • See you later, Hastings Street – SAVVY DINERS in Noosa are heading to the HINTERLAND, including local Celeste Mitchell.

Penrith, NSW • Often known as the GATEWAY to the BLUE MOUNTAINS, Penrith in Western Sydney is a suburb ON THE RISE, fast becoming a place to TRAVEL to rather than through, writes Taylah Darnell.

Whale tales • Emily Murphy discovers a MARINE MECCA that beckons with tales of ADVENTURE, where majestic oceanic beings compete for ATTENTION with the timeless BEAUTY of one of Australia’s most TREASURED islands.

ROOTS RUN DEEP • In the MURRAY region on the border of outback NSW/Victoria, community CONNECTION runs as deep as the ANCIENT RIVER flowing through it, discovers Taylah Darnell.

HILLS OF GOLD • Cassandra Charlick heads to the ADELAIDE HILLS, the PICTURESQUESouth Australian wine REGION producing some of the most COMPELLINGchardonnay in the WORLD right now.

Red hot • Being onboard RESILIENT LADY for the launch of its INAUGURAL summer sailing season in Australia PIQUESthe senses of virgin SAILOR Kassia Byrnes.

THE OUTBACK • VAST, remote and WILD, the outback is for SPIRITED explorers, a land rich in ANCIENT cultures and NATURAL phenomena, home to FRONTIER towns, unique events and epic JOURNEYS. Discover the best in this guide.

TAKING THE PLUNGE

STUDY IN CONTR AST • TROPICAL North Queensland presents like a large-scale TRIPTYCH with sequential STAYS at three key LUXURY LODGES of Australia properties.

Sketching the country • The Great Southern that CONNECTS Brisbane and Adelaide is a RAIL JOURNEY of a lifetime, rendering a VIVID image of the vast landscapes it traverses.

Flow State • From the COAST to the BUSH, a leisurely road trip along the Great Victorian BATHING TRAIL is a ticket to CHILL.

DAY in the LIFE • From sunrise to SUNSET to starlight, a day in the Kimberley is a...