Australian Traveller

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Editor’s letter

AUSTRALIAN TRAVELLER

ONLINE • We are thrilled to INTRODUCE you to the all-new AustralianTraveller.com – here are a few of our FAVOURITE features.

SUNSHINE AND SPRITZERS

WISH YOU WERE HERE • MORNINGTON PENINSULA, VICTORIA

TRAVEL BUZZ • What’s on our AGENDA, from a new multi-day WALK in the Whitsundays to a carefully curated CHRISTMAS gift guide with an AUSSIE twist.

THE AT GIFT GUIDE • Forget the predictable and embrace the unexpected this Christmas with our carefully curated wish list.

PILLOW TALK • Check in to CHECK out the latest, GREATEST and most FABULOUS places to STAY around Australia.

WINE & DINE • Celebrating the NEW and noteworthy, from a VIBEY Mexican diner on the SUNNY Coast to a hotel HANG in Canberra.

HOT IN THE CITIES • From Tassie FESTIVALS to a floating SAUNA in Sydney Harbour, here’s what’s making WAVES this SUMMER across our capital cities.

Catching waves • From the BEACH to the street, SURFWEAR brands dominated Australian FASHION for decades and defined an era of COOL.

Modern alchemy • Louis Costa has travelled from Bordeaux to BYRON BAY with a passion to connect with the local TERROIR. Susan Gough Henly talks to the vigneron, brewer, and now PASSIONATE mead maker.

THE OVERSTORY • In Mossman Gorge, Kuku Yalanji ELDERS and young guides share cultural KNOWLEDGE, shaping futures through training that intertwines COUNTRY, community and tourism. Riley Wilson joins a TOUR.

WHERE IT’S AT • From the STANDOUT travel trends of the past YEAR to what’s set to take off in 2026, here’s what is SHAPING the Australian TRAVEL landscape.

DESIGN SANCTUARY

FULL CIRCLE • Mark Best’s new venture is putting an ELEVATED spin on dining at Sydney Tower Eye’s REVOLVING restaurant. But does it live up to the HIGH expectations? Elizabeth Whitehead finds out.

CURTAIN UP • Entering STAGE right in Brisbane/Meanjin’s West End, Layla delivers a performance equal to its THEATRICAL locale, Elliot Baker writes.

FUTURE CLASSIC • The new 25hours Hotel The Olympia puts the former Sydney/ Warrane theatre back in the SPOTLIGHT. Taylah Darnell checks in.

Port Adelaide • From its Kaurna origins to its maritime HEYDAY, this precinct’s cobbled STREETS and HERITAGE buildings are now a VIBRANT community hub, says Tegan Forder.

GLAD GAME • Carla Grossetti hits the road to GLADSTONE, in Central Queensland, to discover LOCAL BEACHES, brews and a CITY changing its tune.

THE NEXT chapter • One of Tasmania/Lutruwita’s oldest RIVERSIDE towns is marking itself on the MAP with award-winning dining and creative SPIRIT without forgetting its PAST, finds Christine Aldred.

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE • Eternal OPTIMIST and dad Quentin Long takes on the ULTIMATE parenting challenge: a HOLIDAY his teenagers might like, at South Australia’s newest wildlife EXPERIENCE.

A town APART • In NSW’s New England High Country, TENTERFIELD flies quietly under the R ADAR, offering travellers plenty to eat, drink, SEE and do without losing its country CHARM.

GOLDEN RATIO • With a foundation centred in CRAFTSMANSHIP and human experience, Island House distils a family’s CONNECTION to PLACE into a timeless design-led stay on Lord Howe Island.

2025 READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS • We asked you to VOTE for your FAVOURITE Australian TRAVEL experiences, and we received thousands of responses. Here are the results: the most DREAMY destinations, incredible HOTELS and unforgettable journeys...