Australian Traveller

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Editor’s letter

Australian Traveller

ONLINE • More and more AUSSIES are seeking out CONSCIOUS, responsible travel EXPERIENCES. Learn about IMPACT tourism and eco-friendly STAYS at australiantraveller.com

WISH YOU WERE HERE • FINNISS RIVER LODGE, TOP END, NT

PILLOW TALK • CHECK IN to check out the LATEST, greatest and most FABULOUS new CONSCIOUS stays in the country.

WINE + DINE • Dine out at new PLANT-BASED eateries in Sydney, sip on SUSTAINABLE wines and focus on FERMENTS.

CULTURE CLUB • Discover inspiring INDIGENOUS experiences to TRANSFORM your knowledge of ancient CULTURES handed through millennia and still THRIVING today.

A MOMENT IN TIME • A new community-curated EXHIBITION of historic PHOTOGR APHS reflects on the STORIES of the people from the REMOTE communities of East Arnhem Land.

Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park • RED DUST continues to shape AUSTRALIA’S largest (and newest) national park. And like FOOTPRINTS in soft clay, the imprints of its ANCIENT and modern past are EVERYWHERE.

LAND VALUES • A South Australian DESIGNER and business owner on LIVING a purposeful LIFE, one that is benefiting family, FARMERS and the FUTURE.

Vince Frost • The DESIGNER, author and CEO of Frost*collective talks walking Sydney, sleeping under the STARS in the Red Centre and FINDING international DESIGN INSPIR ATION at airports.

On the streets • Walking when travelling is HEALTHY for you and the PLANET. Here, we LACE UP our Stan Smiths and hit the STREETS of Perth for the FIRST AMBLE in an ongoing series.

Green and golden • When it comes to SCORING Australia’s SUSTAINABLE report card, the TRAVEL and tourism industry has the OPPORTUNITY to become a HIGH ACHIEVER, as Celeste Mitchell explains.

A precious gem • Meet the ECO WARRIOR, entrepreneur and change-maker who guides odysseys around the SAPPHIRE COAST that both celebrate and PROTECT the natural WORLD.

WHAT’S ON • From a DISCO in the desert to a FLOWER festival in the ACT, a music, ART and culture festival on the Sapphire Coast, and a GOURMET gathering in SA, here’s what to pencil in your diary.

LOOK GOOD, DO GOOD • On your NEXT TRIP away, curate an ECO-FRIENDLY amenity bag full of PRODUCTS that are BETTER for both you and the PLANET.

STRAIT TALKING • Like the SEAS off the Torres Strait islands, there’s something CRYSTALLINE in the way NORNIE BERO looks to her PAST to enhance the HERE and NOW.

CURVE APPEAL • With a CONSIDERED focus that informs everything from its WELCOMING community feel to its menu of foraged wild BOTANICALS and local produce to the organic shapes and EARTHY TONES of its interiors, this restaurant and bar is a St Kilda ICON in the making.

Water world • The SOOTHING power of being in and near WATER is legendary. With an abundance of CASCADING water on offer – some of it RUSHING horizontally – Western Australia’s KIMBERLEY region is the PERFECT place to soak it all in.

TRAVELLING CONSCIOUSLY • Knowing that you are travelling RESPONSIBLY can be a vexed proposition, but a CLUTCH of organisations are determined to make it much easier to JOURNEY with a clear CONSCIENCE.

Why you should tick that offset box • Air TRAVEL is a notorious guzzler of FOSSIL FUELS, which should make OFFSETTING a no-brainer for CONSCIOUS travellers.

HOUSE PROUD

ALL THAT GLITTERS • Bendigo’s former commercial bank is TRANSFORMED into an INTIMATE design hotel, thanks to the careful eye and EXQUISITE touch of two established career CREATIVES, writes Clare...