Australian Traveller

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WISH YOU WERE HERE • LITTLE BOAT HARBOUR, BREMER BAY, WA

PILLOW TALK • CHECK IN to check out the latest, greatest and most FABULOUS new STAYS in the country.

WINE + DINE • Give Sydney’s latest sailing club a WHIRL, see what’s new in Newcastle and get ONBOARD a floating Melbourne club.

COUNTRY CHARMS • From a POSH PUB on the Mornington Peninsula to a QUIRKY characterful den of INIQUITY in the NT, here are five of the most CHARMING hotels in the country.

If walls could talk • LEARN ABOUT Australia’s storied POLITICAL history as part of a COLLABORATION between HOTEL Kurrajong and the Museum of AUSTRALIAN Democracy.

Nitmiluk National Park • The jewel of the KATHERINE region, in the Northern Territory’s Top End, Nitmiluk is a SPECIAL place where ANCIENT CULTURES collide with SPECTACULARLY rugged nature.

WHAT’S ON • From a contemporary OPERA performance in Sydney Harbour to a SQUID festival in Tassie, and an EDGY ART exhibition in WA, here’s our pick of the best events to pencil in your DIARY.

enter the fray • A hot ADELAIDE restaurant is made hotter still by its OPEN-FLAME cooking and award-winning INTERIORS that take cues from nature and CELEBRATE imperfections in an ode to the EVERYDAY.

Next level • With its $344 million transformation that includes a STUNNING new BUILDING and an extraordinary underground exhibition SPACE, the Art Gallery of NSW is soon to unveil the biggest CULTURAL project undertaken in Sydney in half a century.

Emica Penklis • The owner of DELICIOUSLY stylish wellness brand LOCO LOVE on her FAVE local haunts, interesting holiday reads and LOVE of all things ARTISAN.

REBEL BY DESIGN • A headlining EXHIBITION explores the FANTASTICAL works and meticulously curated INSPIRATIONS of one of fashion’s most ENIGMATIC and controversial CREATORS.

Gardening leave • FLORALS and FLOWERY hues combine to make BLOOMING lovely statements.

Gardens worth wandering in

Urban ambles • AUTHOR of new book Ultimate Walks and Hikes: Australia, Laura Waters picks her top three CITY WALKS to ENJOY next time you’re in TOWN.

FUN IN THE SUN • Summer HOLIDAYS mean packing up the car and hitting the ROAD bound for FAVOURED places and new DISCOVERIES to while away hours, DAYS and weeks at REST and play.

FIVE OF THE BEST SUMMER READS • A summer getaway is the perfect excuse to invest your time in the books you never quite get around to reading. Here are five summer holiday reads to settle down with, whether you find yourself by the pool, at the beach or around a campfire.

WEEKENDS • reviews ...........picnic island ...........hip hood

Balancing act • In a small, VIBRANT town in the HEART of South Australia’s MCLAREN VALE, Alexis Buxton-Collins finds a FOOD and wine PAIRING that is perfectly PARED back.

Twist and shout • The REINVENTION of a 113-year-old HERITAGE building as a funky five-star hotel is helping RESHAPE Newcastle’s East End, as NOVOCASTRIAN Christine Aldred discovers.

EAST COAST GEMS • Go OFF-GRID on a PRIVATE ISLAND adjacent to Freycinet National Park, and DISCOVER more one-of-a-kind Tasmanian GEMS.

Eumundi, Qld • This BOHEMIAN enclave in the Sunshine Coast hinterland has been REINVIGORATED in recent years with a BUZZY...