Australia

Bryce Corbett road tests Australia Zoo for kids and tries his hand at beach four-wheel driving in Noosa.

Bryce Corbett takes his wife and kids on a four-wheel driving and whale-watching adventure on Australia's Fraser Island.

It's the simplest of daily tasks – packing a lunch box for your child. But for thousands of Sudanese refugees in Australia, this and many other routine parental chores are incomprehensible.

As part of its 80th Birthday celebrations, Australia’s biggest-selling magazine, The Australian Women’s Weekly has launched a nationwide search to uncover the best stories in the land — and the first-stop on its story-hunting tour is Dubbo. If you are a woman based in the Dubbo region and you have a story you think is […]

Escaping the day-to-day routine of domestic drudgery - however briefly - is one of great attractions of a cruise, discovers Mike Dolan.

Clarence House has revealed details of Prince Charles and Camilla’s Australian tour, which will kick off at a cracking pace on November 5 as the royal couple begin their whirlwind tour visiting five states in just six days. The Prince and Duchess’ whip around Australia is part of a three-country tour making up one of […]

As commentators continue to rage over the sexism debate, an international survey has found that Australian women are the world’s most economically advanced. Topping a list of 128 countries, women in Australia won out in access to education, market participation and anti-discrimination policies. Following Australia were three Scandinavian countries — Norway, Sweden and Finland, with […]

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has opened up to The Australian Women’s Weekly about his desire to shape the nation’s future. In an interview with the Rudd family in the August issue of The Weekly, he said that keeping a level of public service and being involved directly in shaping Australia’s future is “just who […]

When life in Townsville became too much, Chris and Claudia Bouma bought a trailer, packed up their three kids and spent two years travelling Australia.

Spectacular arts events are becoming a powerful new catalyst in travel Down Under encouraging Australians to take weekend breaks away.