Vertically Challenged
The spirit of Kokoda – courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice – reverberates through the forests of the Gold Coast hinterland each year during the gruelling Kokoda Challenge. Stu Lloyd explores the unique headspace you need to be in to take on one of Australia’s toughest endurance events.
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Ken Duncan in Antarctica
Hollywood down under: Australia’s best film sets
Before there was Hugh and Nicole, there was Mad Max, Priscilla and Mick Dundee. And with Australia the Country now distilled into Australia the Movie, George Dunfordcharts the history of our Big Country on the Big Screen.
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Berowra Waters Inn Review
Perched on the banks of the Hawkesbury river north of Sydney, AT wines and dines along the waterline at Berowra Waters Inn for a dining experience that, if possible, seems overshadowed by the surrounds. By Lisa Perkovic who, like all AT reviewers, paid her own way and visited anonymously.
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The Battle For Australia: rumours, rogues & relics
Few Australians realise the vast extent of tangible WWII history still visible today. AT sets out to separate fact from fiction, while providing you with your own key to the living remnants of this global conflict on Australian soil.
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Heritage Hotels — If these walls could talk
Along the hallways of Australia’s cherished heritage hotels can be traced the birth of a nation. From political movements to bloody murders, they’ve witnessed the turmoil of the centuries. Author Barry Stone guides AT through his pick of the most significant and fascinating properties in the country.
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Who killed the road trip?
The Heysen Trail, Great Walk of SA
The longest of Australian Traveller's epic bushwalks, the Heysen Trail is named after Australia's most famous euculyptus admirer and painter.
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Where to find the best oysters in Port Macquarie
In search of that slippery, suckery, erotic delicacy? Here is how to gets well and truly shucked at Port Macquarie on the NSW mid-north coast.
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