Tips & articles
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The Derby Cup
12 November 2009
For most of the year, Derby, in the Kimberley area of Western Australia, sits in mud flats, about as...
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Western Australia’s Dampier Peninsula
12 November 2009
When you’re up to your backside in a Kimberley creek, fumbling among mangrove roots with a makeshift...
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Western Australia’s Buccaneer Archipelago
11 November 2009
On a nautical chart, the thousand or so islands of the Buccaneer Archipelago, Western Australia, look...
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Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Australia itinerary
11 November 2009
Get yourself a sturdy 4WD, fill it with food, fuel and water, arrange your free transit permit at www.dia.wa.gov.au,...
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Graveyard goodtimes: the world’s best cemeteries
29 October 2009
With Halloween and Day of the Dead fast approaching, it’s only natural that our thoughts turn to...
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Embrace embarrassment – learn a second language!
06 October 2009
So you wanna learn a second language during your stay abroad? Sure, classes, textbooks and flashcards...
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Western Australia’s wildflower season
22 September 2009
Western Australia is vast, and lots of it is rough, dry country in heavy reds, oranges and browns. So...
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Insider tips: Sydney
17 September 2009
Grab yourself a coffee and a bit of local know-how, and you’ll be surfing Sydney’s sinuous...
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Your favourite destinations September 3rd-11th
14 September 2009
You may have noticed around the Lonely Planet website that you can save your favourite places. The destinations...
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World’s worst shark infested beaches
08 September 2009
We all know that in theory we’re more likely to be struck by lightning or win the lottery than be eaten...
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World’s worst sleepless nights
08 September 2009
Travellers learn to grab forty winks in some pretty taxing situations: overnight bus trips, hostel rooms...
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Tasmania: the Little Apple
27 August 2009
Tasmania is fairytale green, manageably tiny, and full of intriguing critters and ancient forests. It’s...
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Sand ahoy! It’s the Henley-on-Todd Regatta.
20 August 2009
Can you run a boat race 1500km from water? Bet your bottomless boat you can. Leg it to Central Australia...
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Caffeine-fuelled travel: the world’s top coffee spots
19 August 2009
It inspires passion, opinion and addiction. It’s the world’s second most valuable commodity...
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The world’s greatest natural wonders
22 July 2009
What are the most amazing natural wonders on the planet? It’s a question I got asked today by the...
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Fly me to the moon: Planet Earth’s best unearthly landscapes
20 July 2009
How’s this for a space oddity? Forty years have passed since the historic Apollo moon landing,...
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Travel with children
17 July 2009
Does having kids mean that your travel bug has buzzed its last? Nope - not according to the Lonely Planet...
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Queensland with children
17 July 2009
Queensland is an enormous slab of Australia put aside for pleasure-seeking pursuits. It’s a playground...
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Camel racing, Australia-style
01 July 2009
Feel like getting Down Under and dusty to the thunder of hooves? Head to Australia’s Camel Cup. Location:...
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