Travel Stories

Sep 19, 2017 • 5 min read

Found yourself in Adelaide with limited funds? Not to worry – there’s plenty to see and do here that won’t cost you a cent. In fact, the city’s gratis…

Jun 28, 2017 • 4 min read

Lonely Planet Local Charles Rawlings-Way moved to Adelaide a decade ago, thinking he’d give it a year to see how things panned out. Within six months this…

Jun 9, 2017 • 4 min read

For almost half a century, Australia’s Indian Pacific train has traced a three-day journey by rail between Sydney and Perth. Its 4,352km route between the…

Sep 26, 2016 • 5 min read

Long overlooked in favour of its scene-stealing east coast cousins New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, South Australia is finally being recognised…

Apr 7, 2016 • 4 min read

There’s always a festival somewhere in a country as big and diverse as Australia, but it’s in summer, roughly from November to March, that things really…

Jul 26, 2015 • 5 min read

Modern Australia is unflinchingly contemporary, but the land itself is ancient in geologic terms, with an Aboriginal history arcing back more than 50,000…

Mar 20, 2014 • 6 min read

Australians spend more than AU$51 billion on domestic travel every year and the latest stats from Tourism Australia suggest Aussies are trading long…