It’s not difficult to identify when you need repairs on certain parts of your vehicle. If your vehicle isn’t stopping quickly, then you may need to replace your brake pads or make other repairs. You can tell if your air conditioner is not working if it does not blow cold air. What about the transmission? There are some …
How to Wash Your Car Like a Professional
There are a variety of ways to wash your car, each option has advantages and drawbacks. However, regardless of how you mix the two together, a hand car wash in Gold Coast is the best. No matter what it is floors, frying pans, or toilets, in terms of cleaning, there’s no substitute for the effectiveness …
The Benefits Of Private Tours
Private tours allow you to travel at your own pace and customize your itinerary and accommodation to meet your budget and interests. You can also arrange any of our family tours, shoestring tours or small group tours that depart on a set date. Private tours in Sydney allow you to experience and see new places. …
Domestic bliss: Australian destinations that feel like an overseas holiday
There are many alternatives to expensive international destinations in Australia. Many Australians have begun to explore their own country, as international travel is unlikely in the near future. Many lesser-known destinations are equally worthy. While bucket lists are rearranged to include places like Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef, they are not the only ones. They …
Back to Binna Burra: like a phoenix, the beloved bush lodge has risen from the ashes
It is hard to believe that the Lamington National Park, which surrounds the Numinbah-Coomera Valleys, was on fire just over a month ago. The fire would have destroyed more than half of the oldest subtropical forest in the world – Gondwana, which extends from Queensland’s Binna Burra south to Port Macquarie and New South Wales. …
Scenic routes: five of the best road trips along Australia’s east coast
As Billy Joel blasts through my 4WD and I pack the boot with skateboards, sand buckets, wetsuits, and surfboards, the road takes me up and down Australia’s east Coast. I have lost count of how many times, as a travel writer and on long weekends and holidays, I have made the journey from the tropical …
‘As an Australian it will affect you. It’s your land as well’: Indigenous tourism’s new online travel agency
Juan Walker will show you how to remove the itching from a mosquito bite that has swollen or where to find a safe, crystal-clear swimming pool in the Daintree. For almost 20 years, the owner of Walkabout Cultural Adventures has taken visitors to Kuku Yalanji Country in far north Queensland. Many of these visitors discovered Walker’s …
We can learn to better love our country, and there is no better time than now
A stylish German couple holds themselves steady while the car slowly moves over rough terrain. The couple is curious and observant. It seems that they have been traveling the world for many years. We are on the way to see the paintings on rocks at Laura’s escarpments. Steve, a guide from Cape York, drives the car on the …
The perfect seaside town? A visitor’s guide to Port Fairy
Port Fairy is far enough away from Melbourne to discourage day trips and the crowds. But it still has all of the trappings that come with a large city. Nearly four hours away from Melbourne, at the end of the Great Ocean Road, is the coastal town that was voted the most liveable community, with …
Namadgi national park: ‘A mystery, a relic, a vibrant pulse in the earth’
You are just an hour away from your country’s federal parliament. Political decisions were made here 120,000 years before. As you stroll through the national park, you will see evidence of culture everywhere – scar trees, rock art, stone arrangements, and tools. Please resist the temptation to grab a souvenir. These specimens are still being studied, and they will …
Australia’s Katherine region: ‘Layers and connections here are infinite and abundant with human spirit’
As you approach the island by ship in Antarctic waters, you may be able to smell it hundreds of kilometers away. Complex oils of eucalypts dominate the scent. Our country’s scent. We can enjoy the smell of our country, whether we have lived it or not. As you approach the Top End of Australia, we can see …
‘We feel we’re not going to get really sick’: why the pandemic hasn’t dissuaded ocean cruisers
Oceania Cruises of Miami, a luxury culinary cruise company and a division within Norwegian Cruise Lines that specializes in luxury culinary cruises, broke the record for single-day bookings on 16 September. The introduction of the company’s newest ship, Vista (which is due to carry its first passengers by April 2023), was the driving force behind this record. In one …
A local’s guide to the Hunter Valley: ‘It’s easy to get caught in the tourist traps’
The Hunter Valley is a tourist hotspot that attracts more than 8,000,000 visitors per year. It’s only 90 minutes away from Sydney and has a lot of attractions. The Hunter Valley has everything – from festivals to concerts and even alpacas walking through vineyards. It seems that if you have a tourist idea, someone else has …