Australian Traveller

Packed with honest reviews and inspiring travel stories, Australian Traveller is the most authoritative and trusted guide to travelling this great country. It's no wonder that it's Australia's best-selling travel magazine.

Editor’s letter

Australian Traveller

ONLINE • CELEBRATE as summer nears with the BEST coastal pubs, an OUTBACK dip or a NOSTALGIC vacay at australiantraveller.com

Celebrate • Raise a glass in celebration of our MILESTONE anniversary, the 100th EDITION of Australian Traveller. In this SPECIAL issue, we call on past editors, industry EXPERTS and you, our valued readers, to share TREASURED travel MEMORIES. We also look at our STORIED history, at what the Aussie TOURISM landscape looked like when we launched in 2005 and how it might EVOLVE into the future.

Then and now • To MARK 100 editions of Australian Traveller, co-founder Quentin Long sat down with TOURISM AUSTRALIA managing director PHILLIPA HARRISON to discuss what has (and has not) changed in TRAVEL in Australia from the year the magazine LAUNCHED in 2005 to today and BEYOND.

Australian Traveller in 100 covers • A LOOK back at the history of Australian Traveller through its glossy COVERS, where our EVOLUTION as both a MAGAZINE and industry is evident.

Memories of an editor • Australian Traveller has been SHAPED over the years by a roll call of PASSIONATE editors. Here, our stellar ALUMNI share their thoughts, MEMORIES and favourite COVERS during their tenures.

LOOKING BACK AND BEYOND • How has the domestic TRAVEL landscape evolved since we launched our FIRST ISSUE in 2005? And what might it look like in another 18 years’ time? From the tip of the Top End to the southernmost STATE, we speak to INDUSTRY leaders across the country to find out.

On the road with our readers • Above all, our 100th edition is a CELEBRATION of you, our readers: the true Australian TRAVELLERS. So it’s only fair that we pass the mic and ask you to SHARE some travel MEMORIES with us.

Eyes wide open • Journalist, BROADCASTER and author MIKE MUNRO finds much to take PRIDE IN on a multigenerational trip of a LIFETIME through the Northern Territory.

An Aussie Celebration • Pointing a lens towards all that is SUN-DRENCHED and sensory – from bleached-out BEACHES to afternoon COCKTAILS and seafood feasts washed down with a glass of sparkling – Kara Rosenlund captures the ESSENCE of an Australian summer CELEBRATION rooted in landscape, culture and place on her ISLAND home of Minjerribah.

Australian Traveller Mega Holiday Giveaway: Worth over $175,000! • It’s time to return to your seats and fasten your seatbelts, because we’re shaking things up with the Australian Traveller Mega Holiday Giveaway.

QUAY TO THE CITY

TRAVEL BUZZ • Marvel at a BASKETBALL court in the NT and trace the COAST on NSW’s NEWEST walk; here is the TRAVEL NEWS to have on your radar.

PILLOW TALK • Check in to CHECK OUT the latest, GREATEST and most FABULOUS stays for a WEEKEND away across the country.

WINE & DINE • See what’s NEW in Noosa, seek something SPECIAL at Sydney’s French-accented EATERIES and find out where to go for a SEDUCTIVE Italian SUPPER in Melbourne.

POP CULTURE • The BEST and brightest BEACH shacks, huts and villas around Australia are SPLASHED with POPS of colour that range from RAINBOW bright to CANDY crush.

Another round • A TOUR of the world’s first NON-ALCOHOLIC cellar door reveals COMPLEX flavours hidden behind a nondescript building in suburban MELBOURNE, as Jo Stewart DISCOVERS.

Flux and flow • A CULTURAL walking tour in Tropical North Queensland shows VISITORS another side to WUNYAMI (Green Island), writes Carla Grossetti.

Future proof • Victoria’s celebrated regional ESCAPE might be known for its boutique STAYS...