Australian Traveller

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ONLINE • It wouldn’t be a BIG LAP without some extensive ONLINE investigating. Do yours at australiantraveller.com. ANYTIME, anywhere.

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RAISING THE BAR • A round-up of the swag of new bars and tipples worth knowing about.

WINE & DINE • New HAUNTS to frequent, SWEET SPOTS, and an even sweeter COLLABORATION.

HOT OPENINGS

HOW TO DO THE BIG LAP • It’s on the top of every grey nomad’s bucket list: the Big Lap. Indeed, the thought of kitting out a van, redirecting the mail and taking to the road is an intoxicating prospect to many Australians, from families determined to educate their children as no suburban classroom can to young urbanites literally working their way (remotely) around the country to the aforementioned empty nesters setting a more leisurely pace. Here, we explore the ins and outs of this most Aussie of adventures, from when to go and where to visit along the way to what to pack ...

LIFE ON THE ROAD • Doing a Big Lap of Australia often involves calling a campervan or caravan home for a while. Here, we get some tips and hacks to living life on four wheels from those behind the hugely successful vanlifediaries.com (and now book ).

Electrifying the Australian road trip • The DISCONNECT between high-emission 4WDs and PRISTINE WILDERNESS has finally been addressed; DAN DOWN discovers the Australian STARTUP making your next ROAD TRIP cleaner and GREENER.

DESIGN MARKETS • Steer CLEAR of department stores and don’t ‘add to cart’. This HOLIDAY SEASON, keep your gift buying COOL, CONSIDERED and local by going to MARKET.

Old rivals • As the original ASHES URN goes on display in Melbourne, IMOGEN EVESON looks into the CREATION of this most Australian of LEGENDS.

Happy trails • A mammoth ROAD TRIP requires a wardrobe that can go from BEACH TO BUSH, as well as cosy design elements that make life ON THE ROAD feel a little bit more like HOME.

AT THE TIPPY TOP • A trip through rugged outback country is the only way to reach our country’s northernmost point, the tip of Cape York, and Australia’s last frontier.

COOKTOWN & CAPE YORK • 11 DAYS / FROM $8245 PER PERSON TWIN SHARE

2019 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS

ENTER NOW AND WIN • THREE NIGHTS AT EMIRATES ONE&ONLY WOLGAN VALLEY IN A HERITAGE VILLA WITH PRIVATE POOL

SUNNY SIDE UP

COLOUR ME PINK • The GOLD COAST is home to no shortage of MOTELS stuck in a time warp, but MEGAN ARKINSTALL finds one that has been given a very colourful new LEASE ON LIFE.

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The bold and the beautiful • JESSI SINGH’S return to MELBOURNE breaks all the rules, as the NOTED CHEF adds Daughter In Law to his CULINARY DYNASTY, writes CLARE ACHESON.

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Byron buy • A STAY at this LUXE, design-driven Byron Bay HOLIDAY HOUSE means you can TAKE HOME more than just MEMORIES.

Port Stephens, NSW • The LANDSCAPE of this SLEEPY NSW region is vastly DIFFERENT to the one PLANNED for it a century ago, and that’s a GREAT THING, according to MEGAN ARKINSTALL.

The Little Lap • If a BIG LAP has you flummoxed, then a LITTLE LAP through New South Wales’s JUST-OFF-THE-GRID boom towns and SLEEPY HAMLETS might be the PERFECT ALTERNATIVE.

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Sunshiny and new • An IDYLLIC ISLAND bounces back to be BETTER THAN EVER with the resurrection of...