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<p>Mindil Beach, where people clap as the sun sinks below the horizon</p>

Why you should swap Melbourne for Darwin this autumn

<p>A range of adventures as vast as the country awaits </p>

Best experience and adventure holidays in Australia

<p>Jonathan Samuels and his family enjoying the majesty of Uluru </p>

Australia’s ancient monolith: Why you should visit Uluru

<p>The Esperance inlet, Lucky Bay, has blinding white sands and a palette of turquoise waters </p>

The best beaches in Australia

<p>Sophisticated with a hipster edge, Melbourne is consistently ranked as one of the world’s best places to live</p>

The best things to do in Melbourne, Australia’s capital of cool

<p>Rymill Park and Adelaide’s skyscrapers </p>

The ultimate guide to Adelaide, Australia

<p>It is possible that PCR tests could have been recognised by South Africa in light of BA passengers’ disruption</p>

Travel questions

Can BA offer compensation for a connecting flight being cancelled?

<p>Qantas has relaunched mystery flights</p>

What are mystery flights?

CMV's Vasco da Gama vessel

Cruise ship left drifting off Australia after power ‘blackout’

Granite Bay is regularly 'defaced'

Locals furious after tourists leave ‘disgusting’ messages on beach

Exquisite views from Mount Ainslie

Australasia & Pacific

10 reasons to visit perpetually underrated Canberra

Tourists line up to climb Uluru

Hundreds queue up to climb Uluru before practice is banned

Tracking data shows the flight overshot King Island

Pilot who fell and missed airport ‘hadn’t slept for 24 hours’

The last few years have seen The Flying Kangaroo go from strength to strength

Qantas announces record profits

Victoria has the most vineyards of any Australian state

Australasia & Pacific

This is where you’ll find Australia’s best wine

Talcum powder is an inorganic powder subject to restrictions on carry-on luggage on international (and some domestic) Australian flights

Australian airports introduce carry-on restrictions for powders

The 12-year-old successfully travelled alone to Denpasar, Bali, after stealing the family credit cards

12-year-old boy uses family credit card to fly to Bali after argument

Crystal Tadlock also had her global entry status revoked

What are the rules when it comes to taking food off flights?

Hotel Harry is housed in a 1920s building

The Sydney hotel where you can pretend you're in the Wild West

The Great Barrier Reef isn't as dead as you might think, locals claim

Australasia & Pacific

This is why the Great Barrier Reef isn't dead yet

Nina and Ed hiked to the summit of Australia's highest peak - then snowboarded down it

Splitboarding in Australia's little known Snowy Mountains

James (right) gets ready for a day of drinking, Outback-style

Australasia & Pacific

The pub crawl so remote you do it by helicopter

The Olsen offers the ultimate artistic selfie opportunity

Australasia & Pacific

This hotel encourages guests to pose naked

Crocosaurus Cove lowers tourists into a crocodile enclosure

Australasia & Pacific

Swimming with crocodiles at Darwin’s scariest attraction

Alice Springs is the art capital of the Australian outback

Alice Springs, the art capital of Australia's Red Centre

Rain is extremely rare at Uluru – but when it comes, it comes in torrents

Australasia & Pacific

The side of Uluru only 1% of people see

Simon Calder: The man who pays his way