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The Bonegilla Migrant Experience in Victoria, Australia.

The Bonegilla Migrant Experience – and the history of immigration in Australia

The Bonegilla Migrant Experience in Wodonga traces the journey of over 300,000 post-war arrivals. Discover how this rural camp shaped Australian immigration and modern identity. Why visit Bonegilla? The first arrivals at Bonegilla in 1947 must have been terrified. They had no homes to go…

Snorkelling in the Silfra Fissure, Iceland.

10 amazing places to go snorkelling

There are plenty of places around the world where you can go snorkelling and see a few fish. But these ten are genuinely incredible. What makes it special, varies, however. It may be the variety of marine life, the quality of the water or the…

Groot Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa.

9 surprisingly old attractions in big cities

Discover 9 surprisingly old attractions hiding within modern cities. See ancient ruins like Huaca Huallamarca in Lima and the London Wall in London. Huaca Huallamarca, Lima In amongst the bank buildings of Lima’s San Isidro district – Peru’s de facto financial centre – stands an…

The Bay Discovery Centre in Glenelg, South Australia.

Bay Discovery Centre, Glenelg: Ticket prices, opening hours & visitor guide

First time visiting Bay Discovery Centre? This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, parking, accessibility, and how to get there. History and overview of Bay Discovery Centre The Bay Discovery Centre sits inside the old Glenelg Town Hall, a building that once pulsed with the…

Migration Museum, Adelaide: Ticket prices, hours, parking & visitor guide

First time visiting the Migration Museum in Adelaide, South Australia? This 2026 visitor guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, parking, accessibility, and how to get there. History and overview of the Migration Museum The Migration Museum is located at 82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide SA 5000…

The Cage of Death at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Northern Territory.

Cage of Death in Darwin: face to face with a saltwater crocodile

Dive into the Cage of Death in Darwin for a thrilling, face-to-face encounter with a massive saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove. Get ticket tips with this guide. Meeting Chopper the crocodile Chopper’s dental hygiene is, frankly, disgraceful. But it would take a brave dentist to…

Kangaroo rock at Nourlangie in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory.

Kakadu rock art and the Aboriginal stories of the Top End

The ancient galleries of Kakadu National Park reveal tens of thousands of years of Aboriginal culture, belief and storytelling layered into stone. The lightning man and Aboriginal mythology There are more lightning strikes here than anywhere else on the planet, and the being responsible for…

The ruins at Victoria Settlement at Port Essington, Northern Territory.

The Victoria Settlement: Australia’s lost city in the Top End

The haunting ruins of Victoria Settlement at Port Essington reveal Britain’s failed northern colony in the Top End, abandoned after just 11 years of hardship. Remote location of the Victoria Settlement The ruins line up as if designed to please the eye. Built out of…

The Yanga Woolshed in Yanga National Park, New South Wales.

Yanga National Park: pastoral past meets natural future

Explore Yanga National Park, where historic woolsheds and homesteads from Australia's pastoral past meet flourishing wetlands and river red gum forests. Exploring the silent woolshed The walk through the pens is considerably less terrifying than it would be for the sheep, and considerably quieter than…

Writer David Whitley on top of Mt Kosciuszko, New South Wales.

Climbing Kosciuszko while unfit: A fat bloke climbs Australia’s highest mountain

Climb Mount Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest peak, even if you are unfit. Find out how to use the chairlift and manage the gentle trail to the summit. The fine line between unprepared and reckless There’s a fine line between being merely unprepared and being incredibly stupid.…