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 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…
The Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney, New South Wales.

Sydney’s Top 10 Historic Museums: Where the Past Comes Alive

For a relatively young city, Sydney in New South Wales is packed with history. And these ten Sydney history museums are among the best places to explore it. Australian National Maritime Museum Perched on Darling Harbour's waterfront, this museum opened in 1991 and celebrates Australia's…
The Aitutaki Lagoon, the Cook Islands.

10 astonishing lagoons around the world for your bucket list

Explore 10 astonishing lagoons around the world, from the Cook Islands and Bora Bora to Iceland's glacial Jökulsárlón, for your travel bucket list. There are few geographical features that are as reliably sexy as a lagoon. Usually, they're the stuff jealousy-inducing holiday photos are made…