Australian Traveller

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Australian Traveller

ONLINE • Hit the HIGHWAYS and byways to DISCOVER roads that UNRAVEL from the COUNTRY to the COAST at australiantraveller.com

A SEASONAL SPECTACLE

WISH YOU WERE HERE NULLARBOR PLAIN, SA-WA

TRAVEL BUZZ • What’s new and NOTEWORTHY from an immersive LIGHT installation in Mooloolaba to an ART tour of the nation’s CAPITAL.

PILLOW TALK • Check in to CHECK out the latest, GREATEST and most fabulous STAYS while doing a HOT lap of Australia.

WINE & DINE • Celebrating the NEW and noteworthy, from a GLITZY Italian EATERY on the Gold Coast to a new Hunter Valley HANG.

WHAT’S IN STORE • The general STORE is an enduring relic of YESTERYEAR, still stocked with everything from fuel to homemade JAMS. Here are five to add to your BACKROADS bucket list.

On the road • Whether you’re doing the Big LAP or taking a leisurely drive, road TRIPS carry an enduring ROMANCE.

Wildflower DREAMS • Western Australia is always in SEASON, especially when it’s CARPETED in colour, as Charlotte and James Maddock discover.

Highly charged • As electric highways SPARK up across Australia, Celeste Mitchell wonders when ELECTRIC campervan HOLIDAYS will become a thing.

WRITTEN IN THE STARS • The beauty of the DESERT at night lies in its SIMPLICITY, Ivy Carruth uncovers after a road TRIP along the Northern Territory section of the SAVANNAH Way.

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KAR-RAMA CHARMER

CROP STARS • The set MENU at this Mornington Peninsula eatery is an ODE to the LAND, allowing HUMBLE ingredients to SHINE, writes Chloe Cann.

TAKING SHAPE • With the opening of fine diner LUNETTA in Canberra, a modernist ARCHITECTUR AL icon is shining ANEW, finds Christine Aldred.

West End • This QUIRKY inner-city suburb of Brisbane/Meanjin is a MELTING pot of cultures, with the West Village adding a new DIMENSION, says Christine Aldred.

HOT property • Long a favourite HOLIDAY spot for sun-seeking road-trippers, Mildura is having a moment. An old roadside motel REINVENTED as a BOUTIQUE stay is part of the buzz, writes Imogen Eveson.

A coastal pause • Years after LIVING in Wollongong as a student, Emily Murphy returns to DISCOVER a softer side to the CITY she never really got to know.

POWER TRIP • South Australia’s WINE country is a prime DESTINATION for an EPIC all-electric car road TRIP, finds Jo Stewart.

Local supply • A country DRIVE through NSW’s Southern Tablelands uncovers a BOUNTIFUL landscape and the local ARTISANS who shape its YIELD.

GREAT OCEAN ODYSSEY • The Great OCEAN Road is a Victorian ICON. But there’s more to this stretch of COAST than these famous rock FORMATIONS, from VOLCANOES to hot springs and PADDLING with fur SEALS.

ROAD TRIPS • ROLL down the windows. CRANK up the tunes. This SPRING, we’re inviting you to REDISCOVER Australia, one unforgettable drive at a time. We’ve rounded up the top three BEST road trips in each state, from a seafood trail that offers a TASTE of SA’s MERROIR to a 4WD track that runs the length of the NT.

TIME TO SHINE

BORN TO rewild • Secluded off the COAST of Western Australia, Dirk Hartog Island/ Wirruwana is a DESTINATION for off-grid ADVENTURES.

Making tracks • From Country to COAST, Arnhem Land offers an INVITATION to CONNECT with the spirit of an ANCIENT...