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• Meet the Australian Adventurer of the Year who's on a 30,000km walk

  20-01-2025 19:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Lucy Barnard has received an Australian Geographic award part-way through her mission to become the first woman to walk from the southernmost tip of South America to the top of North America.
  
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• HMAS Protector, bought for just 10 pounds, now a marine paradise off Heron Island

  19-01-2025 20:09 via abc.net.au
  
  HMAS Protector, crumbling offshore of Heron Island, played an important part in Australia's naval history and is now a marine paradise providing security for fish, turtles, rays, and sharks.
  
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• Is WA's electric vehicle charging network fit for purpose?

  19-01-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's emerging EV charging system saw the state named one of "52 Places To Go This Year", but enthusiasts say the network is far from up to scratch.
  
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• You've heard about a destination wedding, how about destination weeding?

  18-01-2025 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Ecotourism is drawing travellers across Australia, including on remote Lord Howe Island where Ian Sinclair and John Pemble got married after a morning spent pulling weeds.
  
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• Love grows among the weeds for ecotourism devotees

  18-01-2025 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Ecotourism is drawing travellers across Australia, including on remote Lord Howe Island where Ian Sinclair and John Pemble got married after a morning spent pulling weeds.
  
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• Nearly 1 million Australians visited Japan last year

  16-01-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Nearly 1 million Australians visited Japan last year, up more than 300,000 from 2023.
  
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• Pub owner's plans turn to misery as insurers deny bushfire coverage

  16-01-2025 19:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Asip Memishi's family pleaded with him to leave as he prepared to defend his pub from bushfire in Victoria's Grampians. He knew if it burned, he wouldn't be able to rebuild.
  
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• Halls Gap bliss turns business misery as insurers deny bushfire coverage

  16-01-2025 19:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Asip Memishi's family pleaded with him to leave as he prepared to defend his pub from bushfire in Victoria's Grampians. He knew if it burned, he wouldn't be able to rebuild.
  
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• Holidaymakers keen for solution to Tasmania's 'ghost camping' problem

  15-01-2025 19:29 via abc.net.au
  
  "Ghost camping", the practice of leaving an unoccupied tent or caravan on a campsite to reserve the spot, is again a hot topic as frustrated holiday-makers struggle to find a site at their favourite Tassie campground. So, what can Tasmania learn from other places about how to stamp out ghost campers?
  
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• Holiday-makers keen for solution to Tasmania's 'ghost camping' problem

  15-01-2025 19:29 via abc.net.au
  
  "Ghost camping", the practice of leaving an unoccupied tent or caravan on a campsite to reserve the spot, is again a hot topic as frustrated holiday-makers struggle to find a site at their favourite Tassie campground. So, what can Tasmania learn from other places about how to stamp out ghost campers?
  
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• Full but not occupied: Ghost camping rears its head in Tasmania

  15-01-2025 19:29 via abc.net.au
  
  "Ghost camping", the practice of leaving an unoccupied tent or caravan on a campsite to reserve the spot, is again a hot topic as frustrated holiday-makers struggle to find a site at their favourite Tassie campground. So, what can Tasmania learn from other places about how to stamp out ghost campers?
  
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• Calls to close major WA tourism attraction to save 'hounded' penguins

  12-01-2025 22:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Conservationists are calling for Penguin Island to be closed to visitors to allow the dwindling little penguin population to recover, but the state government insists the decline is due to climate change and not tourism.
  
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• Celebrity dolphin may have been friend's 'wingman'

  12-01-2025 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  In rare evidence for alliance-forming behaviour beyond humans, a famous Queensland dolphin may have formed a "wingman" relationship with a friend.
  
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• Snow-clearing for cafe to impact world series cross-country ski marathon

  11-01-2025 03:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A permit to allow snow-clearing along a section of the Bogong High Plains Road to accommodate a new cafe could put a world series ski marathon and Winter Olympic qualifying events at risk.
  
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• Is it time to draw a line in the sand on beach cabanas?

  10-01-2025 00:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Tourism Australia's beach ambassador Brad Farmer believes the time has come for regulations amid a cabana takeover on Australian beaches.
  
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• Police probe illegal campfire behind Otway bushfire

  08-01-2025 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Investigators are searching for those responsible for an unattended campfire that turned into a major blaze in Victoria's south-west.
  
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• Fire authorities find illegally lit campfires during total fire ban

  08-01-2025 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Tourists and campers are being warned not to light campfires on high fire danger days after several were allegedly lit last weekend.
  
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• Would you go on a beach resort holiday to North Korea?

  08-01-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  North Korea is set to open a long-awaited beachfront "tourist city" later this year as the "first big step" to developing the country's tourism industry.
  
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• 'One single, giant complex': North Korea to open 'tourist city' once taken over by homeless

  08-01-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  North Korea is set to open a long-awaited beachfront "tourist city" later this year as the "first big step" to developing the country's tourism industry.
  
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• Businesses plead for visitors as Halls Gap reopens after Grampians fire

  08-01-2025 02:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The popular tourist town has been closed for eighteen days as fire ripped through 76,000 thousand hectares of national park and farmland, costing businesses $1.9 million per day. 
  
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• Businesses plea for visitors as Halls Gap reopens after Grampians fire

  08-01-2025 02:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The popular tourist town has been closed for eighteen days as fire ripped through 76,000 thousand hectares of national park and farmland, costing businesses $1.9 million per day. 
  
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• Measles outbreaks in South-East Asia bringing cases to Australia

  07-01-2025 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Health professionals fear vaccine conspiracies and COVID disruptions could be partly responsible for a spike in measles cases in countries including Vietnam and Thailand. 
  
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• Highly infectious measles cases are surging in Vietnam and Thailand

  07-01-2025 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Health professionals fear vaccine conspiracies and COVID-19 disruptions could be partly responsible for a spike in measles cases in countries including Vietnam and Thailand.
  
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• Travellers will soon have to pay to enter the UK. What you need to know

  07-01-2025 06:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Planning to head to the UK in 2025? Here's what you need to know about a new digital travel permit. 
  
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• Controversial $11m water park and marina help save drought-hit town

  06-01-2025 20:25 via abc.net.au
  
  An ambitious foreshore development transforms a rural town on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula into tourist destination, rather than a "toilet stop" for travellers. 
  
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• Remote Arnhem Land turns to tourism on cusp of Rio Tinto's departure

  05-01-2025 21:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The upcoming departure of Rio Tinto has raised concerns about the economic future of communities on the Gove Peninsula. But there are hopes yacht and cruise tourism could be the answer.
  
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• As Rio Tinto departs, East Arnhem Land looks to develop tourism economy

  05-01-2025 21:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The upcoming departure of Rio Tinto has raised concerns about the economic future of communities on the Gove Peninsula. But there are hopes yacht and cruise tourism could be the answer.
  
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• 'Not a dog, cat, nothing': Summer hibernation in the country's outback

  04-01-2025 22:52 via abc.net.au
  
  When you think of summer holidays, it is easy to picture bustling beaches and busy shopping centres. But the outback's hibernation boasts a different, much quieter scene. 
  
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• 'Not a dog, cat, nothing': Summer exodus in the country's outback

  04-01-2025 22:52 via abc.net.au
  
  When you think of summer holidays, it is easy to picture bustling beaches and busy shopping centres. But the outback's "hibernation" boasts a different, much quieter scene. 
  
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• Far from bustling beaches, this is what summer hibernation looks like in the outback

  04-01-2025 22:52 via abc.net.au
  
  When you think of summer holidays, it is easy to picture bustling beaches and busy shopping centres. But the outback's hibernation boasts a different, much quieter scene. 
  
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• The strange trash and treasure washing up on our beaches

  03-01-2025 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  What's the strangest thing you've come across at the beach? For one Sunshine Coast grandmother, it was a "mermaid's purse" — otherwise known as a shark egg. 
  
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• From shark eggs to rat poison, the trash and treasure washing up on our beaches

  03-01-2025 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  What's the strangest thing you've come across at the beach? For one Sunshine Coast grandmother, it was a "mermaid's purse" — otherwise known as a shark egg. 
  
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• What does it take to finish the Hunt 1000 bikepacking adventure?

  03-01-2025 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's toughest cross-country adventures attracts cyclists from around the country and overseas, but less than half reach the end. But Ollie Klein has crossed the finish line three times. 
  
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• Far from Europe's overcrowded cruise hotpots, the Pacific is grappling with a different question

  03-01-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Pacific's tourism bodies say cruising looks different since the industry's post-pandemic comeback — and outer islands could be among the winners.
  
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• Far from Europe's cruise hotspots, the Pacific is grappling with a different question

  03-01-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Pacific's tourism bodies say cruising looks different since the industry's post-pandemic comeback — and outer islands could be among the winners.
  
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• Far from Europe's cruise hotspots, the Pacific grapples with a different question

  03-01-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Pacific's tourism bodies say cruising looks different since the industry's post-pandemic comeback — and outer islands could be among the winners.
  
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• As cruising makes a comeback, the Pacific wants to spread the wealth far and wide

  03-01-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Pacific's tourism bodies say cruising looks different since the industry's post-pandemic comeback — and outer islands could be among the winners.
  
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• Drive-in movies, croc pool upgrades to lure tourists back to caravan parks

  03-01-2025 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The $10 million funding comes amid a drop in the number of caravanning trips in recent years as the number of grey nomads heading on overseas holidays increases.
  
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• Croc pool upgrade, Tassie tiger and drive-in movie boost for caravan parks

  03-01-2025 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The $10 million funding comes amid a drop in the number of caravanning trips in recent years as the number of grey nomads heading on overseas holidays increases.
  
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• Tasmania's Spirit ferry enters second month of Scottish storage

  03-01-2025 07:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Spirit of Tasmania IV has entered a second month mothballed in Scotland while efforts to rent the ship out continue — with Tasmania's government saying the weekly $23,915 bill, plus costs, is cheaper than last month's storage fee.
  
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• Scottish mothballing of Tasmanian ferry continues

  03-01-2025 07:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Spirit of Tasmania IV has entered a second month mothballed in Scotland while efforts to rent the ship out continue — with Tasmania's government saying the weekly $23,915 bill, plus costs, is cheaper than last month's storage fee.
  
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• Memories of wilder time come alive inside bar that inspired rock song

  02-01-2025 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Crocodiles thrown at barmaids, a weapon drawn over a bad prawn deal, and a heist orchestrated on Mother's Day. These are some of the tales that live on at Queensland's Animal Bar.
  
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• Memories live on at no-frills outback pub that inspired rock song

  02-01-2025 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Crocodiles thrown at barmaids, a weapon drawn over a bad prawn deal, and a heist orchestrated on Mother's Day. These are some of the tales that live on at Queensland's Animal Bar.
  
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• Mooloolaba New Year's Eve fireworks pilloried as 'pure disappointment'

  01-01-2025 04:08 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Queensland's biggest New Year's Eve events has been branded a "total flop" after the traditional midnight fireworks display was scrapped in favour of an earlier show.
  
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• Why a Daryl Somers tourism ad was a sign of the times for NT politics in 1994

  31-12-2024 21:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Never-before-seen NT cabinet records from 1994, released to the public for the first time, show cultural tourism, women's equality and Aboriginal employment were among the issues high on the agenda.
  
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• Outback tourism push high on NT agenda in 1994, cabinet documents show

  31-12-2024 21:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Never-before-seen NT cabinet records from 1994, released to the public for the first time, show cultural tourism, women's equality and Aboriginal employment were among the issues high on the agenda.
  
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• The best vantage points to watch the Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks

  30-12-2024 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  It's time to ring in the new year — from public transport, to scheduled fireworks timings and best vantage points, here's everything you need to know about the Sydney's New Year's Eve celebrations.
  
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• 'We had no idea': Managing an outback roadhouse

  30-12-2024 20:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Laree and Kelvyn Bastin were looking for adventure after their four kids flew the nest. They found it on the Nullarbor Plain.
  
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• City empty-nesters love running outback roadhouse

  30-12-2024 20:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Laree and Kelvyn Bastin were looking for adventure after their four kids flew the nest. They found it on the Nullarbor Plain.
  
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• Island's 1980s party image and the risqué marketing scheme behind it

  28-12-2024 22:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A raunchy "Get Wrecked on Keppel" tagline paired with scantily clad models helped visitor numbers on Great Keppel Island soar in the 1980s. It's a different scene now.
  
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