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Some Like It Hot - Rotorua
It’s been a closely guarded secret but now Alice Galletly spills the beans on where you’ll find the best secret hotpool in New Zealand's steamiest city.
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One Night Out - Nashville
Honky-tonk, bluegrass and cowboy boots...Karen Goa heads out for a toe-tappin’ night on Nashville’s main drag.
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Gold Fever - Macetown
After a bumpy 4WD journey Sara Carbery finds history in the abandoned gold mining town of Macetown. But what are her prospects of finding gold?
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Two Worlds - Hong Kong
On Hong Kong's Cheung Chau Island AA Directions editor Kathryn Webster revels in the clashing contrast between the old world and the new.
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Into The Wild West - Franz Josef Glacier
In this road trip Amanda Cropp takes her family out of town to fulfil her long-held ambition to conquer the South Island's Franz Josef glacier.
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Rhone River
It was a tough job but Jo Percival stepped up to embark on a cheese-fuelled, seven day epicurean cruise up France's famous Rhone River. Oui-Oui!
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Catching the Breeze - Adelaide Hills
Adelaide’s big shady trees & splashing fountains can’t compensate for stifling heat, so Pamela Wade does what the early settlers did: heads for the hills.
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The Wild Catlins Coast
A two-hour drive from Dunedin, the jagged shoreline and rugged scenic appeal of Southland’s Catlin Coast is a beautiful corner of New Zealand.
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Family-friendly Fiji
For Jo Percival, her husband Ben and 18-month-old Gus, travelling in Fiji is a dream: Fijians have a fantastic natural rapport with children.
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Tropical Queensland
If you’re travelling to northern Queensland, be prepared to enter ultra-relaxed mode that the tropics demand. Join Kathryn Webster as she does it by train.