Last updated: June 29, 2015

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‘I’d go crazy being stuck in an office every day’

IMAGINE waking up in Tokyo one day and Bora Bora the next, and all on your company’s dime? This woman is living the ultimate travel fantasy.

The top 10 wildest cities to visit

FROM beautiful people to the planet’s best DJs and a country with its own independent clubbing republic that requires a specific ‘visa’ to enter, these are the 10 greatest party cities.

Yoga holidays driven by Aussie mat-ship

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FORGET a free buffet breakfast and half-price happy hour. It’s yoga — and lots of it — that well-balanced Aussie travellers are seeking.

The creepy theme park with no fun

6 flags theme park 10 years on

A PERFECT storm has brought rack and ruin to a once fun place. Now it’s become a point of fascination for all the wrong reasons.

This is only for the brave

This is only for the brave

MANY people simply give up and turn back when they realise what they’ve got themselves into here — a place that has claimed dozens of lives.

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Glastonbury Music Festival 2015 kicks off

GLASTONBURY Music Festival 2015 kicks off in Somerset, England. Go inside all the hype ...

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Go Wild: National Geographic Traveller Competition

MEZMERISING shots from the far reaches of the globe in this year’s National Geographic Traveller Photo Contest.

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The country with too many tourists to handle

FOR years, tourists were scared away from this place. But now it has become super-cheap and easy to get to, and there’s been an influx of visitors. So why isn’t everyone happy?

Driving on the loneliest road

THEY call it the loneliest road in America, 558km of bitumen winding through desert valleys and over mountain ranges.

What you don’t know about New York

One World Trade Center's Observatory Tower Opens To Public

THE Statue of Liberty, Central Park, 5th Avenue? They may be NYC travel must-sees, but there’s a whole other side to this city that you probably don’t know about.

Life in the murder capital

 In this 14 Jun 2012 photo, national police inspect a home that had been seized by gangs in the 14 de Marzo neighborhood in T...

IT’S a country in pieces, where homes are seized and converted into torture chambers. And for kids here, there’s one obvious career path.

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Too sexy for the skies?

THESE pilots got more than they bargained for when they let a voluptuous woman known for her semi-nude appearances into the cockpit of their passenger plane.

‘I’m a mother, and Putin will kill you!’

AS FAR as threats go, “I am a mother of seven children and Vladimir Putin will kill you,” is a fairly chilling statement. So what happened next, on this crazed flight?

Jetstar jinx? Bad news for airline

Jetstar jinx? Bad news for airline

THE airline had snapped up nine planes ready to start up its new base overseas. But there was just one big problem.

‘It was absolutely terrifying’

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A WOMAN has told of how she nearly died after returning from what should have been a dream holiday at a luxury resort. What happened to her is horrifying.

Shining the light on Australia’s darkest place

IT’S long being written-off as the black sheep of Australia but this former ugly cousin is completely embracing its dark past, and it’s winning.

Pirates of the Whitsundays

THE Whitsundays are more than a cliched couples’ destination. They’re Johnny Depp’s winter hide-out of choice, and I was determined to find him.

Sex and lies: Aussie reveals reality of cruising

Sex and lies: Aussie reveals reality of cruising

AFTER years working on cruise ships, Cathryn has seen way too much - from vanishing undies to serial cheating.

Parking rage soars at Aussie holiday spot

 Gold Coast City Council parking inspectors book cars for parking illegally around Snapper Rocks for the Quiksilver Pro.

TOO many cars, and nowhere to put them. Angry motorists are facing footpath punch-ups, car park rage and vehicles being snatched away by towies at this tourist hotspot.

Is this the best place in Australia?

Is this the best place in Australia?

HIDDEN in this spectacular location in Tasmania, lies a hotel that’s been named the best in the nation. So what’s it really like here? We went and found out.