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How to choose a sleeping bag for Australian travel

Start with the coldest night you expect, then think about how you sleep and how far you’ll carry the bag. Those three things matter more than the price tag. A sleeping bag can feel warm in the shop and hopeless at two...

The Kimberley by camping bus

Leave Broome in a small-group 4WD, walk into gorges by day and sleep under canvas at night. A camping tour is a way to see some of Australia’s most remote country with someone else at the wheel. The first camp of a Ki...

Perth beaches, from a morning swim to an Indian Ocean sunset

Take the train to Cottesloe, walk the coast from Scarborough to Trigg or snorkel over a shipwreck at Coogee. Perth has a beach for almost any kind of day. One of the pleasures of visiting Perth is how easily a beach c...

Discovering the Kimberley in the dry season

Start with a sunset in Broome, follow the Gibb River Road through gorge country and give yourself a few days at El Questro. This is a trip worth taking slowly. At Cable Beach, the sun sets straight into the Indian Oce...