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Western France is a food and wine lover's ultimate adventure, laced with a juicy history.

I boarded the ferry back to Dar es Salaam, with its pumping Michael Bolton and Celine Dion mega-mix, knowing my glorious tan was proof of my fabulous time in Zanzibar.

OPINION: Sentenced from Australia for the term of your natural life, regifted to USA, our huddled refugee masses yearning to breathe free, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

My relationship with fellow Aussie travellers soured, somewhat, throughout my travels.

Feel like you’ve experienced all there is to experience? Think again, and push you body (and heart) to the limit with these holidays...

Roads, trains, planes and beer swilling prime ministers; Australia is a BIG country.

If you’re busy compiling a great list of must-see places, then consider this little list of gems that deserve to be on every bucket list.

Going away on a holiday can be a great idea. There are many places you can visit to spend your time. One of the best holiday spots is a beach and Sydney is home to many of them. If this is the first time you are going on a beach ...

This episode of my love for London is brought to you by gin.

Get inspired to visit the happiest countries in the world. And where does Australia rank?

There is nothing better than summer in Europe! But, sometimes it’s better to avoid the big cities and tourist destinations that can get crowded, hot and smelly.

VIDEO: Take a look at the lighter side of the land down under through the red, white and blue prism of some US comedy bright sparks.

Australia has a reputation for life-taking storms and killer animals (insert drop-bear info, here). And quite frankly, we love it! Here's 10 reasons to be afraid, very afraid, Down Under.

Animal selfies: the next level in travel photography?

The waves are lapping at our Pacific Island neighbours' doors and all our political leaders can do is laugh, writes Tess Lawrence.

From toilets to a collection dedicated to the science of phallology... there are some really interesting museums all around the world.

We all have our own list of places we wish we can escape to. Maybe it is a place where you’ll want to relax or, for some of you even elope to?

Moving to the other side of the world can be overwhelming, but the cost of literal ‘extra baggage’ and backaches from poor planning is worse. Keep things simple with a guide to packing for London.

ITCHY FEET | So, what drives us Australians to travel? Are we generally more adventurous than those from other nations? Does exploration course through our very veins?

INTERVIEW: Christos Tsiolkas, author of ‘The Slap’ and guest director of this year’s Cheltenham Festival, asks: why is it that our sense of Australia is so extreme, either “God’s Earth” or “Arse-hole at the end of the world”?

"I'm pregnant, so I didn't want to get too anxious. I wanted to stay calm,” says holidaying Queenslander after being bitten by what she believes was a shark.

Got camper, will go road tripping!

Australia's oldest man commits his time to purl and plain for penguin pullovers.

5 awesome European travel hot spots boasting something a little familiar for Aussies.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran shot dead for role in Bali 9 drugs trafficking, despite mercy pleas and vigils.

Final hours are “torture” for families of Bali 9 death-row prisoners Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

Jersey is an undiscovered gem close to Britain and France, which offers a picturesque island location and is an attractive place for Australians to further their career.

Convicted Australian heroin smugglers are to be relocated from their Bail prison ahead of their ordered execution by firing squad.

Looks like a storm is brewing: In Australia, we love our freakish weather. Mother Nature has a tendency to lose her temper Down Under and will leave you gasping for air.

More reasons as to why you should soak up the sun in Sydney, Australia

Completing the guide to speaking ‘Strayan. We conclude the list of fair dinkum Aussie slang terms and phrases. Have a stickybeak.

VIDEO | Noel Pearson delivers rousing ‘this old man’ eulogy at Gough Whitlam memorial service.

WADE GRAVY recounts his first experience of Spain’s hedonistic ground-zero and discovers there’s more to it than losing yourself (although he does that too).

Here are five of the most jaw-dropping, gorgeous and picture-perfect beaches in the world.

So far on this tour he’s been searched on suspicion of drug-trafficking, fled the stage with food-poisoning, farewelled his trusty tour-van and copped a head-butt from a kamikaze pigeon. Despite perilous events, Australian troubadour Kim Churchill remains upbeat.

Ancient history and artistic expression combine in Origins 2013, a cultural festival of artists and performers with deep roots, coming together to share ideas about the past, present and future.

Currently at the Finborough Theatre, Fishskin Trousers is a play about three lost people from different eras. Brett Brown, a young Australian actor stars as a scientist, stationed on the mysterious island of Orford Ness during the Cold War.

Don MacLeod, the Australian man who saved Kiwi Ryan Blair from a six-metre crocodile that had stalked him for a fortnight on Western Australia's West Governor Island, has plenty of similar tales.

EXPAT FACTOR | As UK campaign manager for the Australian Greens, Mat Hines has managed to combine his full-time career as a lecturer with his passion for politics. He talks to Australian Times about why it's important for Aussie expats to maintain an interest in politics back home, ahead of ...

Nicola Samer is a theatre director and co-founder of IronBark in the UK. IronBark presents the best new Australian writers to UK audiences using the talents of local cast and creative teams. Next week we talk to Zoe Caldwell, associate producer and co-founder of IronBark.

TRAVEL WRITER WINNER | Homeless in Japan. Two uncoordinated Queensland girls battle the infamous Hokkaido weather in a desperate attempt to get… anywhere. Alison is our Great Travel Writer competition winner for July, and has won a £250 voucher with Topdeck.

ROYAL BABY | On the eve of the birth of the next heir to the British crown, how do we ensure the monarchy remains relevant to Australia? Why, raise the baby Down Under of course.

TRAVEL WRITER ENTRY | Seasoned Cape Town visitor TROY RAMSEY-AXELSSON shows us the hits and highlights of this South African coastal city.

Indigenous leaders in the Northern Territory have hit back at comments made by Chief Minister Adam Giles that children that are neglected should be adopted out, regardless of fears that the government policy was reminiscent of the Stolen Generation.

FACE THE FESTIVAL 2013 | Want to head out of town to get your festival fix? Check out our top UK music festivals, almost right in your backyard.

ANZAC DAY IN LONDON | In a solemn and moving dawn service at the Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner, High Commissioner Mike Rann paid tribute to our fallen comrades, and the architects of who and what we are today. The full transcript of his address is below.

INTERVIEW | Fresh from performing at Australia’s famed Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne’s Spiegeltent, EastEnd Cabaret bring their newfound love of Bundy and Cola back to London’s Soho Theatre with their show Notoriously Kinky.

ALP Abroad’s pilgrimage to Oxford has uncovered the true location, and story behind Bob Hawke’s record breaking feat; drinking a yard glass of ale in under 12 seconds.

REVIEW | Tina, In The Green Dress is the ambitious collaboration between emerging electro-pop group A History and theatre company TwistedHip. The interactive show tells the story of Tina, an American girl who is estranged from her lover Jimmy when he is drafted to Vietnam.

EDINBURGH EXPAT | The ‘City of Literature’ tag is perhaps no more appropriate than when referring to the relationship between a city with infamously temperamental weather and those who have the ability to aptly describe it.