Brisbane: Sun, sand and adrenaline
Kellie Blizard scales inner-city cliffs and surfs sand dunes in a Brisbane adventure.
Kellie Blizard scales inner-city cliffs and surfs sand dunes in a Brisbane adventure.
Paul Rush takes a time travel journey through Fiordland's twilight zone.
Sheriden Rhodes explores the wonders of underwater Fiji with the son of the one of the greatest explorers of all.
Simon Winter reaches Finisterre on Spain's west coast... and starts thinking about his next adventure.
Joanna Mathers finds plenty to keep her happy away from the slopes.
Want to play in the snow but do something other than skiing? Danielle Wright is spoiled for choice around the South Island.
Estelle Sarney takes her family jet-skiing in Queensland and warms to it after a shaky start.
Mountain Scene editor Ryan Keen shares an insider's guide to having fun on the cheap in New Zealand's premier resort town.
Simon Winter ponders a fellow walker's query as he nears the end of the Spanish Pilgrim Trail.
Simon Winter reaches a point on the trail where he can leave his worries behind.
Michael Burgess grapples with Outward Bound's tradition of testing mettle.
What's a fun way to see all the sights of Santorini on a budget and a tight time frame? The locals will tell you: by quad bike, of course.
John Parker gets a preview of a cycle trail that promises to be one of our finest.
Simon Winter finds himself thinking about, well, not much at all, on the Spanish Pilgrim Trail.
Mark Rowe travels to the largest island in Norway's Svalbard archipelago - a place of pristine landscapes and endangered wildlife.
Simon Winter shares 15 important things he's learnt after 20 days on the Spanish Pilgrim Trail.
The picturesque Camino villages aren't immune to Spain's economic woes, writes Simon Winter from the Pilgrim Trail.
Simon Winter contemplates strapping sanitary pads to his inner-soles as he nears the Spanish Pilgrim Trail's 250km mark.
Simon Winter struggles to get any kip in a dorm room full of snoring hikers.
Simon Winter encounters all manner of wanderers on the Spanish Pilgrim Trail.
Here's some news New Zealand, we don't have the world's worst internet. In fact it's in a small Spanish village...
Twenty-seven kilometres up and over the Pyrenees is one of the bigger days on the 775km trail.
Former nzherald.co.nz news editor Simon Winter takes on the 775-kilometre Spanish Pilgrim Trail.
Andy Kenworthy joins a group of hardy souls to test his survival skills on a wet weekend and comes out alive and kicking.
Two writers travel to Rotorua to see the two sides of the honeymoon experience.
Alex Robertson burns up some energy on a mountain bike at a stag weekend in Rotorua.
Danielle Wright takes time out on the newest Rotorua tourist attraction.
Described as 'your worst nightmare underground' the newest ride at UK theme park Alton Towers is the first to have been rated by the British Board of Film Classification.