Both the Heide Museum of Modern Art and Montsalvat are sprawling art precincts that make for eye-opening visits, writes Jon Bridges.

Colin Mathura-Jeffree is blindsided by a moving exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery.

Judy Bailey gets up close and personal with Queensland's native bush dwellers.

Graham Reid discovers the history and vibrant artistic culture of Tasmania's capital.

Ewan McDonald takes a young relative to meet one of our most infamous cousins.

With more than 50 boutique cellar doors on the Mornington Peninsula, touring on horseback is a fun way to explore the vineyards.

Western Australia's natural beauty is in full bloom in spring, writes Judy Bailey.

Visiting South Australia and had enough of the wineries? Try these alternative experiences ...

Judy Bailey takes in the magnificent forests and rugged coastline of Australia's southwest.

Patrick Smith gets on and off his bike to explore the Clare Valley – the Tuscany of Australia.

On Western Australia's timeless Coral Coast, Paul Rush meets the ocean's ageless inhabitants.

Lucy Bennett visits a bar nestled in one of Sydney's refreshed historic gems.

Crossing forests, moorland, hillsides and deep valleys, William Mackesy finds trekking in Tasmania blissful.

Some place names could come from only one country, one culture: think Aotearoa. Or Taj Mahal. And then there are the 'only in Australia' towns. Henry Porter visits Bendigo.

The promise of spectacular scenery is what brings Jon Bridges to this famous road but he ends up preoccupied with finding a shipwreck survivor.

Australia is blessed with a wide range of exotic wine regions with beautiful vistas, character vineyard restaurants and wines of distinction.

Dennis and Rosamund Knill discover a distant shore and a whole new world of adventure around Queensland's coast.

We round up a selection of must-do upcoming events across the Tasman...

Western Australia's humpback visitors and Ningaloo coral reef thrill Mike Osborne.

Chris Pritchard explores some lesser-known highlights of the East Kimberley.

An historic German settlement of Adelaide - now a tourist town - defines for Jon Bridges how tough and adaptable Australia's early European settlers needed to be to survive.

To say Australia's Outback is atmospheric is a tame understatement. For Fergus Blakiston it awoke his sense of history.

A trip through Australia's Kimberley Ranges moved Tony Bartlett more than he imagined it could.

Linda Herrick enjoys the philanthropy at Australia's Hunter Valley Gardens.

Melbourne lives up to its reputation as Australia's arts and culture capital, discovers Colin Mathura-Jeffree during a visit to the Winter Masterpieces series.

Judy Bailey gets acquainted with the reclusive platypus and enjoys the hospitality at Australia's first solar-powered and carbon-neutral resort.

Melbourne offers Colin Hogg a variety of drinking holes, from classic to haunted.

Queensland's capital is full of delights, writes Ellie Mitchell.

Looking to escape the Queensland crowds? Check out this list of some of the state's lesser-known - but no less spectacular - beaches.