Sydney's arts community wants the city to become the country's cultural capital, finds Lynley Bilby.

Venice is the setting for Nicky Pellegrino's new novel. On a fact-finding visit she strayed into richly rewarding back streets.

'Game of Thrones' season five is due to hit TV screens on Monday and for those struggling to wait just that little bit longer, here is Expedia's list of 'Game of Thrones' locations around the world.

Paul Davies stays at a full-service lifestyle hotel close to Waikiki Beach.

A small crew of volunteers work around the clock when an ill turtle comes their way, writes Shandelle Battersby.

Go local when it comes to food, Nicholas Jones discovers at a cooking school in Fiji.

Rum cocktails are de rigueur on the French island of Reunion, finds Kevin Pilley.

Dylan Cleaver flies NZ1127 from NZ to Oz.

The Government plans to increase the application fee when it extends the passport validity, even though there seems no grounds for doing so.

In the Canadian wilderness, Winston Aldworth sees how sometimes in life you're the bear and sometimes you're the salmon.

Bev Wood experiences the Italian capacity for both wild frenzy and languid indolence.

Whale watching in Tonga goes extreme when Jane Jeffries hops in with the cetaceans.

Each week, expat Kiwis tell us what they most love about living by Queensland's beaches. Today we hear from writer Lee Mylne.

Chris Leadbeater makes the most of a short visit to the harbour city.

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Justine Tyerman suspects there is a secret ingredient in Swiss chocolate which anaesthetises the conscience ...

Grant Bradley flies QF142 across the Ditch.

Megan Singleton on the favourite tricks con artists play on unwary travellers.

In the Argentinian capital, Winston Aldworth finds that meat and mating are on the brain.

Avoid being overwhelmed on your first visit to this changing but traditional country — check out these temple tips and insider insights from Gill Charlton.

Teuila Fuatai finds herself relaxing in a Balinese paradise and considers relocating.

Budapest is one of the most elegant and charming of European capitals, and certainly one of the cheapest.

Once upon a time, airline passengers got dressed to the nines when flying internationally.

Far from usual tourist haunts, Katelyn Catanzariti uncovers a way of life that has flourished for centuries in Thailand.

Twentieth-century tragedy provides a moving lesson in post-war recovery during a visit to Japan's Hiroshima, writes Josh Martin.

Kim Palsenbarg revisits a past hobby and is entranced to find the world beneath the waves as welcoming as ever.

Each week a New Zealand expat based in Queensland gives the inside word on their region. This week we hear from service station owner Paula Nash.

As wonders of the world go, the Victoria Falls are astonishingly uncrowded, says Sandra McGregor.

Travelling with friends or family is grand, but sometimes it's nice to do a spot of intrepid exploring on your own ...

Winston Aldworth checks in to a traditional hotel in the Argentine capital.