Calling us back

Aussies are usually the world’s best tourists, staying longer and spending big wherever our planes, trains and automobiles carry us. Rocked by natural disasters and COVID-19, many damaged, neglected and stranded travel hubs need our love more than ever. Here are a few to book now or add to your wishlist.

Hard-hit travel hotspots can’t wait to welcome us back.

Australia’s thirdlargest island still boasts plenty of penguins, birds of prey, a huge sea lion colony and kangaroos.