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Summer in Winter: “Coolcation” in Canberra Australia

April 16, 2025180 Views

Australia's capital is an idyllic summer vacation escape for seeking culture, cuisine and cooler temps While many Americans may be counting down to summer, a 2025 travel trend is about escaping the heat, not chasing it. This season, travelers are looking south, and Canberra, Australia's capital city, makes for the ultimate coolcation destination. With its location in the Southern Hemisphere, Canberra enjoys a crisp, refreshing winter from June through August, making it a perfect seasonal escape from the sweltering summer heat anticipated across much of the U.S. From foraging for truffles and sipping Shiraz fireside in a boutique wine region to exploring free, world-class museums, Canberra offers an adventure that's cool in every sense of the word. ...

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Flat whites, Australian football and budgie smugglers in Sydney

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April 6, 2025156 Views

"Fire, air and water... these are the elements of Sydney," wrote Australian author Donald Horne in his seminal 1964 book "The Lucky Country". "Sydney dreams of surfing, fishing, sailing, swimming in calm bays, lying stretched out in the sun, absorbing heat into the marrow." When I arrived in the city for the first time almost 60 years lateras a breaking news editor for Reuters, much about its people and culture had changed, but not its central essence. The city’s residents, known as Sydneysiders, were emergingfrompandemic-related lockdowns, enjoying the ocean breezes, boundless sunshine and beaches that make it one of the world’s most desirable places to live. Sydney, which sprawls some 50 miles (80 km) out to the scenic Blue Mountains in the west, is also one of the world's most diver...

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A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori

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February 1, 2025432 Views

A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being. Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand, which has ruled that a river and a stretch of sacred land are people before. The pristine, snow-capped dormant volcano is the second highest on New Zealand’s North Island at 2,518 meters (8,261 feet) and a popular spot for tourism, hiking and snow sports. The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. It fulfills an agreement of redress from the country’s government to Indigenous...

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New Zealand loosens visitor visa rules to welcome digital nomads

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January 28, 2025472 Views

New Zealand will introduce looser visa rules to allow holiday makers to work remotely while visiting the country, to boost its tourism sector and economy, it said on Monday. Erica Stanford, Immigration Minister said in a statement that the visitor visa would change from Jan. 27 to allow people to work while travelling in the country. “This is a brand-new market of tourist New Zealand can tap into. We want people to see our country as the ideal place to visit and work while they do it,” she said. She added in a press conference following the announcement that she was unsure how many people would take up the opportunity, but digital nomad visas had been “extraordinarily popular” overseas and that New Zealand was targeting people who would like the opportunity to work and travel...

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Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world’s rarest whale

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December 2, 2024246 Views

An ‘extraordinary’ study taking place at Dunedin in New Zealand It is the world’s rarest whale, with only seven of its kind ever spotted. Almost nothing is known about the enigmatic species. But on Monday a small group of scientists and cultural experts in New Zealand clustered around a near-perfectly preserved spade-toothed whale hoping to decode decades of mystery. “I can’t tell you how extraordinary it is,” said a joyful Anton van Helden, senior marine science adviser for New Zealand’s conservation agency, who gave the spade-toothed whale its name to distinguish it from other beaked species. “For me personally, it’s unbelievable.” Van Helden has studied beaked whales for 35 years, but Monday was the first time he has participated in a dissection of the spade-toothed variet...

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First emperor penguin known to reach Australia found on tourist beach

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November 11, 2024239 Views

An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday. In this photo provided by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, a male emperor penguin dubbed Gus, stands on a beach near Denmark, Australia, on Nov. 1, 2024, thousands of kilometers from its normal habitat on Antarctica. (DBCA via AP) The adult male was found on Nov. 1 on a popular tourist beach in the town of Denmark in temperate southwest Australia — about 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) north of the icy waters off the Antarctic coast, according to a statement from the Western Australia state’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. The largest penguin species has ...

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Redefining lifestyle experience with innovative hotel lounge concept

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September 26, 2024307 Views

Amora Hotels & Resorts attracts the jet-setters of today with experiential lifestyle offerings such as the newly launched Brooksy in Sydney Amora Hotel Jamison Sydney’s newly-launched Brooksy makes its mark in the city’s vibrant food and drink scene by redefining the hotel lounge experience. As part of Amora Hotels & Resorts’ strategy to blend progressive hospitality with bold F&B innovations, Brooksy epitomises a new era where business acumen meets creative execution. The strategic launch of Brooksy not only enhances the group's portfolio of innovative lifestyle offerings but also sets a precedent for hotel lounges aspiring to transcend conventional offerings and deliver unique, memorable guest experiences rooted in efficiency and elegance. A Speakeasy Concept wi...

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IVL increase to hurt New Zealand Travel & Tourism, says IATA

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September 3, 2024768 Views

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed disappointment with the New Zealand Government's decision to increase the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL). “It has been a double whammy for the New Zealand travel and tourism sector, starting with New Zealand Immigration announcing steep increases in visa fees, and now the increase in the IVL. These changes make travel to New Zealand more expensive and less attractive and could further delay the recovery in visitor numbers to beyond 2026,” said Dr. Xie Xingquan, IATA’s Regional Vice President for North Asia and Asia-Pacific (ad interim). The recovery of the New Zealand aviation market currently lags behind major markets such as Australia, Canada, France, Spain, the UK, and the US. These market...

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World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach

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July 16, 2024858 Views

If confirmed, will shed clues on spade-toothed whales Spade-toothed whales are the world’s rarest, with no live sightings ever recorded. No one knows how many there are, what they eat, or even where they live in the vast expanse of the southern Pacific Ocean. However, scientists in New Zealand may have finally caught a break. The country’s conservation agency said Monday a creature that washed up on a South Island beach this month is believed to be a spade-toothed whale. The five-meter-long creature, a type of beaked whale, was identified after it washed ashore on an Otago beach from its color patterns and the shape of its skull, beak and teeth. “We know very little, practically nothing” about the creatures, Hannah Hendriks, marine technical adviser for the Department of Cons...

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Lights On! Harbour City transforms for Vivid Sydney 2024

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May 24, 2024548 Views

Vivid Sydney 2024 has kicked off its 14th year with a spectacular opening night, as the festival transforms Sydney's glittering harbour, iconic landmarks and cityscape with a showcase of creativity and innovation for the next 23 nights. The Southern Hemisphere's leading multi-artform festival will run from Friday 24 May to Saturday 15 June, featuring the world's most innovative artists, culinary talent, contemporary musicians and thought leaders as part of its 2024 program under the theme of Humanity. The 'Lights On' moment wowed onlookers with over 30 light installations and 3D projections across the famed 8km Vivid Sydney Light Walk, highlighted by the Sydney Opera House featuring the breathtaking new digital artwork, Lighting of the Sails: Echo (2024). Created by multidisciplinar...