Recent Posts Tagged With 'australia'

• Top 25 Things to Do in Australia & New Zealand

  Posted on Tuesday December 29th, 2009 at 02:45 in australia, new zealand, list mania: viator's top picks, best of 2009, australia & pacific, press & publicity, viator traveler awards, top things to do australia, top things to do new zealand, travel awards australia

  Editor’s Note: The Viator Traveler Awards is an annual awards competition where we let our millions of travelers select the “Top 25 Things to Do” in each of the major regions we serve. Each year the awards culminate in the Viator To...

• Five Great Cities for Children

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 18:57 in asia, europe, London, australia, Singapore, England, Sydney, California, usa, los angeles, destinations, family vacations

  As a general rule, children and cities don’t tend to mix. A family holiday can be far less stressful when it’s restricted to a resort or quiet countryside area. But there are some cities in the world that are jam-packed with child-friendly attrac...

• Sydney Beach Guide

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 17:08 in australia, Sydney, manly, bronte, bondi beach, clovelly, balmoral, family & kids, australia & pacific, sydney beaches, pittwater, coggee

  You think Sydney, you think the beach. And you’d be right. There are about 150 beaches in the Sydney metropolitan area! The city’s spread along a long coastline fronting the Pacific Ocean, full of coves and rivers, ocean pools and surf, cliffs an...

• Alice Springs to Uluru: What to See & Do

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 18:30 in australia, suggested itineraries, ayers rock, uluru, australia & pacific, olgas, alice springs, red centre

  There are some travel destinations in the world that everyone talks about. They’ve either been there and it changed their life, or they really, really want to go but it’s too far, or they have one thousand and two photos to show you. And for onc...

• Adelaide: Australia’s Most Underrated City

  Posted on Monday June 15th, 2009 at 16:50 in food, australia, adelaide, port adelaide, australia & pacific, hahndorf

  South Australia’s capital, Adelaide, must be Australia’s most underrated city. It’s also one of the country’s most attractive cities with lush botanic gardens, shady parks, charming beachside suburbs, elegant historic buildings and splendid o...

• 3 Days: Uluru & Kata Tjuta

  Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 17:26 in australia, suggested itineraries, ayers rock, uluru, kata tjuta, australia & pacific, red centre, uluru resort

  First off, the awe-inspiring Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park is immense. Not Kakadu big, but big enough so that you need to plan your visit to the Red Centre with precision as some activities and sights are best at dawn, others at sunset, and certai...

• Australia’s Gold Coast by 4WD

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 18:36 in australia, gold coast, 4wd, musings from viator's founder, australia & pacific, eco tours, lamington national park

  I was on the Gold Coast of Australia recently and wanted to check out a couple of the local tour operators and their offerings. The first - a Gold Coast hot air balloon tour - required getting up at 4:30am for the drive to the top of a nearby mountai...

• The Real Australia from ‘Australia’

  Posted on Thursday November 6th, 2008 at 13:08 in australia, Nicole Kidman, heath ledger, hugh jackman, suggested itineraries, baz luhrmann, australia & pacific, australia film, australia movie

  Since 2005 the film world has been buzzing with news of Baz Luhrmann’s epic film Australia. Initially cast with Nicole Kidman and RussellCrowe, the leading-man spot was also reportedly in the hands of Heath Ledger before going to Wolverine and musi...