Australia accommodates everyone’s idea of a perfect holiday, from four-year-olds to grannies, reports Pippa Jacks

Australia accommodates everyone’s idea of a perfect holiday -from four-year-olds to grannies, reports Pippa Jacks

Felix Lowe, a freelance travel writer and photographer, explores Australia’s interior in style

Ewe celebrating St Patrick’s Day? Even a flock of sheep in Scotland wants to be ‘seen in green’ this weekend!
 

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month, Spain and skiing holidays both get a big thumbs up, but readers are advised to think twice before booking a bungee jump in Zambia or getting a tattoo in Bali

Unless you have spent the past year living on another planet, you’ll know that times are tough and money is tight. Happily, however, you can still get some winter sun without having to remortage your house.

The CD-Traveller team share their top 2011 travel experiences and look at the top spots for 2012

Cruise veteran, Viv, reveals why cruise ships are sometime forced to change their itinerary

We may be living in the worst economic crisis since the 1920s but that hasn’t stopped 4.25 million Brits from packing their bags and heading overseas this Christmas, with the peak travel days predicted to be today and tomorrow (Dec 22 and 23).

Travel website, Crapsouvenirs.com, is celebrating the worst in holiday memorabilia and inviting users to upload pictures of their dubious holiday souvenirs. In light of this, CD-Traveller thought it was time to guide you through what’s hot and what’s not, when it comes to holiday mementoes

As Remembrance Sunday approaches, Anthony Lydekker looks at what’s going on across the country and reflects on this annual tradition

UPDATE: 11/11/2011 The 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held in the Gold Coast making it the fifth time that an Australian city will have hosted the Games.This is the slogan for the Gold Coast

Remember voting for which travel companies you thought were the best in the British Travel Awards? Altogether, 700,000 votes were received. Last Wednesday the winners were announced.

UPDATE: 5 Nov. Qantas is now offering free tickets to anywhere in Australia to those who were caught up in the shut-down. If you were involved and haven’t been contacted by the airline, do so yourself. Passengers entitled are those with bookings between October 29-31st.
It’s been a week from hell for Qantas.

I happened to see the Sarah Jessica Parker film, I Don’t Know How She Does It, last night. The film, based on Alison Pearson’s best selling novel, was shot in Boston and had the effect of making me want to book a break in Boston.

Lonely Planet, the travel guide publisher, lets us in on the world’s most romantic spots

Acoustic perfection is the resounding star in these temples of high art, but it wouldn’t sound as sweet without the accompanying history and/or visual appeal

Gap Adventures’ experts share their tips on how to take the troubles away from travelling

If you are in Australia and in Sydney, a great and inexpensive day away from the centre is to catch the ferry and spend a day in Manly

Tonight Regent Street retailers, together with other retailers, restaurants and bars from major international cities, are embracing late night shopping, culinary experiences and entertainment.
Over 40 of the Regent Street retailers, bars and restaurants, are taking part in the Vogue Fashion’s Night Out and most of the shops will remain open until 11pm offering customers a [...]

Hands up if have been saving your air miles up for free flights? You’re not alone – the CD Traveller has been known to use miles to enjoy paying for flight fares to destinations both near and far.

Beloved by newspaper columns and travel guide books are those signs you see on holiday that make you wonder how anyone can conceive them in the first place.

You might wonder what I was going to write about. The beaches, the Opera House, the harbour, the scenery – all of which are magnificent are nothing compared to the memory I have of one day in the centre of Sydney. No this is a moan about a common sight that puts tourists – at least the ones I have spoken to – off. Grafitti.

UPDATE: 21 August 2011
3,500 people turned up for Henley-on-Todd this year and 500 of those participated in some way. Clear, sunny shies resulted in a bumper fun day in which CD Pirates (no link to us at all but since they won we might claim a connection!) won in the Bring Your Own Boat category. Their website says that even a rower from Henley-on-Thames turned up.

CD Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month Machu Picchu and Mr&Mrs Smith are generating a buzz for all the right reasons but the same can’t be said of school holidays and the dismal Euro exchange rate

CD Traveller speaks to Greg Norman – golf’s most successful off course businessman – about his quintet of quality courses in the Caribbean

CD Traveller speaks to Greg Norman – golf’s most successful off course businessman – about his quintet of quality courses in the Caribbean

For the last week or so a volcano has been erupting in Chile. The ash cloud has risen high in the sky – now about 50,000 feet high – and is now swirling and travelling on the winds. Yet again, volcanic ash is disrupting flights.