LOOKING for adventure with plenty of bite? Get up close and smile at a crocodile, all within the heart of Darwin.

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SYDNEY'S Luna Park, Coober Pedy and Tasmania have made a list of the world's most endangered destinations.

IF this is how the stars live on the road, then they should never whinge again, says a pampered Sally Macmillan in Perth.

IF you're curious about what flying a 737 is like, this adventure will have you in the captain's seat without leaving the ground.

THE waddling little fairy penguins still hold pride of place on Phillip Island, writes Peter Sweeney.

LOOKING for adventure with plenty of bite? Get up close and smile at a crocodile, all within the heart of Darwin.

WHAT better way to relieve the pressures of everyday life than to take a yoga retreat on an island paradise?

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THROW fireballs and jump over babies in our collection of the strangest and most extravagant festivals of 2009.

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HOLIDAY orgies, scanners revealing passenger's sex organs and the arrival of the Qantas A380 - what a year it has been for travel.

IF this is how the stars live while on the road, then they should never whinge again. Sally Macmillan gets pampered in Perth.

MILAN may be short on ancient history but it is unsurpassed for the pleasures of modern Italian life, writes Brian Johnston.

IF this is how the stars live while on the road, then they should never whinge again. Sally Macmillan gets pampered in Perth.