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EDITOR’S LETTER It’s no secret that TNT readers enjoy a drink – don’t get me started on the staff, particularly the sales team – so why not incorporate a spot of light boozing into your next exciting trip? We’ve put together a handful of our favourite alcoholthemed adventures, which will take you far and wide, all around Australia and beyond. And we’re still waiting for our carton of Cooper’s – an agreed kickback – to arrive.

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FEATURES A NICE BREW

From the vines and before the kegs, we check out where booze comes from

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Wet your whistle If you love your booze and are planning a weekend away, why not combine the two? Just make sure you’re not driving home WORDS TOM STURROCK

Once upon a time, the southern hemsiphere was given very little respect when it came to its drinking habits – well, there was no problem with the quantity consumed, but the quality was considered lacking. That’s long changed, though, meaning Australia and New Zealand produce some of the tastiest drops going. So, during your next trip, make an effort to see where the magic happens. Whatever your tipple, wherever you’re based, there are tours taking you out to the site of production and giving you an insight into how those charged with filling the bottles go about their craft. And, of course, you’ll get plenty of opportunities to sample the produce along the way. From Sydney, you can head north to

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the Hunter Valley or, from Melbourne, head east to the Yarra Valley. These are Australia’s two biggest wine-producing regions and make for sprawling, picturesque vistas which are perfect locations to watch the sun go down with a glass in hand. Of course, if you’re not into the vino, Australia’s boutique beer scene is booming – and the Cooper’s plant, in the suburbs of Adelaide, is one of the best-known old-school ales going. It’s a venerable family business, where they’ve been making their beer the same way for generations, so make the most of your chance to peak behind the curtain. If you prefer the stronger stuff, then head to Queensland, to the Bundaberg region, which gives its name to

Australia’s favourite brand of rum – as well as the advertising campaign that first conceived the drop bear. Or, if you’re thristy enough to leave Australian shores altogether, make the trip across the Tasman to New Zealand, which is currently the toast of wine-lovers the world over. If you’re on the North Island, then Hawke’s Bay is bursting with winery tours, and the same goes for Central Otago down south. Don’t worry – if you’re just rattling around in between, you’ll still be able to find something. Our personal favourite, though, is the cachaca-crazy province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil – if you’ve never been out that way, it should be top of your list, but watch out for this potent local brew.

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COOPER’S BREWERY SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA

If you head 90 kilometres east of Melbourne, you’ll find yourself in the leafy, rolling space of the Yarra Valley, home to the best wineries in Victoria and, indeed, Australia. The area specialises in cooler climate wines and is best-known for it pinot noir and chardonnay but it’s also begun to develop a reputation for its sparklings. And you don’t have to spend all your time boozing – if you fancy peeling yourself away from the vineyards, checking out the harness and thoroughbred racing nearby. Equally, if you’re keen to keep drinking but have had enough of the vino, there is a worthwhile selection of microbreweries in this neck of the woods as well. You’ll find a stack of tours operating out of Melbourne if you’re keen to make a day of it.

Australia’s best-known boutique craft beer comes in a few different varieties – you’ve probably seen sparkling, pale, dark and stout in pubs – and if you’re in Adelaide you can take a tour of their brewery in the suburb of Regency Park. Cooper’s is now the largest Australian-owned brewery and this year marks their 150th birthday, so it’s a good time to pay them a visit. The style of Cooper’s beer is still a bit like what you’d be able to make with a home brew kit – granted, Cooper’s is actually drinkable whereas your homemade batch would probably be disastrous – and that’s why you should always roll a bottle of Cooper’s so you get the added goodness of the sediment. That’s the mark of an Aussie barman worth his salt.

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Bundaberg rum has undergone a bit of a rebranding of late, with the aim of reminding people that there’s more to Bundaberg than the standard, sweet rum that you find in pubs and gets marketed by its friendly polar bear mascot. If you take a tour of the facility in Bundaberg, first established because there were so many molasses left over from the nearby sugar mills – you’ll be tasting the top-shelf stuff, some of which has been aged for eight or ten years. You don’t have to stick to the stock-standard rum and cokes, which is a bit old-hat, really. Instead, you can get your snout into those delciiously aged rums which go perfectly in various rum-based cocktails. Bundaberg is about four hours north of Brisbane, so perfect for a road-trip.

The most southerly wine-making region in the world is renowned for its pinot noir, which accounts for 70 per cent of the grapes planted in Central Otago. If you’re heading over from Queenstown – maybe you need a drink to calm your nerves after overdosing on adrenaline – then your best bet is to take in the Gibbston, Cromwell and Bannockburn sub-regions. It’s all pretty close together but it’s hard to overstate how fashionable this part of the world has become among connoisseurs – in the race to anoint the most trendy New World regions, critics have been falling over themselves for the pinots coming out the South Island, gushing about the elegance of product that has made it one of the world’s most popular emerging regions.

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It’s about 120km north of Sydney, taking in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie – the tributaries of the Hunter River are spectacular places to go for a stroll or do a spot of fishing but it’s the wine that brings the tourists in by the busload. The wine-making industry is based further inland from Newcastle, with the town of Pokolbin at its centre. The Hunter is one of Australia’s hottest and wettest wine regions and has a fair bit in common with California’s Napa Valley. Mostly, the Hunter is known for producing chardonnay and semillon among the white grapes and, for reds, shiraz and cabernet sauvignons. Hunter Valley shiraz, in particular, has a distinctive flavour, likened to a “sweaty saddle”. Don’t let that put you off. Perfect for a weekend away.

There are more than 70 wineries in Hawke’s Bay, which takes in Napier and Hastings on the west coast of the North Island. Chardonnay and the Cabernet Sauvignon blends from Hawke’s Bay are clear leaders in the New Zealand wine industry. It has a relatively dry climate with the rugged Kaweka and Ruahine Ranges offering good protection from moisture carried by the prevailing westerly winds. The wide range of soil types in the region offer Hawke’s Bay another prime viticultural asset. The first vines were planted in the late 19th century by missionaries and the region now produced some of New Zealand’s best wines. Some of the best-known include Mission Estate, Craggy Range and Sileni – the latter carving out a niche as hotspot for fine dining.

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Drinkers in Australia have more variety than ever more, thanks mostly to the booming demand for beers from micro-breweries. And Little Creatures, which was found in Fremantle – which is the grittier, portside part of Perth – in 2000, is the biggest success story of the lot, having scooped tons of awards with its wildly popular pale ale. In case you’re wondering, the name of the beer comes from a Talking Heads album and refers to the yeast cells in beer, which turn the malty sugars into alcohol. There you go. And, if that’s not enough to fascinate you, the building that houses the brewery was once a boat shed and crocodile farm. They also do a cheeky pilsener, a bright ale and a cider, so there’s something for everyone.

If you’re planning a trip through South America, you’re bound to stumble across cachaca at some stage – it’s made from fermented sugarcane and is used widely in cocktails like caipirinhas but can also be sipped on its own. Be warned, though, it’s pretty lethal and if you’re drinking it straight, you’re asking for trouble. The cheap stuff packs a punch and you’ll know about it the next day. And, in Brazil, Belo Horizonte is the place to go for the best and most diverse choice of cachaca, as well as the distilleries where you can see how it’s made and then taste away until your thirst is quenched. Of course, there’s no substitute for hitting the bars and finding out about cachaca from the barmen and the punters, who, at the end of the day, are the real experts.

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Luke Yeoward The lead singer of King Cannons, the electrified soul-n-roll band from Melbourne, on line-up changes, regrettable tattoos and why he won’t be going shark-diving INTERVIEW ALEX HARMON

have any other tattoos. So after we signed all the contracts, Rob our guitarist got our crown tattooed on his arm and we were like, “OK, Mark, it’s your time to put your money where your mouth is and get that tattoo.” I love people like that. He’s not afraid of commitment. Any tattoo regrets? Yeah, all of them. Tatts are just tatts. They mean a lot but they don’t mean anything at the same time. They’re just squiggles. I guess they’re a bit more interesting than hairs and freckles.

That’s Luke in the middle, channelling The Fonz So you’ve got an album coming out? Yeah, our debut album is coming out on the 22nd of June. It feels awesome. It’s about time. What took you guys so long? Ah well, we had a few trials and tribulations in the band, including our drummer leaving. And at the start of last year, I decided I wanted to write new material and do something completely new and concise for this point in time. So I spent lots of time at home and wrote and wrote – treated it like a job. It was really productive and I ended up with a bunch of songs. Then we found a producer who liked the way we recorded and started putting it together. How do you like to record? We like to record like it’s a live situation, so we all set up in one big room together and lay everything out at the same time so we capture the natural feel of it – the magic that happens. How’s it going with the new drummer? Has he been fitting in? It’s going great. We went into the studio with Dan, our new drummer, and recorded three of what I think are the strongest tracks of the album. Those being, The Brightest Light, our title track; Too Young, our current single; and also Too

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Hot to Handle, which I wrote with a guy from Boy And A Box. What does the ‘Brightest Light’ refer to? Well, I was basically driving home from band practice on a Friday night and of course, everyone that works Monday to Friday 9-5 goes out on a Friday night and celebrates the fact that they don’t have to work for the next couple of days. So I said to Jonno [the bass player] in the car on the way home, “It’s like the lights are a bit brighter on the weekend.” It’s like a metaphor for people being generally happier. That was what initially provoked the feeling of the song, but the lyrics of the song talk about my reckless teenage years and how, even back then, I liked to celebrate my freedom. Have you always been in bands? Always. I have never not been in a band. I think from the age of 12 I started my first band and I’m 26 now. So I’ve never not been in a band for any more than a couple of months. Is it true your EMI scout got a King Cannons tattoo? Yeah, well he always joked, “Oh, if you guys sign with EMI, I will get a tattoo of King Cannons.” And he did. Which is funny because he doesn’t

You grew up in New Zealand – any tips for backpackers over there? New Zealand is such great place. If you can just get a car, you can drive from the top to the bottom, all along the coast and stop every day at a beautiful beach or climb a mountain or go to a lake or do something awesome like that. It’s one of the richest places in the world as far as I’m concerned. And New Zealand is one of those places where you can still get away with hitchhiking around if you’re game. People are generally hospitable and kind. Have you done anything extreme, like jumped off a bridge over there? I try not to do anything like that. I think that bridges are made for a reason and sharks exist in the water because I exist on the land – we’re not supposed to cross paths. Sharks don’t come up on the land and be like, “Hey man, what’s up?” You know? So I don’t go down there and be like, “Hey dude, what are you doing?” What do you do when not with the band? I love to go swimming, I love chilling out in the bush and spending time with my family. Just really simple things. I don’t have any extra curricular hobbies or anything, like I don’t want to build an army tank. I don’t collect fucking stamps. I don’t think I have time to do anything other than making music anyway. King Cannons play Melbourne, June 21; Sydney, June 28; Brisbane, June 29; Mackay, June 30. The Brightest Light is out this week. kingcannons.com

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MARLEY FILM review by Andrew Westbrook STARRING: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Chris Blackwell, Jimmy Cliff, Lee Perry | CTC | 144mins

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This film brims with stars, it may end up a little too High School Musical for true music fans. In 1987, two young singers leave home to chase their dreams in the big city but the drawcard has to be Tom Cruise as an aging rocker who looks like the washed-up lovechild of Axl Rose and Keith Richards. Now on general release

Generally speaking, music-based documentaries inevitably suffer from looking through rose-tinted glasses. And there was certainly the danger of that being the case with Marley, due to Island Records impresario Chris Blackwell and Marley’s son, Ziggy, both having executive producer credits. However, Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void) instead delivers a straight-talking insight into the Jamaican superstar, without pulling any punches on Marley’s treatment of his family or the disputes within his band. Born to a poor, black mother and an absent white father, Marley is depicted as an outsider, who felt rejected by both races, seemingly contributing to his move toward the mystical world of Rastafarianism. Marley also comes across as a highly ambitious womaniser, while his daughter Cedella describes him as a distant, almost cold, father, somebody who always put his entourage first, even in the final days of his 36 years. The film is set, of course, to the beats of Marley’s music, with a soundtrack that will have you reaching for Legend for weeks to come. GOOD FOR: A riveting insight into a 20th-century icon, whether you dig reggae or not

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Not suitable for children The director of a new Aussie comedy discusses black humour and the joys of filming with a homegrown actor made good WORDS TOM STURROCK

Australian comedies can be hit and miss – there’s the odd cult classic but, for the most, part, it’s a catalogue of cringey, self-conscious bombs, films that failed to find an audience at home or anywhere else. However, there are high hopes for the new Australian film, Not Suitable For Children, which opened the Sydney Film Festival earlier this month and stars Ryan Kwanten – formerly of Home And Away but now of True Blood – as Jonah, a playboy who gets testicular cancer and becomes determined to reproduce before it’s too late. “He becomes obsessed with becoming a father and goes on the hunt for someone to have a kid with, backtracking through his ex-girlfriends, looking for a womb that fits,” director Peter Templeman explains, confident that situating disease so centrally to the film’s plot won’t dull the laughs. “It’s almost the best cancer you can get because they just snip it off and you get the other nut zapped,” Templeman adds. “And that’s where the infertility comes from.” Although Jonah’s cancer is more of a plot device than a running joke – this is not, per se, a film about cancer so much as the character’s response – Templeman insists the downbeat framing of the story gives it greater resonance. “Comedy has to come from real places and situations have to be rooted in truth – it frees you up to tell a story without worrying about inserting gags and being funny every second of what you’re doing,” Templeman says. “I think we embrace the comedy of the situation, even though it’s a bit darker. I generally like humour that’s a bit blacker – comedy where there are lives threatened can be richer – I suppose the principle is to not play it for cheap laughs, while still running with what’s a fairly absurd premise.” The film relies heavily on its Sydney location – Newtown, specifically – where the audience first meets Jonah, enjoying his bachelorhood. Templeman, a Western Australian, didn’t necessarily have Sydney but, after a visit to the harbour city, the details began to fall into place. “Sydney plays a massive role – I lived there for a bit and I just love that part of the world,” he says. “My housesharing years were in Perth so that was my reference point

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but we kept it open before going into production. And I found myself spending a fair bit of time in Newtown and, as I became immersed in it, I just thought it was perfect. It’s diverse and the buildings have kept some old architecture – there’s a grunginess to it and there’s also a real youth culture around there.” As for Kwanten, the casting of the 35-year-old, who is now based in the US full-time, was one of the first dominoes to fall once the production was green-lit. “He was the first guy I cast – I went to LA and auditioned him and had a chat to him and we got on well,” Templeman says. “I took away the tapes and had a look at them and we didn’t look at anyone else. “His was initially more of a witty, preppy character but we made him more hapless and scattered – we thought it was funnier if it’s harder for him to pull himself together when he’s trying to convince people he’d make a great dad.” Kwanten has come a long way since his days as lifeguard Vinnie Patterson in Summer Bay, joining the swelling ranks of young Aussie actors who have made good in the US. Admittedly, there have been a few short-lived TV shows and films that failed to move the needle but his role in vampirethemed drama True Blood, playing Jason Stackhouse, a ladies’ man who becomes a werepanther, has afforded him sex-symbol status. There is a tradition of Australian actors who have made it abroad coming home to make films but Templeman resists the idea that Australians with a profile are obligated to return to bestow their celebrity on the local industry. In Kwanten’s case, at least, Templeman believes it was simply

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Not in Summer Bay anymore, Vinnie a case of the actor being drawn to the material. “He got hold of the script and I thought that maybe it wouldn’t be his thing but he was keen – I don’t think it was a concerted effort on his part to come home and do a film,” Templeman says. “I think he gets a lot of scripts and he’s done a couple of US films since.” That said, Templeman remembers more than a few night shoots where Kwanten’s presence drew the extras like moths to a flame. “Whenever we were shooting in public he was getting recognised and he was a real drawcard for the various party scenes we filmed,” he says. “We had lots of extras and they were all keen to meet Ryan and he was really good like that – he made a real effort with people.” As for the roll call of ill-conceived Australian comedies, Templeman (pictured) is far from discouraged, insisting a film's ability to find an audience boils down to the storytelling rather than genre restrictions. Although, when pressed on his favourite Australian comedy, he picks an unlikely candidate. “I don’t know if you can call Chopper a comedy, but I thought it was hilarious,” he says. “Whether you’re doing straight drama or comedy, for my mind, it just depends on what the story is and trying to get it to be as good as it can be, putting that time in and getting it working well. I think it’s pretty hard to judge what Australians want to see and I’m don’t know if we’re getting better at making comedies or other

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kinds of films. I guess film-making is pretty tough, whatever you’re doing.” Still, Templeman concedes that Australia has perhaps produced too many films too eager to peddle their ockerness as a novelty, trading off a Crocodile Dundee-style schtick, which, unsurprisingly, is long out-of-date. “I don’t want to be bagging other films but I think the most important thing is to be honest about what you like and what interests you,” Templeman says. ”If we’re playing up to other countries’ perception of Australia or exploiting an aspect of Australia for cheap laughs – the audience is smart and can tell if you’re taking the piss.” And, for now, Templeman is happy enough living in Australia. He’s in his early 40s – he’s cagey about the exact number – and has no desire to immerse himself in the bright lights of Los Angeles, to hang out in Hollywood trying to cut deals to get films made. For Templeman, the beaches of Western Australian are too strong a lure. “I don’t want to live in LA – I’m a bit of a homebody and I’m back in Perth these days, which is where I grew up and where most of my mates are,” he says. “Having said that, I’d love to be able to make films with their money and get involved that way. But I’m not into going over there and doing it tough – I probably want to do more shorts and a bit more TV and a lot more writing. We’ll see where the next 12 months take me.” ❚ Not Suitable For Children will be on general release next month

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It has the drama of a ballet and the rush of a V8 Supercar hooning down the straight, and when the players come crashing down to the earth there’s only thick, choking dust in the air. After knocking the rouge, one-ton bull on to its back with a quad bike, the stockman leaps into the air and, with lightning-fast reflexes, wraps a leather belt around its hind legs. Never has something so difficult looked so easy. “The most dangerous time is the few seconds between it hitting the ground and you tying up its legs,” he says, when I walk my horse over. “The thing’s got razor-sharp horns and he’s going to do everything he can to stick them in you. We had this rodeo clown come mustering us a while ago – he once got his arm caught up with a horn. You should’ve seen the scar. Opened him up like a carrot.” Later that night, I recline in front of a campfire like a dirt-covered Buddha nursing what may be the worst case of saddle-soreness since the early 1800s. It’s the last night of a four-day mustering trip at Mount Mulligan Station – a working cattle farm two-and-a-half hour’s drive southwest of Cairns in the Atherton Tablelands of Cape York – and I’m thanking God it’s nearly over. And although I only had a taste of the punishment endured by travellers who come here for weeks or months, I rest easy knowing I’ve seen, smelt and breathed Australia’s premier cowboy country. The best backyard

The drive to Mount Mulligan is an experience in itself. After leaving Cairns, the road winds its way up the thick rainforest canopy of the Malbon Thomspon mountain range before spilling onto a vast volcanic plain. I drive under wide-open skies along valleys carpeted in mango orchards and sugar cane plantations, past the towns of Mareeba and Dimbulah along the Bourke development road. Mount Mulligan Station’s boundary begins not far from here, but it’s another 50km down a dusty dirt road to the stationhouse. Seconds after hitting the dirt, I see a flock of ten or so wedgetail eagles picking bits off a fresh bit of roadkill – probably a kangaroo or wallaby. With wingspans more

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than two metres wide, they are impressive – one of the largest birds of prey on earth. I snap a couple of pics and coast on through. Half an hour later I see it for the first time: mighty Mount Mulligan like a gaint spaceship, bathed in the soft afternoon light. Three times as long as Uluru, this big red rock has an unmistakable, magnetic pulse that draws people to it. I can’t look away. Why would I want to? Vincent Wayson, a traditional landowner I meet, seems to know why. “There’s a bad spirit in the mountain. Very bad one indeed,” he says. When I asked for elaboration, he mumbles something and walks off. As I get closer to the stationhouse, I notice hundreds of man-made rock piles – evidence of the greed, prosperity and poverty that took hold of this desolate place after James Venture Mulligan discovered gold here in 1875. By 1880, more than 10,000 English, Irish and Chinese miners were digging for gold here in caveman-type conditions, taking picks and shovels to the hard, rocky soil. Prospectors who found gold had their pick of any of Mount Mulligan township’s 22 hotels and the trappings that came along with it: booze, women and the best food. Those who didn’t find gold starved. When the surface gold ran out in the early 20th century, coalmining took over and a railway was built to freight the stuff out. But disaster struck in 1921 – its second year of operation – when an underground explosion killed 75 people – every man in town. And though the mine reopened after an inquest, Mount Mulligan became a ghost town, with only 50-odd people living in the area

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Dirt bikes are more comfy than horses in the closing stages of last century. And so things remained until 2008, when pastoralist Gordon Pringle saw the 400-metre-high sandstone rock at the heart of this land and decided to buy close to a million acres of it. “Everyone in Australia says their backyard is the best place in the world,” he says, staring at the big rock. “But in my case, it’s true.” Gold in them thar’ hills

The campsite and stationhouse are set on the banks of the Hodgkinson River. The amenities are basic but the views of the gently flowing river surrounded by elephant grass and the big red rock in the background are out of this world. The station is run by Rory O’Toole, a crusty old Irishman with a chunky gold nugget hanging from a chain around his neck. Rory sailed to Melbourne in 1971 then went ‘swagging’ up the coast, avoiding Sydney, until he reached Cape York. Happenstance introduced him to a crew of oldtimer gold-diggers who were still prospecting the old way, much the same way it’d been done back in the 1800s. “They taught me how to read the country,” Rory says. “Gold is found along old river beds, under tea trees and in spots that flood during the wet season, when the gold is pushed to the surface. The changing colour of the soil can also mean there’s gold. “I then combined the old – what they taught me – with the new – a $6,000 metal detector – and got pretty good at sniffing it out. The bush is my bank. When I need money, I go walkabout until I find some.” Later that day, Rory and I go out on a 4WD to strike it rich. After picking a spot that runs parallel to an abandoned mine, we take turns on the metal detector, walking at a snail’s pace up and down the parched red earth under the searing sun. I’m bored out of my mind after 10 minutes and laugh out loud when Rory tells me he sometimes goes six months without finding any gold.

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“Going for a walk in the bush is nice enough,” he says when we return to the station empty-handed. “The gold is just a bonus.” Dinner is cooked but not served by Rory’s wife, Desyln – you help yourself here and wash your own plates. There are Fred Flintstone-size beef steaks butchered fresh at the station, damper with butter, roast veggies – potato, pumpkin, onion – and cauliflower grautin. As we tuck in, Desyln tells me that on the night she met her husband of more than 30 years, he was dead drunk. And when he made a pass at her, she floored him. The punch sent Rory tumbling to the ground but left him determined – it seemed to win the heart of the pretty bar-room brawler. “We were destined to meet,” Rory says, holding her hand in his. “Believe only half of what you see,” Desyln smiles back, “and nothing you hear.”

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The next day, I head out early in the morning on quad bikes with Liam – Desyln’s ninth child – to feed and ready the stock horses for the next day’s mustering. I don’t mind riding quads but I’d rather be on a dirt bike. When I booked the trip, I was told there were dirt bikes here and I can’t help but feel a little short-changed. Yet all is forgiven when we pull into the stables and I see a beaten-up Honda 230 CRF. “She’s had a few knocks over the years,” Liam says, preparing high-energy oats for the horses. “But I think she works. Want to give her a go?” Liam and I spend the day burning down long, dusty straights, through single tracks that maze through the bush and across shallow river crossings. The property goes on and on and is home to all kinds of wildlife. We see a pack of wild brumbies charging through the trees, kangaroos and buffalo. There are no crocs this far from the sea but plenty of snakes, scorpions and spiders and other creepy crawlies you don’t want in your tent. We stop for a swim at a swollen weir, where Liam pulls out a couple of hand reels from his backpack. He cuts up some steak leftover from last night’s dinner and we cast our lines into the water. I’m surprised to learn my guide is just 20 years old; his bush skills and emotional intelligence suggest he’s older. But what stands out even more is how damn happy he is – one of those rare people who seem totally satisfied with their life, home and the rarest of all, their line of work. “The cowboy thing pulls chicks,” Liam says, putting things into perspective. “I tried the hippy thing but it didn’t work. Women love cowboys. But it isn’t conducive to holding down a relationship when you’re off in the bush.” Liam barks on about what it’ll be like tomorrow on the muster – riding a stockhorse at full gallop, leaping over gullies and chasing a bull on a quad bike. “It’s real cattle droving – not acting,” he continues, stopping only long enough to pull in a small bream. “It’s not like in the city when everything goes to plan.” I rub my hands in anticipation. I haven’t ridden a horse in years, but don’t imagine I’ll be too saddle-sore. I mean, how hard can it be? ❚

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If you’re planning a trip up north, why not tie it in with a trip to Cairns for an indigenous art festival? From August 17-19, the Yidinji people, the traditional owners of Cairns, invite you to come and learn about their old artwork and traditions. Merging an art market with a celebration of indigenous culture, this three-day event will be held at the Cairns cruise liner terminal – walking distance from central Cairns. The fair kicks off with an opening party under the stars in the gardens of the cruise liner terminal on August 16. There’ll be local food, wine and performances from the Torres Strait Island Choir. Tickets are $55 through ticketlink.com.au, or visit ciaf.com.au.

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“This one’s got a bit of oomph, so be careful,” WHEN TO GO: The dry season, a problem. The gleaming scenery, with light Robin, a Dagenham-born Bolivian citizen, from April to October, is the best bouncing around in all directions, has been warns me as he hands me the key. I turn it in time to visit the salt flats, although known to cause sun-blindness, headaches the ignition and listen to the satisfying purr it can get uncomfortably cold – and other health problems for visitors. There of the motorbike’s engine. It’s been a while pack layers, and be prepared for are high rates of early onset blindness among since I’ve ridden a bike and, at 650CC (the minus temperatures overnight. The the people who work here. bike’s a yellow and black Suzuki DR650), the wet season, from November to Psychologically, the terrain is strange for engine’s a little bigger – OK, 13-times bigger March, is great for photos as the a biker – it looks so much like ice and snow, – than I’m used to. It takes a powerful lurch water covering the flats turns the it seems crazy to be riding at 120kph across forward as I pull away and I stall a couple of desert into a big mirror. it, as if the bike will slip and slide at any times. I take it around the block to get the CURRENCY: moment. Actually, it’s quite firm. feel for it, then Robin and I set off from the 1 AUD = 6.9 Bolivianos “You think it’s going to slide,” Robin Bolivian town of Uyuni for what has to be ACCOMMODATION: says. “But it’s more like riding on concrete one of the most unique landscapes on Earth. A hostel bed in Uyuni costs than ice. There are some bits you have to The Salar de Uyuni has 10,500sqkm of between $20-$40. A night in power through, where there’s some water brilliant white, almost Arctic landscape, an on the surface, and other areas where it’s a double room at the Luna Salada estimated 10 billion tons of salt instead of ice smooth or even crunchy. The ground’s always salt hotel costs from about $100 and snow. It’s 20km on a bumpy road from changing.” (lunasaladahotel.co.bo). Uyuni to the salt flats. Truck kick up dust and We ride over long, smooth sections, other deep sandpits do their darndest to wrestle control of the areas where crystallised salt has made bumpy mounds like bike’s tyres out from under me. The outer edges of the flats anthills, and, stranger still, parts covered by a giant mosaic of are slushy as it’s been raining, and a shallow layer of surface naturally formed hexagons. Extreme changes in temperature water perfectly reflects the clear, light blue sky. Men with at this high altitude (3640m) cause the salt to expand and shovels load trucks with perfect pyramids of collected salt. contract, forming holes in the surface where saltwater We pause while Robin tells me the local legend for how the bubbles through. The largest hexagons are obstacles to avoid Salar de Uyuni was formed. but, at our speed, the bikes just soar over the smaller ones. “They say the lake was created by Tunupa, the mountain We pass a salt hotel, the original and only remaining one goddess,” he says. “She had a love affair with Oruso and they on the salt flats. Due to the venues polluting the salt lake, lived happily and had a child. But another mountain goddess building on the flats is now forbidden. The newer salt hotels came along and wanted the attention of Oruso. She seduced are built around the edges. him and ran off with him. Tunupa cried when she found out. The 80km from the hotel to Incahuasi island – a rocky spot She was breastfeeding at the time. The salt tears and milk in the middle of the salt flats, covered with cacti – is pure from her breast mixed together and formed the salt desert.” pleasure as we open the bikes right out. There are no roads, only faint tyre tracks from tourist vehicles that converge close Riding the salt plains to the island. Local drivers navigate using markers such as the Tunupa volcano and other peaks surrounding the flats. We The bike roars beneath me as I open the throttle. Any hint do the same, picking a freestyle route that heads loosely in of dirt or dust from the land disappears as we ride deeper in. the direction of the dark mass of land far ahead, just an hour The landscape sparkles. In fact, its luminescence presents

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from the border with Chile. The land ahead glistens in the sun. Pulling up at the island, where tourist jeeps are parked, other visitors eye our bikes enviously. One of the fun knockon effects of doing the Salar de Uyuni by motorbike is how undeniably cool it looks compared to the standard 4x4 tours. It’s not cheap, not least because of the costly wear and tear of the salt on the bikes, but it’s worth it, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. “You feel alive on a motorbike,” Robin tells me over lunch. “But here you also get the experience of the vast openness. It’s spectacular riding, but pretty easy, too.” A bleak and desolate place There are no roads, few tracks and no other vehicles all afternoon as we head out into the open salar where other tourists don’t tend to go. The immense landscape is ours alone and we make full use of it, giving each other plenty of space as we lean and ride in big swooping lines across the great, wide-open desert. There are times when Robin’s just a dark speck on the horizon, other times we loop around and cross each other’s tracks, like two lone skaters on what feels like the world’s biggest rink. We reach the slushy shore and reluctantly leave the flats, riding along the edge to the train cemetery just outside Uyuni – a famous attraction where rusted trains languish, useless, around 3km from town. Distracted by the scenery, I don’t see a corner coming, hit a deep patch of sand and get thrown from the bike. I climb back on and keep riding, with pain in my left thumb (from the handlebars) and a bleeding right elbow. I nearly come off again when another deep ridge of sand on the uneven road makes it difficult to keep the front tyre straight. To top it off, a car screeches to a halt at a crossing in town, missing

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A one-tonne doner kebab made from seven cows has been crowned the largest on the planet by Guinness World Record officials in Turkey. Officials confirmed that the kebab, weighing a whopping 1,198kg and measuring 2.5m, was a new world record. The mammoth kebab was almost double the size of the previous record held by a group of Aussies in 2004. It took ten cooks to create the mighty beef doner and it had to be held in place by a crane while it was officially measured. Working from a special set of scaffolding, the collection of cooks later cut the meat into pieces for spectators at a festival in Ankara, Turkey.

GOOSE CHASE THAT PACKS HEAT UNITED STATES

A goose which was shot seven times with a pellet gun, has been named 50 Cent after the rapper who also survived a number of shootings. The goose was brought into an Arkansas animal hospital with a damaged wing after the shootings, but survived. Vets are now seeking out a home for him. The story of 50 Cent has now gone widespread and the Veterinary Hospital, have reported lots of calls to adopt the gangster waterfowl. “50 Cent was shot several times and he survived, so we named him 50 Cent,” one of the vets explained. Staff allegedly wanted to call the goose Tupac but decided against it as Tupac died after his shooting.

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Keeping it real: U.S President Barack Obama has lunch with members of the armed services and some local barbers at Kenny’s BBQ Smokehouse in celebration of father’s day. Not wanting to damage his slender physique Obama ordered steaming beef ribs, greens, black-eyed peas, rice, a corn muffin and a bottle of water

NAZI GET-UP ANS OFFENDS GERMANS UNITED KINGDOM

A delegation of German visitors ors attending a 1940s weekend in n England were shocked to be confronted by three people dressed in Nazi SS officer uniforms. Organisers of the annual event nt have now vowed to ban anyone wearing the uniform in case it offends anyone. Members of the 30-strong delegation visiting west Yorkshiree from Hamm, Germany were taken en to the 1940s weekend, an event which hich attracts over 100,000 people each ch year.

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PM’S DAUGHTER HOME ALONE IN A PUB UNITED KINGDOM

The stress of being PM is taking its toll on David Cameron. He recently left his eight-year-old daughter, Nancy, in a pub after having Sunday drink. Nancy was reported to have spent a quarter of an hour at the Plough Inn, in Buckinghamshire, before Mrs Cameron returned to collect her. Mr Cameron shared a car with his bodyguards while his wife Samantha followed with their son Elwen, six, and daughter Florence, 22 months. Each thought Nancy was in the other car and it was only when they reached the Prime Minister’s country residence, two miles away, that they realised their mistake. Nancy was collected safe and well.

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A Spanish company have designed an electronic bed that makes itself. The revolutionary new piece of bedroom furniture will save the truly busy (or lazy) valuable minutes in the morning rush to get ready. The Smart Bed is able to mechanically straighten out a person’s sheets, quilt and pillow in less than 50 seconds. Users can either hit a button to begin the bed making process or choose the automatic setting which activates three seconds after someone wakes up. The website explains, “It’s a proven fact that for many people making their bed after getting up can be a tiresome, even painful task; sometimes out of sheer habit, other times because one is in a hurry and lacks time.”

Time, in seconds, of the world’s longest burp. The World Burping Federation crowned Yank Tim Janus with the title

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After 115 years together, two giant tortoises at an Austrian zoo have gone their separate ways – refusing to share a cage any longer. The falling out, which has baffled zoo officials, marks the end of the world’s oldest animal “marriage”. “We get the feeling they can’t stand the sight of each other any more,” Zoo officials said. “Bibi” and “Poldi” have happily lived together at the zoo for 36 years. Zoo officials are not clear why the tortoises have fallen out but say Bibi, the female, started attacking her partner, biting off part of his shell. “For no reason that anyone can discover, they seem to have fallen out. They just can’t stand each other,” Ms Happ said.

I don’t understand who invented that thing, ‘R-Pattz’, I want to strangle them It seems Robert Pattinson doesn’t just enjoy blood sucking, he’s also partial to some light S&M

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Henry Hill, the mobster whose story inspired the film Goodfellas, died last week, a free man, outside police protection, at the age of 67. Hill, who was played by Ray Liotta, in the classic gangster film, spoke to the press a couple of years ago and described an eye-poppingly opulent life, suggesting that, in one sense, crime paid very well. “The Government claimed more than $100m went through my hands. I spent the lot on slow horses, fast women, rock‘n’roll and drugs,” he says.

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Australians like to think of themselves as easy-going, as the kind of people who don’t worry too much about the small stuff – certainly not as the kind to whinge without real justification. Whinging without cause is one of the worst crimes an Aussie can be accused of – after all, that’s what Poms do. Well, it turns out that, these days, Aussies can whinge up a storm with the best of them. In 2012, the Australian economy is one of the world’s most prosperous – maybe Norway’s has its nose in front, but that’s about it. Meanwhile, the shit has well and truly hit the fan in Europe, with some nations teetering on the brink of insolvency. Unemployment is soaring and unlikely to recede any time soon. There is, in many parts of the world, a deep dysfunction that threatens to send living standards hurtling backwards. In Australia, though, the global financial crisis was little more than a passing shower, a blip on the radar. The Australian economy emerged mostly unscathed and returned to business as usual. But if you listen to the debate going on at the moment, about the way the government of the day has handled the economy, Australians are protesting, with an irritating shrillness, that they are actually doing it pretty tough. Some can’t afford the repayments on their second car, so want a hand-out. Some are worried about the carbon tax, worried that the hand-outs they’re already entitled to won’t be enough. Part of it is politics – the Opposition, under Tony Abbott, has relentlessly beat the drum that Australians are struggling, that they’re entitled to even greater material wealth. It’s the job of the Opposition, though, to bash the government, so let’s not blame Mr Abbott unduly. That narrative has had such success, such cut-through, because Australians are eager to believe it, to believe that they should have even more. It is, at heart, a problem of perspective – one that is embarrassing and grotesque. Wake up and stop whinging.

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ARMSTRONG TO FACE DOPING CHARGES CYCLING

The US Anti-Doping Agency is bringing doping charges against seventime Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, threatening to strip his famous victories in those cycling races. Armstrong could face a lifetime ban from the sport if he is found to have used performance-enhancing drugs. The move by USADA immediately bans him from competing in triathlons, which he turned to after he retired from cycling last year. Armstrong, in a statement on Wednesday, dismissed any doping allegations as “baseless” and “motivated by spite” and noted they came just months after federal prosecutors closed a two-year criminal investigation against the cyclist without bringing an indictment.

PREMIER LEAGUE FLUSH AFTER TV DEAL FOOTBALL

The English Premier League confirmed its position as one of world sport’s most popular tournaments by announcing a new television broadcast deal worth over £1bn pounds more than the existing agreement. EPL chief executive Richard Scudamore confirmed they had sold their live television broadcast rights to Sky, one of their existing satellite broadcasters, and BT, best known as a telecommunications company,

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Those zany Germans: While some supporters are drowning their sorrows or biting their nails, the Germans are enjoying every minute of the Euros. You can probably afford to have a sense of humour if you’re supporting a side as slickly impressive as theirs for a total of £3.018bn. “We have just come off the back of a fantastic season and it has been good for us,” Scudamore said. “We went to the market at the right time.”

TIGER STILL WANTS NICKLAUS RECORD GOLF

Despite a drought stretching back four years, Tiger Woods insisted he still has time to surpass Jack Nicklaus’s record total of 18 major golf titles. “Well, Jack did it at 46, right? So I’ve got 10 (years),” Woods said last week. “Watson almost pulled it off at 59,” Woods added, a reference to US legend Tom Watson’s scintillating near-miss at the 2009 British Open. “We can play for a very long time. That’s the great thing about staying in shape and lifting weights and being fit.” Since claiming his 14th major title at the 2008 US Open, Woods hasn’t won one of golf’s Grand Slam events.

BIG WEEK FOR ... After serving his two-match suspension, Wayne Rooney is once again available to play for England, just in time for this week’s bumper clash against Ukraine, which will determine whether England go through to the knock-out stage. Assuming they make it through – it would disastrous if they didn’t – England will be hoping Rooney is quickly into his best form because it gets a whole lot tougher from the final eight onwards and England desperately need his goals.

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QUOTES OF THE WEEK Sometimes he looks like he can barely move, then the trainer comes and suddenly he moves like a cat Veteran tennis star Tommy Haas reckons Andy Murray has developed a reputation for feigning injury

Queers in the national team? That’s their business. I hope not

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PREVIEW All Blacks target further improvement It must have been a stressful few months for Steve Hansen, the man who replaced Graeme Henry as coach of the All Blacks. The team had just won a World Cup – surely, from there, the only way would be down. Hansen must have spent the off-season scratching his head, wondering how he could forge further ahead of the chasing pack and wring further improvement from his world-beating charges. So far this season, though, the All Blacks don’t appear to have lost any ground and there are enough positive signs to suggest that the old heads have a few wins left in them and that the support coming through will hold

New Zealand in good stead when they defend their title in 2015. The big domino, of course, was the return of Dan Carter, who looks in fine fettlle, his penalty-kicking as precise as ever. But Hansen will be even more interested in the likes of Sam Whitelock, Owen Franks and Israel Dagg, who are, after all, the future of his team.

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Italian striker Antonio Cassano offers his delightful take on the question of whether any of his teammates are gay

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THE CHAT | Lebron’s place in the pantheon

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Ukraine v England Oklahoma City Thunder are up against Q The LeBron James’s Miami Heat in the NBA finals. Is James the best player since Michael Jordan? It’s fashionable to talk smack about James and A Probably. claim he’s nowhere near as good as the hype. But his offensive numbers show he is, on average, the highest-scoring player since Jordan – ahead of Kobe, Shaq and Tim Duncan. Of players to have scored 20,000 points – James has 19,045 but is only 27 – only Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain average more per game. He’s similarly well-placed when it comes to playoff scoring, tracking well ahead of every other player since Jordan, whose post-season average ballooned to 33 points. Freakish.

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CRICKET England v West Indies The final of three ODIs Friday 7.30pm, Fox Sports 3

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The Golden Age This year’s Wimbledon could be the most memorable in years WORDS TOM STURROCK

The English summer doesn’t officially start until Wimbledon arrives – and is duly rained out for much of the first week. And, as much as Londoners will be anticipating a spell of sunshine, this year’s tournament looms as one of the most memorable in many years for reasons that have nothing to do with the Old Dart’s unseasonal – yet oh so predictable – rainfall. Right now, men’s tennis is in the middle of a Golden Age, in thrall to the talents of a trio of players who, after sharing 28 of the past 29 majors, have now surely surpassed McEnroe, Connors and Borg as the game’s greatest. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are the world’s top two players, who have wound up facing each other in an unprecedented four consecutive grand slam finals – after losing three times, Nadal got one back in Paris earlier this month. Of course, there’s also a handy player called Roger Federer still knocking about – he’s pushing 31 but coming back to Wimbledon, where he has won the title six times, is likely to give him a spike in self-belief. And it would be rude to ignore the British contender, Andy Murray, who will surely break through one of these days. For now, though, he’s probably the best of the rest – however it pans out, it promises to be another epic chapter in one of modern sport’s more engrossing dramas. One more for Federer? Federer’s golden streak, between 2005-07, in which he won eight of 10 majors played, has been consigned to history and Federer, like many champions before him, is fighting a losing battle against younger opponents and against time itself. The question is whether the great man has one more surge left in him that allows him to clinch a 17th major title – it’s been more than two years since he claimed No 16. Federer is still playing high-quality tennis but he appears a step behind the top two and unlikely to recover that lost

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ground. Still, if there is to be a last stand, Federer will fancy his chances on grass, where he remains the game’s most natural mover and most exquisite shot-maker. Now or never. Djokovic on top He’s the reigning champion, having outlasted Nadal last year, and will begin the tournament as a warm favourite. Since the start of 2011, the Serb has dominated men’s tennis but there were moments of strange listlessness in Paris. It may seem pedantic, given Djokovic still made it to the final of the French Open and had his chances against Nadal, the greatest claycourter in history, but, at times, he looked more vulnerable than at any time since the start of his purple patch. He was forced to fight back from two sets down in the fourth round and had to save match points against JoWilfried Tsonga in the quarters. Of course, he clicked into gear spectacularly against Federer in the semis, but if there are cracks appearing in his impervious game, they could be prised open at Wimbledon. Nadal targets Borg’s record The French Open-Wimbledon double is considered the toughest combination of majors – not only do the surfaces reward different styles but they are scheduled so close together that there is precious little time to adapt. Should Nadal clinch a third Wimbledon title this year, he would join Bjorn Borg as the only man to claim the Paris-London double on three separate occasions – Borg, remarkably, did it three years running, 1978-80, all by the time he was 24. The tennis world once waited eagerly for a Nadal-Federer final but the rivalry between Nadal and Djokovic is now the promoter’s dream. A spanner could yet be thrown into the works but it’s short odds on these two meeting in a fifth consecutive grand slam final, which, on relatively neutral

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territory, would provide a revealing glimpse of who truly holds sway in the game’s new definitive rivalry. Another year of Murray madness Poor old Andy Murray. By the standards of any normal era, he’s a good enough, complete enough player to have won at least won major, probably even two or three. But in the era where Federer’s dominance has receded, replaced instead with a titanic struggle between Djokovic and Nadal, Murray just doesn’t seem to have the afterburners to get him over the final obstacle. For each other past three years, Murray has made it to the semi-finals of Wimbledon but no further – a record, dare we say it, that bears a deepening resemblance to that of Tim Henman, who, on four occasions made it to that stage, only to be bundled out. Murray will likely give it a good shake again this year but it’s hard to see him knocking over any of the top three. His best chances will come on hardcourts but don’t expect the locals to temper their expectations.

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Or maybe a dark horse? Well, those are the realistic chances accounted for but, at some point, another player will find a way to ambush the top four and add their name to the list of grand slam champs. The last man to do that was Juan Martin del Potro, the towering Argentine, who, at the tender age of 20, rumbled Nadal and Federer in consecutive matches to win the 2009 US Open. And, it’s probably Del Potro, who has fought way back to a spot in the top after some years lost to injury, who represents the biggest threat outside the top four. The other perennial threat is Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – he is, in patches, perfectly capable of outplaying and overpowering the world’s very best players but frustrates with his tendency to burn bright but briefly.

AVE MARIA SHARAPOVA SET TO REIGN Maria Sharapova turned 25 a few months ago but it seems like she’s been around forever. Indeed, it’s eight years since she won her first major, at the tender age of 17, shocking top seed Serena Williams in the Wimbledon final. Since then, success has been drip-fed; there has been a career-threatening run of injuries but also a career Grand Slam. Sharapova completed the set in Paris to join some rarefied company – Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Serena Williams are the other women to have achieved the feat in the past 30 years. If Sharapova has not matched their output, she remains a player of rare quality and, given the fickleness of women’s tennis, could be set for a rewarding run, beginning with this tournament.

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Base Sydney 477 Kent St. CBD. 02 9267 7718, stayatbase.com

Manly Surf School Manly Beach. 02 9977 6977, manlysurfschool.com

Big Hostel 212 Elizabeth St. CBD. 02 9267 7718, bighostel.com

Maritime Museum Darling Harbour. anmm.gov.au

Bounce Budget Hotel 28 Chalmers St. CBD. 02 9281 2222, bouncehotel.com.au

My Sydney Detour Unique city tours. mysydneydetour.com Oceanworld Manly West Esplanade. oceanworld.com.au

Easy Go Backpackers 752 George St. CBD. 02 9211 0505, easygobackpackers.com.au

Powerhouse Museum Darling Harbour. powerhousemuseum.com.au

City Resort Hostel 103-105 Palmer St. Woolloomooloo 02 9357 3333, cityresort.com.au

Skydive the Beach Wollongong. skydivethebeach.com

Sydney Central YHA 11 Rawson Place. CBD. 02 9218 9000

Sydney Olympic Park Darling Harbour. sydneyolympicpark.nsw. gov.au

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Sydney Harbour YHA 110 Cumberland Street. The Rocks. 02 9261 1111, yha.com.au

All Phones Arena. Sept 1. From $79 The No. 1 selling artist who seems part man, part animal will be touring Australia on his International Planet Pit Tour this August

Westend Backpackers 412 Pitt St. CBD. 1800 013 186 nomadshostels.com Boomerang Backpackers 141 William Street, Kings Cross. 02 8354 0488, boomerangbackpackers.com Dlux Hostel 30 Darlinghurst Rd, Kings Cross. 1800 236 213 dluxbudgethotel.com.au Kangaroo Bak Pak 665 South Dowling St. Surry Hills. 02 9261 1111 Avalon Beach Hostel 59 Avalon Pde, Avalon Beach. 02 9918 9709, avalonbeach.com.au Bondi YHA 63 Fletcher Street. Tamarama. 02 9365 2088, yha.com.au Lamrock Lodge 19 Lamrock Ave. Bondi. 02 9130 5063, lamrocklodge.com

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Lochner’s Guesthouse 8 Gowrae Ave. Bondi. 02 9387 2162, Aegean Coogee Lodge 40 Coogee Bay Rd. Coogee. 04 0817 6634, aegeancoogee.com.au Coogee Beach House 171 Arden St. Coogee. 02 9665 1162, coogeebeachhouse.com Coogee Beachside 178 Coogee Bay Rd, Coogee. 02 9315 8511, sydneybeachside.com.au Surfside Backpackers 186 Arden Street. Coogee. 02 9315 7888, surfsidebackpackers.com.au Glebe Point YHA 262-264 Glebe

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Point Road. Glebe. 02 9692 8418, yha.com.au Boardrider Backpacker Rear 63, The Corso, Manly. 02 9977 3411 boardrider.com.au The Bunkhouse 35 Pine St, Manly. 1800 657 122, bunkhouse.com.au Manly Backpackers 24-28 Raglan St. Manly. 02 9977 3411 manlybackpackers.com.au Cammeray Gardens 66 Palmer St, North Sydney. 02 9954 9371 sydneyboardinghouse.com Wake Up! 509 Pitt St, CBD. 02 9288 7888, wakeup.com.au

Sydney Tower and Skytour 100 Market St, CBD. sydneyskytour.com.au Sydney Harbour Bridge The Rocks. bridgeclimb.com

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BLUE MTNS Blue Mountains YHA 207 Katoomba St, Katoomba. 02 4782 1416, yha.com.au

CENTRAL COAST Newcastle Beach YHA 30 Pacific St, Newcastle. 02 4925 3544, yha.com.au Terrigal Beach YHA 9 Ocean View Dr, Terrigal. 02 4384 1919, yha.com.au

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Sydney Aquarium Darling Harbour. sydneyaquarium.com.au

Backpackers Holiday Village 116 Jonson St 1800 350 388, byronbaybackpackers.com.au

Sydney Wildlife World Darling Harbour. sydneywildlifeworld.com.au

Backpackers Inn 29 Shirley St 1800 817 696, backpackersinnbyronbay.com.au

Taronga Zoo Mosman. zoo.nsw.gov.au

Byron Bay Accom 02 6680 8666, byronbayaccom.net

Waves Surf School wavessurfschool.com.au

The Arts Factory 1 Skinners Shoot Rd. 02 6685 7709, nomadshostels.com

SYDNEY MUSIC Hordern Pavillion playbillvenues.com Oxford Art Factory oxfordartfactory.com Sydney Opera House sydneyoperahouse.com

Nomads Byron Bay Lawson Lane. 1800 666 237, nomadshostels.com Byron Bay YHA 7 Carlyle St. 1800 678 195, yha.com.au

COFFS HARB Coffs Harbour YHA 51 Collingwood St. 02 6652 6462, yha.com.au

CURRARONG BEACH A hidden gem of a beach, nearby to a sleepy inlet, one-road town. Currarong is close to the better known Jervis Bay but it’s worlds away from its coastal brother. The vibe is relaxed with beach houses built close to the sand, offering sounds of the ocean to lull you to sleep at night. If you’re lucky, whales, dolphins and seals can be spotted from the tops of the cliffs.

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Aussie Way Backpackers 34 Cricket St. 07 3369 0711, aussiewaybackpackers.com

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Banana Bender Backpackers 118 Petrie Terrace. 07 3367 1157, bananabenders.com

Aquarius Backpackers 44 Queen St, Surfers Paradise. 1800 22 99 55, aquariusbackpackers.com.au

Base Brisbane Embassy 214 Elizabeth St. 07 3166 8000, stayatbase.com

Highway, Surfers. 1800 282 800, surfersparadisebackpackers.com.au Surfers Paradise YHA Mariners Cove, 70 Seaworld Drive, Main Beach, Surfers Paradise. 07 5571 1776, yha.com.au Trekkers Backpackers 22 White St, Southport. 1800 100 004, trekkersbackpackers.com.au

Base Brisbane Central 308 Edward St. 07 3211 2433, stayatbase.com

Backpackers in Paradise 40 Peninsula Drive, Surfers Paradise. 1800 268 621, backpackersinparadise.com.au

Brisbane Backpackers Resort 110 Vulture St, West End. 1800 626 452, brisbanebackpackers.com.au

Coolangatta Kirra Beach YHA Pl, 230 Coolangatta Rd, Bilinga. 07 5536 76442, yha.com.au

Get Wet Surf School 07 5532 9907

Coolangatta Sands Hostel Cnr Griffiths & McLean Sts, Coolangatta. 07 5536 7472, coolangattasandshostel.com.au

Wet ‘n’ Wild Water World wetnwild.myfun.com.au

Brisbane City Backpackers 380 Upper Roma St 1800 062 572, citybackpackers. com

HANSON Coolangatta Hotel. Sept 21. $65.30 Proving the Nineties are well and truly back, these brothers are Mmmbopping around the country. Catch them up close and personal here.

Bunk Backpackers Cnr Ann & Gipps Sts, 1800 682 865, bunkbrisbane.com.au

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The Deck 117 Harcourt Street, New Farm. 04 3377 7061

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Tinbilly Travellers Cnr George and Herschel Sts. 1800 446 646, tinbilly.com

Australia Zoo Glasshouse Mountains, Tourist Drive, Beerwah. 07 5436 2000, australiazoo.com.au Gallery of Modern Art 07 3840 7303, qag.qld.gov.au

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Riverlife Adventure Centre Kayaking & rock climbing. Lower River Terrace, Kangaroo Point. 07 3891 5766, riverlife.com.au Story Bridge Adventure Climb 170 Main St, Kangaroo Point. 1300 254 627, storybridgeadventureclimb.com.au

Gold Coast International BP 28 Hamilton Ave, Surfers. 1800 816 300, goldcoastbackpackers.com.au Islander Backpackers Resort 6 Beach Rd, Surfers Paradise. 1800 074 393, islander.com.au Sleeping Inn Surfers 26 Peninsular Dr, Surfers Paradise. 1800 817 832, sleepinginn.com.au Surfers Paradise Backpackers Resort 2837 Gold Coast

GC DO Dreamworld Theme park. dreamworld.com.au

Seaworld seaworld.com.au

Warener Bros Movie World movieworld.com.au Zorb 07 5547 6300

SUNSHINE CST Mooloolaba Backpackers 75-77 Brisbane Rd, Mooloolaba. 1800 020 120 mooloolababackpackers.com Nomads Noosa 44 Noosa Dr, Noosa Heads. 1800 666 237, nomadshostels.com

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184 Torquay St, Hervey Bay, 1800 063 168 palaceadventures.com.au

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Dingos Backpacker Adventure Resort 20 Spectrum St. 1800 111 126, dingosresort.com

Federal Backpackers 221 Bourbong St. 07 4153 3711 federalbackpackers.com.au

Pippies Beach House 22 Spectrum St. 1800 425 356, pippiesbeachhouse.com

Northside Backpackers 12 Queen St. 07 4154 1166

Skydive Rainbow Beach 0418 218 358, skydiverainbowbeach.com

HERVEY BAY Aussie Woolshed 181 Torquay Rd 07 4124 0677 woolshedbackpackers.com Next at Hervey Bay 10 Bideford St. 1800 102 989, nextbackpackers.com.au Nomads Hervey Bay 408 The Esplanade. 1800 666 237, nomadshostels.com Palace Backpackers 184 Torquay, 1800 063 168, palaceadventures.com.au

FRASER ISLAND Eurong Beach Resort 07 4120 1600, eurong.com.au Palace Adventures

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Bundaberg Bondstore Distillery tours. 07 4131 2999 bundabergrum.com.au

TOWN OF 1770 1770 Backpackers 6 Captain Cook Dr. 1800 121 770, the1770backpackers.com 1770 Undersea Adventures 1300 553 889, 1770underseaadventures.com

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TOWNSVILLE Adventurers Resort 79 Palmer St. 1800 211 522, adventurersresort.com Adrenalin Dive Yongala diving. 07 4724 0600, adrenalindive.com.au Yongala Dive Yongala diving. 07 4783 1519, yongaladive.com.au

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CAIRNS STAY Bohemia Central Cairns 100 Sheridan St. 1800 558 589, bohemiacentral.com.au Bohemia Resort Cairns 231 McLeod St. 1800 155 353, bohemiaresort.com.au Calypso Backpackers 5 Digger St. 1800 815 628, calypsobackpackers.com.au

Base Magnetic Island 1 Nelly Bay Rd. 1800 24 22 73, stayatbase.com

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Bungalow Bay Backpackers Horseshoe Bay. 1800 285 577, bungalowbay.com.au

Nomads Beach House 239 Sheridan St. 1800 229 228, nomadshostels.com

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All Nations Backpackers Hotel & Bar 2 Spencer St. 1800 222 238, allnations.com.au

Australian Centre for the Moving Image Federation Square. 03 8663 2200, acmi.net.au

Base Melbourne 17 Carlisle St, St. Kilda. 1800 242 273, stayatbase.com

Melbourne Aquarium Cnr of Flinders St & King St. 03 9923 5999, melbourneaquarium.com.au

Central Melbourne Accommodation 21 Bromham Place, Richmond. 03 9427 9826, centralaccommodation.net

Melbourne Cricket Ground Brunton Av. 03 9657 8888 mcg.org.au

Exford Hotel 199 Russell St. 03 9663 2697, exfordhotel.com.au

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Flinders Station Hotel 35 Elizabeth St. 03 9620 5100, flindersbackpackers.com.au

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The Greenhouse Backpacker Level 6, 228 Flinders Lane. 1800 249 207, greenhousebackpacker.com.au Habitat HQ 333 St Kilda Road, St Kilda. 1800 202 500, habitathq.com.au Home at the Mansion 66 Victoria Parade. 03 9663 4212, homemansion.com.au Home Travellers Motel 32 Carlisle St, St Kilda. 1800 008 718, hometravellersmotel.com.au

Melbourne Museum 11 Nicholson St, Carlton. 13 11 02 melbourne.museum.vic.gov.au

Athenaeum Theatre. Aug 17-18. From $55 Buckle up because adventure calls bitches! Pam Ann, the original queen of the skies is back and she wants you to take the ride of your life.

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Hotel Bakpak Melbourne 167 Franklin St. 1800 645 200, hotelbakpak.com Melbourne Central YHA 562 Flinders St. 03 9621 2523, yha.com.au Nomads Melbourne 198 Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;beckett St. 1800 447 762,

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National Gallery of Victoria Federation Square. ngv.vic.gov.au Old Melbourne Gaol 377 Russell St. 03 8663 7228, oldmelbournegaol.com.au Official Neighbours Tours 570 Flinders St. 03 9629 5866, neighbourstour.com.au

Space Hotel 380 Russell St. 1800 670 611, spacehotel.com.au The Spencer 475 Spencer St. 1800 638 108, hotelspencer.com

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East Brunswick Club eastbrunswickclub.com Esplanade Hotel espy.com.au Northcote Social Club northcotesocialclub.com Palace Theatre palace.com.au The Hi-Fi thehifi.com.au The Tote thetotehotel.com

GREAT OCEAN RD Anglesea Backpackers 40 Noble St, Anglesea. 03 5263 2664, angleseabackpackers.com.au Eco Beach YHA 5 Pascoe St. 03 5237 7899, yha.com.au Great Ocean Road Backpackers YHA 10 Erskine Av, Lorne. 03 5289 2508, yha.com.au Port Campbell Hostel 18 Tregea St, Port Campbell. 03 5598 6305, portcampbellhostel.com.au Surfside Backpackers Cnr Great Ocean Rd & Gambier St, Apollo Bay. 1800 357 263, surfsidebackpacker.com

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MURRAY RIVER Echuca Gardens YHA 103 Av, Mitchell St, Echuca. 03 5480 6522, yha.com.au Mildura City Backpackers 50 Lemon Ave, Mildura. 03 5022 7922, milduracitybackpackers.com.au

MICHAEL JACKSON MUSICAL Her Majesty’s Theatre. Aug 17-18. From $70 It was inevitable really, MJ the musical. This musical biography takes you back to the Jackson 5 era and leads up to his death.

Exhibition St, Melbourne

MORNINGTON Bayplay Lodge 46 Canterbury Jetty Rd, Blairgowrie. 03 5988 0188, bayplay.com.au Sorrento Foreshore Reserve Nepean Hwy. 1800 850 600, mornpen.vic.gov.au

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Sorrento YHA 3 Miranda St, Sorrento. 03 5984 4323, yha.com.au Tortoise Head Lodge French Island. 03 5980 1234, tortoisehead.net

Oasis Backpackers 230 Deakin Av, Mildura. 04 0734 4251, milduraoasisbackpackers.com.au

GIPPSLAND Prom Country Backpackers 03 5682 2614 Rawsom Caravan Park Depot Rd, Rawson. 03 5165 3439, rawsoncaravanpark.com.au

PHILLIP ISLAND Amaroo Park YHA 97 Church St, Cowes. 03 5952 3620, yha.com.au

JONATHAN BOULET Prince Bandroom. July 6. $23 The man with the epic beard is packing up the van and taking his band on the road for his first Australian headline tour

Fitzroy St, St Kilda

The Island Accommodation 10-12 Phillip Island Tourist Road. 03 5956 6123 theislandaccommodation.com.au

GRAMPIANS Grampians YHA Eco Hostel Cnr Grampians & Buckler Rds,

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Halls Gap. 03 5356 4543, yha.com.au Tim’s Place 44 Grampians Road, Halls Gap. 03 5356 4288, timsplace.com.au

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Benjamin Marsover, USA WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN IN VICTORIA? I’ve travelled from Melbourne to Adelaide on the Great Ocean Road, then I went back to see the Snowy Mountains, the ACT and finally over to Sydney WHERE ARE YOU STAYING? I bought an old van and I’m sleeping in the back, mostly in the campgrounds around national parks FAVOURITE NIGHT SPOT? Melbourne Tower. The time when the sun goes down and the lights are going on in the city is amazing

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TRENTHAM FALLS Plunging dramatically over basalt columns, Trentham Falls is Victoria’s longest single-drop waterfall. It’s an ideal mini-hike and picnic location situated a quick 40 minute drive northwest of Gisborne. The town of Trentham itself has gold rush ruins to explore and the heritage listed Trentham railway station that begins the Domino Trail walking track into the nearby Wombat Forest.

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Banyan View Lodge Darwin 119 Mitchell St. 08 8981 8644, banyanviewlodge.com.au

BIG4 Katherine Holiday Park 20 Shadforth Road. 1800 501 984, big4.com.au

Darwin YHA 97 Mitchell St. 08 8981 5385, yha.com.au

Palm Court Kookaburra Backpackers Giles St. 1800 626 722

Elkes Backpackers 112 Mitchell St. 1800 808 365, elkesbackpackers.com.au

KATHERINE DO Airborne Solutions Scenic helicopter flights. 08 8972 2345 airbornesolutions.com.au

Frogshollow Backpackers 27 Lindsay St. 1800 068 686, frogs-hollow.com.au Gecko Lodge 146 Mitchell St. 1800 811 250, geckolodge.com.au

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Melaleuca on Mitchell 52 Mitchell St. 1300 723 437, momdarwin.com

Darwin. Aug 9-26. Some events are free. Celebrate the dry season in appropriate style. Highlights include La Soirée, Pam Ann: Around the World and Kenny Rogers.

Youth Shack 69 Mitchell St. 1300 793 302, youthshack.com.au

DARWIN DO Crocosaurus Cove Crocodile park and cage of death. 58 Mitchell St. 08 8981 7522, crocosauruscove.com Deckchair Cinema Jervois Rd, Darwin Waterfront. 08 8981 0700, deckchaircinema.com.au

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Fannie Bay Gaol Heritage prison. East Point Road, Fannie Bay. 08 8941 2260, nt.gov.au Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 19 Conacher St, Bullocky Point. 08 8999 8264, magnt.nt.gov.au

Oz Jet Boating Stokes Hill Wharf. 1300 135 595, ozjetboating.com.au Spectacular Jumping Crocodile Cruise Adelaide River. 08 8978 9077, jumpingcrocodile.com.au Wave Lagoon Waterfront Precinct. waterfront.nt.gov.au

Nitmiluk Tours Gorge cruises and kayak hire. 1300 146 743 nitmiluktours.com.au

TENNANT CREEK Tourist Rest Leichardt St. 08 8962 2719, touristrest.com.au

ALICE SPRINGS Alice Lodge 4 Mueller St. 08 8953 1975, alicelodge.com.au Alice Springs YHA Cnr Parsons St & Leichhardt Tce. 08 8952 8855, yha.com.au Annie’s Place 4 Traeger Ave. 1800 359 089, anniesplace.com.au

@tnt_downunder Haven Resort 3 Larapinta Drive. 1800 794 663, alicehaven.com.au Toddy’s Resort 41 Gap Rd. 1800 027 027, toddys.com.au

ALICE DO Alice Springs Desert Park Larapinta Drive. 08 8951 8788, alicespringsdesertpark.com.au Alice Springs Reptile Centre Meet and hold lizards. 9 Stuart Terrace. 08 8952 8900, reptilecentre.com.au Outback Ballooning Hot air balloon rides. 1800 809 790, outbackballooning.com.au Royal Flying Doctor Service Base Museum and operations room. Stuart Terrace. 08 8952 1129, flyingdoctor.net School of the Air Long-distance schooling museum. 80 Head St. 08 8951 6834, assoa.nt.edu.au The Rock Tour Uluru tours. 78 Todd St. 1800 246 345, therocktour.com.au

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Alan Gallagher, Ireland WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN IN THE NT? Darwin, Litchfield and Kakadu NP’s. On the Stuart Highway down to Alice Springs and Uluru FAVOURITE DAY SPOT IN THE NT? Base walking the Olga’s (UluruKata Tjuta NP). Beautiful desert scenery and wildlife FAVOURITE NIGHT SPOT? Watching the sun set at Ubirr in Kakadu NP. Absolute heaven

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Central City Backpackers 138 Collins St. 1800 811 507, centralbackpackers.com.au

Centre for Beer Lovers Boag’s Brewery, 39 William St. 03 6332 6300, boags.com.au

Hobart Hostel 41 Barrack St. 1300 252 192, hobarthostel.com Montgomery’s YHA 9 Argyle St. 03 6231 2660, yha.com.au

Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery 2 Invermay Rd & 2 Wellington St. 03 6323 3777, qvmag.tas.gov.au

Narrara Backpackers 88 Goulburn St. 03 6234 8801, narrarabackpackers.com

Tasmania Zoo 1166 Ecclestone Rd. 03 6396 6100, tasmaniazoo.com.au

Pickled Frog 281 Liverpool St. 03 6234 7977, thepickledfrog.com Transit Backpackers 251 Liverpool St. 03 6231 2400, transitbackpackers.com

HOBART DO Cascade Brewery 140 Cascade Rd. 03 6224 1117 cascadebreweryco.com.au Mt Wellington Descent Bike tours. 03 6274 1880 mtwellingtondescent.com.au Salamanca Markets Every Saturday, Salamanca Place. salamanca.com.au Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery 5 Argyle St. tmag.com.au

Cataract Gorge launcestoncataractgorge.com.au

DEVONPORT DOCTOR WEREWOLF Republic Bar. July 14. $12.70 The duo of DJs are riding the bass-train to the top, pushing drumstep, dubstep, DnB and bassline electro to anyone who will listen.

Elizabeth St, Hobart

PORT ARTHUR Port Arthur Historic Ghost Tours 1800 659 101, portarthur.org.au

LAUNCESTON Arthouse Backpacker Hostel 20 Lindsay St. 1800 041 135, arthousehostel.com.au

moshix.com.au Launceston Backpackers 103 Canning St. 03 6334 2327, launcestonbackpackers.com.au Lloyds Hotel 23 George St. 03 6331 9906, backpackersaccommodation.com.au

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Tasman Backpackers 114 Tasman St. 03 6423 2335, tasmanbackpackers.com.au

Mt Roland Budget Backpacker Rooms 1447 Claude Rd, Gowrie Park. 03 6491 1385

CRADLE DO Devils at Cradle Tassie devil sanctuary. 3950 Cradle Mountain Rd. 03 6492 1491. devilsatcradle.com Overland Track Six-day walk parks.tas.gov.au

FREYCINET Iluka Backpackers YHA Reserve Rd. 03 6257 0115, yha.com.au Freycinet National Park Brewery, Wineglass Bay camping. 03 6256 7000, wineglassbay.com

BICHENO Bicheno Backpackers 11 Morrison St. 03 6375 1651, bichenobackpackers.com Bicheno Penguin Tours 03 6375 1333, bichenopenguintours.com.au

CRADLE MTN Discovery Holiday Parks Cradle Mountain Rd. 1800 068 574, discoveryholidayparks.com.au

STRAHAN, Strahan YHA 43 Harvey St. 03 6471 7255, yha.com

STRAHAN DO Four Wheelers Henty Sand Dunes quadbike tours. 04 1950 8175, 4wheelers.com.au Water by Nature Extreme multiday whitewater rafting. 1800 111 142, franklinrivertasmania.com

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BAY OF FIRES The Bay of Fires, on the northeastern coast of Tasmania, is the exact opposite of what the name suggests. Cool, clear water offsets white, sandy beaches and the only thing fiery is the orange hue of the granite rocks surrounding the area. The most popular pasttime is long walks through the bush and the surrounding beaches as well as swimming and surfing. For the truly adventurous, explore nearby coves and kayak the Anson river for an unforgettable experience.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN IN TASSIE? Everywhere, pretty much! We hired a car (read: Rent-a-bomb!) and drove around the island state to see all the highlights - Wineglass Bay, Launceston, Burnie, Penguin, Cradle Mountain, Hobart, Huon Valley FAVOURITE DAY SPOT? Cradle Mountain for sure. We spent the afternoon skimming rocks on Dove Lake and Ronny Creek at Cradle – the sun was shining, the birds were twittering and the sky was blue – it was lovely and peaceful. WHERE ARE YOU OFF TO NEXT? Melbourne. We’re house sitting!

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Backpackers Inn Freo 11 Pakenham St. 08 9431 7065, backpackersinnfreo.com.au

Billabong Backpackers Resort 381 Beaufort St. 08 9328 7720, billabongresort.com.au

Old Firestation Backpackers 18 Phillimore St. 08 9430 5454, fremantleprison.com.au

Britannia on William 253 William St, Northbridge. 08 9227 6000, perthbrittania.com

Sundancer Backpackers Resort 80 High St. 08 9336 6080, sundancerbackpackers.com.au

Emperor’s Crown 85 Stirling St, Northbridge. 1800 991 553, emperorscrown.com.au

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Capitol. July 5. $28.20 The Sydney band announce their first string of tour dates in support of their forthcoming sophomore album Idea Of Happiness.

One World Backpackers 162 Aberdeen St, Northbridge. 1800 188 100, oneworldbackpackers.com.au Perth City YHA 300 Wellington St. 08 9287 3333, yha.com.au The Old Swan Barracks 6 Francis St. 08 9428 0000, theoldswanbarracks.com Underground Backpackers 268 Newcastle St, Northbridge. 08 9228 3755, undergroundbackpackers.com.au The Witch’s Hat 148 Palmerston St. 08 9228 4228, witchshat.com

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PERTH DO Aquarium of Western Australia 91 Southside Drive, Hillarys. 08 9447 7500, aqwa.com.au Kings Park & Botanic Garden bgpa.wa.gov.au Perth Mint 310 Hay St. 08 9421 7223, perthmint.com.au Perth Zoo 20 Labouchere Road, South Perth. 08 9474 3551,

Amplifier amplifiercapitol.com.au Astor liveattheastor.com.au Mojo’s Bar mojosbar.com.au The Bakery nowbaking.com.au The Rosemount Hotel rosemounthotel.com.au

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Metro Inn Albany 270 Albany Hwy. 1800 004 321, metrohotels.com.au

MONKEY MIA Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort 1800 653 611, monkeymia.com.au

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Blue Reef Backpackers 3 Truscott Crescent, Exmouth 1800 621 101, aspenparks.com.au

Fremantle Prison 1 The Terrace. 08 9336 9200, backpackersinnfreo.com.au

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ALBANY Albany Bayview Backpackers YHA 49 Duke St. 08 9842 3388, yha. com.au Cruize-Inn 122 Middleton Rd. 08 9842 9599, cruizeinn.com

Excape Backpackers YHA Murat Rd, Exmouth. 08 9949 1200, yha.com.au

BROOME STAY Cable Beach Backpackers 12 Sanctuary Road. 1800 655 011, cablebeachbackpackers.com Kimberley Club 62 Fredrick St 08 9192 3233, kimberleyklub.com

BROOME DO Sun Pictures Carnarvon St. 08 9192 1077, broomemovies.com.au

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ESPERANCE This coastal town in southern Western Australia is known for the Cyclops wave, which is said to be the world’s heaviest wave. If surfing dangerous drops isn’t your style then Esperance has plenty of other activities to keep you entertained. The beaches in the area are some of the whitest in Australia and there is a pile of watersports that go along with that but the best way to see Esperance is to hire a bike. Grab a two-wheeler and cycle the way from Castletown to Salmon Beach.

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Riba’s Underground 1811 William Creek Rd. 08 8672 5614, camp-underground.com.au

Adelaide Central YHA 135 Waymouth St. 08 8414 3010, yha.com.au

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Adelaide Travellers Inn 220 Hutt St. 08 8224 0753, adelaidebackpackers.com.au Annie’s Place 239 Franklin St. 1800 818 011, anniesplace.com.au Backpack Oz 144 Wakefield St. 1800 633 307, backpackoz.com.au Blue Galah Backpackers Lvl 1, 52-62, King William St. 08) 8231 9295, bluegalah.com.au

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Glenelg Beach Hostel 5-7 Moseley St. Glenelg. 1800 359 181, glenelgbeachhostel.com.au Hostel 109 109 Carrington St. 1800 099 318, hostel109.com My Place 257 Waymouth St. 1800 221 529, adelaidehostel.com.au Shakespeare Hostel 123 Waymouth St. 1800 556 889, shakeys.com.au

ADELAIDE DO Adelaide Oval Home to the Donald Bradman collection. War Memorial Drive. 08 8300 3800 cricketsa.com.au

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Adelaide Entertainment Centre. July 13. $84.90 The Kiwi duo are bringing their ukulele, toy piano, keytar, synth, ‘1987 Casio electric guitar set, and of course their clever lyrical stylings.

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BAROSSA VAL Barossa Backpackers 9 Basedow Road Tanunda. 08 8563 0198, barossabackpackers.com.au

COOBER PEDY Opal Cave Coober Pedy Hutchinson St. 08 8672 5028, opalcavecooberpedy.com.au Radeka Down Under

Port Elliot Beach House YHA 13 The Strand, Port Elliot. 08 8554 2785 yha.com.au

EYRE PENINSULA Coodlie Park Farmstay Flinders Highway, Port Kenny. 08 8687 0411 coodliepark.com

Kangaroo Island YHA 33 Middle Terrace, Penneshaw. 08 8553 1344 yha.com.au

Baird Bay Ocean Eco Experience Sea lion and dolphin swims. 08 8626 5017 bairdbay.com

Vivonne Bay Lodge 66 Knofel Drive, Vivonne Bay 13 13 01 seaink.com.au

Calypso Star Charters Great white shark cage diving. 08 8682 3939, sharkcagediving.com.au

RIVERLAND Berri Backpackers Sturt Highway, Berri. 08 8582 3144, berribackpackers.com.au Harvest Trail Lodge Loxton. 08 8584 5646, harvesttrail.com.au Nomads on Murray Sturt Highway, Kingston on Murray. 1800 665 166, nomadsworld.com Riverland Backpackers Labour Hire Services 08 8583 0211

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Nullarbor Traveller Tours across to Perth. 1800 816 858 the-traveller.com.au Port Lincoln Tourist Park 11 Hindmarsh St. 08 8621 4444, portlincolntouristpark.com.au Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions Great white shark cage diving. 08 8363 1788 rodneyfox.com.au

FLINDERS RANGES Angorichina Tourist Village 08 8648 4842, angorichinavillage.com.au Wilpena Pound Resort Wilpena Rd. 08 8648 0004, wilpenapound.com.au

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