Shoulder season travel is one of those ideas that sounds simple — until you actually try it and wonder why you ever travelled any other way. Quieter campgrounds, easier bookings, lower costs and weather that's still very much on your side: the case for going off-peak is hard to argue with. Here's what changes when you shift your travel calendar by just a few weeks.
Small, tropical and youthful, Darwin has got to be Australia's most laid-back capital city. Where else can you walk through the CBD and feel like you're on holiday? From croc encounters to a harbour cruise, World War II history to wave pool fun, Darwin delivers a top taste of the Northern Territory’s Top End.
Travelling to Lawn Hill in the wake of devastating floods, Miriam Blaker discovers a striking landscape of recovery, where the legend of the rainbow serpent lives on.
