For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is on its way out. But, as we look forward to the spring flowers, bunnies, puppies and all that, ou...
Australia Day is a fun house mirror version of July 4. Instead of celebrating their independence from Britain, Aussies raise a pint to the arrival of ...
So many places to see, so little time. To help make planning a great escape in the new year more breezy and less run-of-the-mill, a few travel bloggers and I chime in on the destinations that top our 2013 travel bucket lists.
CANBERRA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Raging wildfires destroyed at least another 28 homes and licked at Australia's leading optical space observatory on Mon...
COOMA, Australia — Record temperatures across southern Australia cooled Wednesday, reducing the danger from scores of raging wildfires but likel...
A year ago this week 30 year old Miranda Gibson climbed a Eucalyptus tree in the Southern forests of Tasmania, South West Australia and hasn't touched the ground since.
Haydn Pearce, a Tasmanian businessman, is hoping to turn the morgue of a 1950s psychiatric ward into a hotel near Hobart. The mental hospital has b...
If oysters, wine and cheese sounds like the perfect meal to you, then the island-state of Tasmania has plenty to offer. From boutique farms to family vineyards, the island is covered with small-scale producers that bring a personal touch to the foods they create.
Plenty of cities claim to have an underground art scene, but in Tasmania the art scene is literally underground.
Bypass the well beaten paths of New South Wales and Queensland and head to the island state of Tasmania.
For $838,000 (U.S.), you can have your very own Tasmanian pub -- plus the beer-swilling pig who calls it home. But this isn't just any barfly pig. ...
Tasmanian devils have had a bit of a bad rap in the PR stakes. First there's the name, which isn't exactly endearing, then there's the image of the Looney Tunes cartoon character -- a psychotic whirlwind of anger and aggression.
I've just finished filming my new series, Freaks and Creeps for National Geographic Wild, in which I travel to the furthest corners of the planet to seek out the world's most bizarre animals and discover the secrets behind their oddness.
It was one of the most wonderful and unique starts to an interview ever: Within a minute, Willem was speaking in the incomprehensible babble of the Looney Tunes Tasmanian Devil. And then in Italian. Two of the world's finest languages!
HOBART, Tasmania (AP) — Last March, I embarked on a mini-road trip around Tasmania, the island off the southeast corner of Australia that is about t...
Tourist boards seem to wheel out the kayaking photos whenever they want to promote a place as an aspirational destination, often regardless of the reality on the ground.
Leave behind the stodginess of the Prado, the Louvre and the Met and begin an international treasure hunt for the world's finest art.
By Kiša Lala Dump Truck 2006 310 x 860 x 270 cm laser-cut corten steel © Wim Delvoye Self described architect, prankster, farmer, megalomaniac: W...
Understanding how Tasmanian devils interact may help limit the spread of a disease that threatens to wipe out the wild population, a study has suggest...
SYDNEY - Rescuers used jet skis, backhoes and human muscle to save dozens of whales and dolphins stranded on a beach in southern Australia on Monday, ...
IT COULD be a down side to our ocean waters becoming cleaner, or the result of a welcome flourishing of the schools of small fish that cling to Austra...
