A few hours’ train ride from Sydney and you could be gazing into a 500m deep valley, strolling through the oldest conservation forest in Australia or riding sweet MTB traiils.
Head to north Queensland for one of Australia’s best treks, along the east coast of Hinchinbrook Island.
Once a year, the polar bears of Hudson Bay are amenable to visitors. Seize the chance to trek through the tundra in autumn and enjoy close encounters with the huge carnivore the Inuit call ‘Nanook’.
Once, it was logging territory. Now Australia’s biggest continuous river red gum forest has spawned a national park. It’s a camper’s paradise: pitch a tent anywhere, light camp fires and bring your dogs.
Canoe through Glenelg Gorge, hike through native bush and explore a limestone cave
Whether you walk, cycle or climb, there are many ways to get up, down and around South Australia’s largest mountain range.
Discover ancient natural wonders, explore limestone caves lit by glow-worms and go black-water rafting on underground rivers
Kayak with dolphins, dive on shipwrecks or soak up the maritime ambience on a walk around town down at the Port
Go bobsledding down the mountain, bike through alpine bushland or hike up Mt Kosciuszko for the best view in Australia.
Use this popular estuary town as a base and discover the best of the bush and the beach on the NSW South Coast.