Miners, Woolwagon and Kingsford Smith

Miners Pathway, Wool Wagon Pathway, Kingsford Smith Mail Run are interesting for their variety and, of course, the stories that they tell. And they are an intense window into the changes that have taken place in just over a century.

Art on ancestral terms

Rosie Lala was six years old when she walked hundreds of kilometres with her parents from the Tanami Desert to find work at the now-derelict Gordon Downs Station in the remote east Kimberley.

Jewels of the north shine at awards

The top accommodation and activity providers from across the Kimberley and the Pilbara were recognised recently at Australia's North West tourism awards, presented at the Fitzroy River Lodge.

Great ride rocks on from Kalgoorlie

By their own confession, last week's Extraordinary Taxi Ride passengers had "nanna bladders". That meant quite a few bush stops for the young geology students from Victoria. The roads are long between Perth and Hyden, Esperance and Kalgoorlie.

Hideaway gets a touch of comfort

Gnaraloo Station won the Environment Protection Award in the recent Clean Beach Awards. Its smart new cabins show it is serious about wilderness tourism.

We are looking for two young writers

Win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go on assignment to Australia's Coral Coast to research and write stories for publication in Travel on Saturday and Thursday Travel.

Celebrating literature, Margs style

The Arts Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival is another reason to visit Margaret River this autumn - as though the yellowing vines, warm days, and nights that are cool enough to make bottles of red empty themselves, weren't enough.

Margaret River locals' top picks

People the world over know the allure of Margaret River, and certainly in peak times the visitors pour in to the quaint valley community to indulge in world-class surf, signature wineries and a landscape to inspire poets, painters and photographers alike.

Extra thrills on Perth leg of taxi ride

It's currently in the Goldfields collecting some authentic dirt, but the Extraordinary Taxi Ride was an urban affair earlier this week.

Cruising to adventure

One of the definitions of the word magic is "possessing distinctive qualities that produce baffling effects".

Your best holiday pictures

Our new photographic competition

Today we launch a new photographic competition - Cruisefinder Best Travel Picture. So dig out your best travel images and send them to us.

Extraordinary ride begins

On the face of it, the winning passengers on The Extraordinary Taxi Ride seem like a fairly safe bunch.

Broome first to host beach polo

Camels will give way to horses on Broome's Cable Beach in May when Australia's first beach polo event will be staged on the famous strip of sand.

Taking it easy in Mandurah

Where to spend the Easter holidays and enjoy the remnants of summer before winter sets in, while still being within a reasonable distance of the city and the train line?

A Kimberley odyssey

Once the lifeblood of the cattle industry and now a main artery for tourists looking for adventure, the Gibb River Road cuts through some 700km of the Kimberley, taking travellers to its heart.

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