From: nine MSN on Thu, Oct 01 2009 9:37 PM

Victoria’s Great Ocean Road starts in Torquay, half-an-hour out of Melbourne, and finishes 300km along in Warrnambool. And almost 120 kilometres north-east of Mildura in the wild vastness of south-western New South Wales lies an expanse of country which has inspired travellers and scientists the...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Oct 01 2009 9:37 PM

Catriona Rowntree’s "Wonder of Australia" journey began in Australia's Red Centre. It's the ultimate outback experience and is the spiritual heart of the continent — some even believe it's the heart of the earth. She then flew to Lord Howe Island, a roughly crescent-shaped volcano...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:15 PM

Mt Fuji is in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and is surrounded by five lakes. It is estimated the now-dormant volcano was created 600,000 years ago. It last blew its top in 1707, and covered Tokyo with ash. Dermott Brereton visited Japan for a physical adventure, involving climbing and cycling, a...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:15 PM

Arsenal, known to fans as "The Gunners", is one of the most successful English football clubs to date, having won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups. The club holds the record for the longest, uninterrupted period in top-grade English football and is the only Premier Leag...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:15 PM

Kelly Landry has posed a very difficult question. If you had to pick 100 of the best towns in Australia, which one would you have at the top of your list? Well, the team at Australian Traveller magazine did the hard yards this year, and Yamba, a little town on the north coast of New South Wales,...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:15 PM

Getaway chats with Natalie Imbruglia about her favourite travel experiences and her latest album.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 24 2009 10:15 PM

Grampians is one of Victoria' largest national parks, and Catriona Rowntree went off the beaten track with ranger Mike Stevens to lend a hand in the Conservation Volunteers Program.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 24 2009 9:49 PM

It’s no secret that Jules Lund feels very at home in the outdoors, and New Zealand's beautiful Queenstown is one his favourite places to visit. The clever Kiwis have added another good reason to take the three-hour flight across the Tasman Sea: Winter Games NZ.

From: nine MSN on Fri, Sep 18 2009 2:40 AM

Will you still call Australia home? We’ve all seen it countless times now — the iconic Peter Allen 'I Still Call Australia Home' ad for Qantas. Well now some clever kids over at Youth Decide have ripped the classic ad and spoofed it in the name of climate change. Check it out:

From: nine MSN on Fri, Sep 18 2009 12:52 AM

If you love Australian history and have ever wondered what life was like 150 or so years ago, Natalie Gruzlewski will show you just where it can all become real. Sovereign Hill is a recreated goldfields township happily stuck in the past.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 17 2009 10:56 PM

Kelly Landry and the Getaway crew were driving in the Port Macquarie area on the New South Wales mid-north coast. They spotted a sign promising fresh tomatoes and strawberries and pulled in. The fruit was a nice change from the lollies they usually chew on long drives!

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 17 2009 10:56 PM

In Sorrel Wilby’s vast travel experience, she reckons Papua New Guinea is the most exotic place on earth. Right on Australia's doorstep but many people are reluctant to visit, mainly because of negative media. Over the next two weeks, Sorrel would like to show you how to best discover the c...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 17 2009 10:56 PM

Back in 1998, sheep farmer Dean Alexander was enjoying a quiet day on his farm on New Zealand’s North Island when a visitor changed his and his family's lives forever. Jules Lund travelled across the Tasman to see just why.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 17 2009 10:56 PM

Ben Dark went to Gettysburg and joined up with the 47th Virginia Infantry, Company I, for mock battles, mountain music and lots of large servings of food. There are five battles, 2500 re-enactors and usually around 4000 spectators watching on from grandstands.

From: nine MSN on Wed, Sep 16 2009 9:10 AM

It’s getting pretty hot up here on the Gold Coast! I'm up here at the Movie Stunt Experience where I've been flying off wires, jumping off platforms, finding myself engaged in fisticuffs with a Lara Croft look-a-like, and even being set on fire ...

From: nine MSN on Tue, Sep 15 2009 12:20 AM

The sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles is a place many people might think they know, even if they’ve never actually been there.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 10 2009 8:22 PM

It’s hard to believe that Keswick Island has managed to slip under the Getaway radar for so long! Its a 530-hectare national park of bushland, with five deserted white sandy beaches and coral reefs. Natural plants and animals live in its reefs and forests. You'll find all this just off the ...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 10 2009 8:22 PM

Jules Lund hadn’t been to Wilsons Promontory since he was 10 years old. He distinctly remembers lots of local wombats and squeaky wet sand. All of which are still there.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 10 2009 8:02 PM

It seems the days of Mum reigning over the kitchen have gone. A certain TV series called MasterChef could have something to do with that. Dermott Brereton is a dab hand in the kitchen but decided to add to his skills by visiting two very special Melbourne restaurants, where secrets are revealed ...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Sep 10 2009 8:02 PM

In Sorrel Wilby’s vast travel experience, she reckons Papua New Guinea is the most exotic place on earth. Right on Australia's doorstep but many people are reluctant to visit, mainly because of negative media. Over the next two weeks, Sorrel would like to show you how to best discover the c...