From: nine MSN on Tue, Mar 02 2010 7:00 PM

Banff National Park is Canada’s oldest national park. It was established in 1885 in the Canadian Rockies, 120km west of Calgary. It covers 6641 square kilometres of mountainous terrain and has many glaciers and icefields, dense coniferous forest and alpine landscapes.

From: nine MSN on Tue, Mar 02 2010 7:00 PM

Sydney Harbour YHA and The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre provide budget accommodation, heritage interpretation and a hands-on archaeological education experience. It’s the first budget accommodation inside the city's Golden Triangle and has the same million-dollar views for next to n...

From: nine MSN on Tue, Mar 02 2010 7:00 PM

There’s a cultured side to Getaway's former footballer Dermott Brereton. He joined the throngs at the National Gallery of Australia and once he found out he wasn't actually going to see a movie, rather the Masterpieces from Paris exhibition, he loved it.

From: nine MSN on Tue, Mar 02 2010 7:00 PM

Jules Lund faced what he described as his baptism of fire when he visited the Movie Stunt Experience on Queensland’s Gold Coast.

From: nine MSN on Tue, Mar 02 2010 7:00 PM

Natalie Gruzlewski was lucky enough to board P&O’s latest luxury liner, the Pacific Jewel. There's no doubt Australians have a love affair with cruising, and the magnificent ship and the South Pacific combine to ensure one of the best possible holidays.

From: nine MSN on Tue, Mar 02 2010 7:00 PM

Ben Dark continued his journey across the south-west of the United States in the comfort of his RV. His destination was Las Vegas in Nevada, but first there was much more to experience.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:47 AM

Spaceport America is the world’s first purpose-built commercial space facility. It is in the state of New Mexico and is the site of the next chapter in space transportation.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:47 AM

There’s nothing like a major sporting event to get the juices flowing. An Olympic Games or a world cup in a major sport usually means cities go into meltdown. New venues are built, hotels pop up and others have facelifts and transport is fine tuned.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:22 AM

Jules Lund found Montreal to be a very cosmopolitan city and with French being the language spoken there he kept thinking he could be in France. It’s the second-largest French-speaking city in the world outside of Paris.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:21 AM

Catriona Rowntree seems to be Getaway’s official tall-building checker-outer. She's been to the top of the 509m Taipei 101 building, the 452m twin Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and just had to get herself to Dubai to see their new Burj Khalifa. At 828m, it's left the others far behind.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:21 AM

The Great Australian Bight extends more than 1200km from Cape Pasley in WA to Cape Catastrophe at the entrance of Spencer Gulf in SA. It is an area of spectacular cliffs and rocky headlands, offshore islands, beaches pounded by enormous waves and sheltered bays. It’s remote, uninhabited and one ...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:21 AM

Getaway takes a look at some of the trends we’ll be seeing in travel in the years to come.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:21 AM

Olivia Newton-John’s Gaia Retreat & Spa is one of her big passions in life. Just 20 minutes from Ballina Airport and 15 minutes from the centre of Byron Bay in northern NSW, it's a place where people go to relax, revitalise and recharge. Gaia is on the highest point of the Byron Shire and h...

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:21 AM

There’s a good reason you see so many travellers with their nose in a Lonely Planet book. The publisher has the world covered with their guides going into every nook and cranny of the world to give you the lowdown.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 25 2010 5:21 AM

Kelly Landry met up with the brand-new Hi-5 team on their first Australia-wide tour. She joined them in Shepparton, the fifth stop on the tour.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 18 2010 2:52 PM

If you’re planning a holiday in New Zealand, Jason Dundas has found a really cheap way to get around. Naked Bus began in 2006 to provide low-cost travel between the country's cities and towns.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 11 2010 4:36 PM

If you arrive in Vancouver for the first time and can’t wait for a hit of all that beauty you've heard about, why not book a ticket on the Whistler Mountaineer train

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 11 2010 4:11 PM

Dermott Brereton went about as far from home as he could possibly be. So vast is Russia, the 1250km-long Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east had him closer to Los Angeles than to Moscow

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 11 2010 4:11 PM

Catriona Rowntree joined Walking Volunteers to see some of the highlights of Sydney’s Great Coastal Walk.

From: nine MSN on Thu, Feb 11 2010 3:46 PM

Ben Dark is back on the road — this time in a 11.6m RV for a drive across the south-west of the United States. It’s a place of magnificent landscape and beauty and where a great part of the American dream was created.