EMERGING like soldiers in little platoons, the fairy penguins of Phillip Island pack plenty of public pulling power.

LOOKING for adventure with plenty of bite? Get up close and smile at a crocodile, all within the heart of Darwin.

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SYDNEY'S Luna Park, Coober Pedy and Tasmania have made a list of the world's most endangered destinations.

LADIES and gentlemen, it's time to find out how you can catch all the action at Australia's biggest festival on any budget.

IF this is how the stars live on the road, then they should never whinge again, says a pampered Sally Macmillan in Perth.

WITH crackling glaciers, the glow of the northern lights and towering precipices, Greenland is a feast for the senses.

COUPLES pashing on the streets and sultry seaside towns – Chile certainly gives raunchy neighbours Brazil a run for its money.

THROW fireballs and jump over babies in our collection of the strangest and most extravagant festivals of 2009.

LADIES and gentlemen, it's time to find out how you can catch all the action at Australia's biggest festival on any budget.

AFTER years of playing Cinderella to a swinging Glasgow, Edinburgh has now become Scotland's coolest hangout and it has the pubs and restaurants to prove it.

LOOKING for adventure with plenty of bite? Get up close and smile at a crocodile, all within the heart of Darwin.

WHAT better way to relieve the pressures of everyday life than to take a yoga retreat on an island paradise?

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WHAT better way to relieve the pressures of everyday life than to take a yoga retreat on an island paradise?

HOLIDAY orgies, scanners revealing passenger's sex organs and the arrival of the Qantas A380 - what a year it has been for travel.