• Halcyon House (NSW) places second behind qualia (Qld) as Australia's best boutique hotel
• Melbourne (Vic), Noosa (Qld) and Margaret River (WA)'s food and wine festivals battle it out to place behind Dark Mofo (Tas) – Australia's best annual festival
• Sydney's Bondi to Bronte (NSW) voted Australia's best walk ahead of Tasmania's Cradle Mountain, Overland Track and Three Capes Track
• Quay Sydney (NSW) crowned Australia's must-visit restaurant

Australia's hottest domestic destinations are revealed in this special summer edition of Australian Traveller, Australia's best-selling travel magazine.

Thousands of Australian voters have confessed what they love about our vast country – from idyllic island escapes (Hamilton Island, Qld tops the list) to the best historical site (Port Arthur, Tas).

View the full shortlist and winners below.

Best luxury hotel/resort/lodge
WINNER – qualia, Qld

Emirates One&Only Wolgan Valley, NSW
Saffire Freycinet, Tas
Southern Ocean Lodge, Kangaroo Island, SA
Park Hyatt Sydney, NSW

Best boutique hotel
WINNER – qualia, Qld

Halcyon House, NSW
QT Sydney, NSW
Art Series – The Olsen, Vic
COMO The Treasury Perth, WA

Best food and wine region
WINNER – Barossa Valley, SA

Hunter Valley, NSW
Margaret River, WA
Yarra Valley, Vic
Mornington Peninsula, Vic

Most idyllic island escape
WINNER – Hamilton Island, Qld

Lord Howe Island, NSW
Hayman Island, Qld
Kangaroo Island, SA
Fraser Island, Qld

Best beach
WINNER – Whitehaven Beach, Qld

Bondi Beach, NSW
Noosa Main Beach, Qld
Hyams Beach, NSW
Cable Beach, WA

Best walk
WINNER – Bondi to Bronte Coastal Walk, NSW

Cradle Mountain, Tas
Great Ocean Walk, Vic
Overland Track, Tas
Three Capes Track, Tas

Must-visit city restaurant
WINNER – Quay, Sydney, NSW

Chin Chin, Melbourne, Vic
Bennelong, Sydney Opera House, NSW
Vue de monde, Melbourne, Vic
Aria, Sydney, NSW

Best city for a short break
WINNER – Melbourne, Vic

Sydney, NSW
Hobart, Tas
Adelaide, SA
Brisbane, Qld

Best cultural/arts/festival
WINNER – Dark Mofo, Tas

Vivid Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, Vic
Noosa Food & Wine, QldMargaret River Gourmet Escape, WA

Best regional/country escape
WINNER – Hunter Valley, NSW

Mudgee, NSW
Daylesford, VIC
Margaret River, WA
Barossa Valley, SA

Best camping/glamping experience
WINNER – Longitude 131, NT

Paperbark Camp, Jervis Bay, NSW
Big 4 Holiday Parks, nationwide
Uluru, NT
Roar and Snore at Taronga Zoo Sydney, NSW

Best value hotel chain
WINNER – IbisMantra

Best Western
Novotel
Mercure

Best guided tour company
WINNER – Intrepid

APT
AAT Kings
Scenic
Contiki

Best historical site
WINNER – Port Arthur, Tas

Uluru, NT
The Rocks, NSW
Ballarat/Goldfields, Vic
Kakadu, NT

The family-fun capital
WINNER – Gold Coast, Qld

Noosa, Qld
Hamilton Island, Qld
Port Douglas, Qld
Byron Bay, NSW

Best outback destination
WINNER – Uluru, NT

Alice Springs, NT
The Kimberley, WA
Kakadu, NT
Broken Hill, NSW

Best outback adventure
WINNER – Uluru, NT

The Kimberley, NT
Kakadu, NT
Alice Springs, NT
Broome, WA

Best Indigenous experience/site
WINNER – Uluru, NT

Kakadu, NT
Alice Springs, NT
Kata Tjuta/The Olgas, NT
The Kimberley, WA

The one destination you recommend every Australian visits
WINNER – Uluru, NT

Great Barrier Reef, Qld
Sydney, NSW
Tasmania
Melbourne, Vic

***ENDS***

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Siobhan Plowman
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0408 122 572
splowman@australiantraveller.com

Australian Traveller magazine is Australia's premium, highest-selling travel magazine, launched in 2005,for Australians travelling in Australia.