THE 100 LIST: Top Ways to See Australia

NSW is the #1 State!

Our editorial team has scoured the country to find the best Australia has to offer to put together the nation's annual special 100 issue of Australian Traveller. The 100 Ways to See Australia is an essential guide curated by the team, and there is plenty to get your audience excited! This list really takes things a step further for travellers by not only revealing the country's top destinations but also how to experience them, whether by seaplane, canyoning, sand-driving or all-out luxury to name a few.

Some favourites from each of the ten categories for 2017's Top Ways to See Australia (not by rank) include:

On Foot

• Walk ancient clifftops just 45 mins from the city – Royal National Park, NSW
• Try bush food in the city – Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, NSW
• Visit an Octopus's garden – Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, QLD

Under City Lights

• A cellar door in the urban sprawl – Urban Winery, Sydney, NSW
• Shop like a fashion insider – Melbourne, VIC
• Taste the Tropics – Darwin, NT

On Wheel & Wing

• Wheel around the wildflowers, WA
• Tag along in the sand – Fraser's on Rainbow Beach QLD & Dirk Hartog Island, WA
• Australia's answer to Big Sur – Great Ocean Road, VIC

Like an A-Lister (our luxury accommodation picks)

• The new cool kid on the block – Jackolope, Mornington Peninsula, VIC
• The quiet achiever – Empire Retreat & Spa, Margaret River, WA
• Perth is our hottest hotel city right now, WA

Like a Naturalist

• See a tree kangaroo in the wild – Daintree Rainforest, QLD
• Secret koala forest – Mikkira Station, Port Lincoln, SA
• Fantastic beasts – Southern Right Whale Nursery, Warrnambool, VIC

Like a Gastronome

• David Thompson's top five dishes – Long Chim, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney & Melbourne
• Drink more gin – Southern Wild Distillery, Devonport, TAS
• Melbourne's hottest new bar – Longsong, Melbourne, VIC

Like an Historian

• Head to The Rocks to step back in time – Susannah Place Museum, Sydney, NSW
• Historic high road over the mountains – The Bells Line of Road, NSW
• Follow the hoof prints of camels – The Ghan, SA to NT

Like a Culture Connoisseur

• Experience iconic art – Qagoma, Brisbane, QLD
• See the Red Centre up in lights – Parrtjima “A Festival in the Light”, Alice Springs, NT
• Explore buildings you never knew were there – Open House Melbourne, VIC & Sydney Open, NSW

Like an Adventurer

• Canyoning capers – Karijini National Park, WA
• A tragic beauty – SS Yongala, QLD
• Complete the hop – Cocos Keeling Islands, Territory

Like a Local (towns on the upswing)

• Bondi's sleepy south coast cousin – Bermagui, NSW
• No longer under lock & Key – Beechworth, VIC
• Go before the crowds – Punsand Bay, Cape York, QLD

NSW was a stand-out winner for having the most see-it-or-regret-it gems in the country, followed by VIC then WA.

If you'd like to know more or you'd like to see the full “100” list then please contact tcornwell@australiantraveller.com

Plus more interview/segment ideas: featured in this issue:

• The truffle season in Orange NSW
• Sydney's lost bohemian laneway
• Exploring the lush, relaxing town of Maleny, Sunshine Coast Hinterland
• Honest hotel reviews – Fred's, Sydney NSW; Wildflower, Perth WA; Elements of Bryon, Byron Bay, NSW; Peppers Kings Square Hotel, Perth WA

***ENDS***

To arrange an interview please contact:

Tobi Cornwell
Marketing Manager
0414 700 409
tcornwell@australiantraveller.com

Lara Picone
Editor
(02) 9698 7072
lpicone@australiantraveller.com

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