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We found a dream escape during COVID. Five years on, we keep going back
After eight months of inner-city lockdown, home-schooling and curfews, an escape to rural Victoria was a breath of fresh country air.
- January 28, 2026
- Penny Watson
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I dreamt of Disneyland, but a park became my real dream destination
Every summer our friends disappeared to the coast in caravans, or road-tripped to Surfers Paradise. We were stuck at home, until my mum had an idea.
- January 22, 2026
- Julietta Jameson
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Nothing ever happens in this coastal Aussie town. It’s my idea of heaven
We tried family holidays in different parts of Australia. But when we returned to this childhood spot, I knew we’d found the right place.
- January 15, 2026
- Justine Costigan
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More Aussies are discovering my island paradise, but they can’t change it
I grew up in a place where no building is allowed to be higher than the tallest coconut tree. It remains my happiest place on Earth.
- January 8, 2026
- Craig Tansley
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Thanks to a wrong turn, my family discovered its own slice of paradise
It may not be the quiet beach town it was in the ’80s, but I’m always drawn back to this Queensland holiday favourite.
- January 1, 2026
- Justin Meneguzzi
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I found devotion at a Christian camp, but it wasn’t to God
My parents sent me to an American-style summer camp on the outskirts of Sydney. For a 13-year-old girl, it was a week in paradise.
- December 26, 2025
- Julie Miller
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I will never cease to be amazed by this gigantic metropolis
This Asian city is like no other place on Earth. It thrills me, it revitalises me, it always leaves me wanting more.
- December 18, 2025
- Ben Groundwater
