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Angela Saurine

Angela Saurine

Travel writer

Travel writer

The ultra-exclusive Lizard Island Resort is one of Queensland’s, if not Australia’s, most luxurious stays.

The best places to stay in Cairns

Long known as a backpacker town, Cairns’ cool factor has skyrocketed in recent years thanks to a $600 million accommodation investment.

  • Angela Saurine
This quirky restaurant spread across multiple trawlers specialises in cold seafood platters.

The best places to eat and drink in Cairns and Tropical North Queensland

The “rainforest to the reef” mantra is one you’ll hear repeatedly during your time in Queensland’s tropical north.

  • Angela Saurine
The secluded cove of Little Bay Beach in Arakoon National Park.

This beach town feels like a throwback to a simpler time

It is the holiday spot we always promise to visit “one day”. We finally take the turn-off to find a town where time slows down.

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Kilauea erupts.

The jaw-dropping national park where lava erupts into the sky

Covering more than 1300 square kilometres, the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a surreal, ever-changing landscape.

  • Angela Saurine
Basq House Byron Bay.

The best places to stay in Byron Bay

There are still plenty of hostels around, but this surf town’s gentrification has given rise to a crop of trendy and beautiful new stays.

  • Katherine Scott, Angela Saurine and Sheriden Rhodes
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The Lismore to Bentley section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail.

The gourmet rail trail at the heart of Aussie city’s comeback

Lismore has well and truly bounced back from 2022’s devastating floods, with a new rail trail complementing its thriving arts and restaurant scene.

  • Angela Saurine
A white Christmas in Whistler.

On a working holiday, I received the best Christmas present ever

Sharing a crowded house with fellow working-visa travellers didn’t make the most comfortable Christmas, but it certainly was memorable.

  • Angela Saurine
Turtle Sands Resort.

At this Queensland resort, it’s lights out at 7.30pm – with good reason

A former rundown caravan park has been transformed into an eco-friendly stay that looks after its endangered neighbours: nesting loggerhead turtles.

  • Angela Saurine
Extra Comfort seats have more than 12 centimetres of additional legroom.

For an overnight flight, a $175 upgrade is well worth it

An extra 12 centimetres of legroom, coupled with the fact that the seat next to me is empty, gives me plenty of room to stretch out.

  • Angela Saurine
The area is home to what is believed to be the world’s only evidence of a dinosaur stampede - as depicted above.

The Australian site that inspired a famous scene in Jurassic Park

A lot has changed in outback Queensland over 95 million years. So it’s astounding how much evidence of that time remains.

  • Angela Saurine