"To Market, to Market", at Noosa Heads

The Noosa Farmers' Market, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, has grown to be one of the biggest in Australia

Bridges across the Arafura Sea

Musicians from northern Australia's Arnhem Land are building cultural bridges in trailblazing collaborations with artists from Indonesia and East Timor

Byron Bay - a town from another planet?

Visitors to Byron Bay, the most easterly town on the world's most easterly continent, sometimes wonder if they are still on planet earth.

Crocodiles can raise welts

Crocodiles can raise welts in more ways than one, at the Sepik River Crocodile Festival

Don’t worry, be happy in Havana, Cuba

As Fidel Castro fades from the Cuban stage, now is the best time to visit

Geordie Land Re-invents itself

Newcastle, "capital" of north-east England, has for the fourth consecutive year been nominated as the country’s favourite city-break destination

Inhaling the Huon

Stepping into the workshop at the Wooden Boat Centre, waterside on the Huon River at Franklin in southern Tasmania, Fiona Harper inhales the sweet aroma of Huon Pine permeating the air.

It's wild - but is it food?

The Hokitika Wildfoods Festival, held every year in March on the rugged West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, takes gastronomy to new limits

Melbourne - from the Bizarre to the Surreal

Melbourne's street art sometimes has visitors wondering whether it's their eyes or Melbourne itself that is playing tricks on them.

Of Prancer, Dancer, Rudolph and a man called Claus (Christmas in Lapland)

Glenn A Baker journeys to Finnish Lapland to spend time with the Jolly Red Gent who receives and answers over a million letters a year from children in more than fifty countries.

Racing around the Rock

Fiona Harper jumps onboard a yacht at Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week, Queensland.

Sails and Saxophones

With 40 of Australia's top jazz musicians supported by highly acclaimed up and coming stars, the Great Tropical Jazz Party is a melting pot of jazz in tropical north Queensland. Following closely on from Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week, Fiona Harper takes in some cool jazz beneath the palms.

Samba time in Helsinki

When you think of samba, chances are you don't immediately think of Finland - which is why Helsinki's annual Samba Festival comes as such a pleasant surprise

Sublimely Ridiculous

Billed as “the last great race in the world”, the Iditarod dog-sled race runs well over 1600 km from Anchorage to Nome, through some of the world’s most inhospitable territory.

Tales from the Mary River

Ghosts and opium dens are just a part of the colourful history of Maryborough, Queensland

The Bird Men of Singapore

This article details the custom of these men who bring their caged birds to a cafe so they can learn from each other how to sing beautifully in order to win singing contests.

The Charm of Chartering

The noise was deafening. The roar of blood pumping through my head as we charged forward, hell bent on hitting the start line milliseconds after the gun went, was drowned out by the commands of our tactitian.

Fiona Harper jumps onboard a chartered pocket maxi yacht at Hamilton Island Race Week.

Tibet's Wild East

The Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Ganzi, now a part of China’s Sichuan province is the homeland of the Khampa people. The atmosphere here is totally relaxed – hardly a Chinese soldier is to be seen, the visitor can wander freely without having to worry about permits, and images of the Dalai Lama are found in the most surprising places.