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Treasure with a copper tinge

Carol West skirts a coastline heavy with metal and memories.

I love you infinity

Melissa Singer takes the opportunity to advance the romance at a bush retreat in the Hunter.

Far away in time

Beyond red dust and pindan, Cameron Wilson tags turtles at an eco-beach resort south of Broome.

Under your own steam

Candice Ward pedals along an old railway line transformed into a picturesque trail.

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Special features

Meet a rare breed of animal farmer

Kate Gibbs HARRY TROTTER is snorting and his bristled face is caked with mud as he ambles up to rare-breed farmer William Marshall.

Honey by the tonne

Golden harvest ... about 100 tonnes of organic honey a year is extracted from 1000 hives and 100 million Ligurian bees on Kangaroo Island.

How sweet it is to visit Kangaroo Island's historic colony of Ligurian bees, writes Kate Gibbs.

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Wild Tasmania

Tasmania

Expedition cruising around the coast of Tasmania and some of its islands.

The Backpacker's travel highlights 2010

From beaches to monasteries ... my best travel experiences of 2010, including the Cook Islands (pictured).

From nude beaches to Buddhist monasteries The Backpacker looks back at his travel highlights for 2010.

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Travellers Tips

Summer of discontent hidden in fine print

Travel complaints illustration.

Jane E. Fraser Holidaymakers have every right to complain about bad experiences and to seek a refund. You may have more rights than you realise, too.

Elsewhere, all to yourself

Cable Beach, Broome, Western Australia

The usual haunts may be booked solid but bargains await in places that go quiet in summer, writes Sheriden Rhodes.

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Travel News

Virgin Blue to raise baggage fees, fuel levy

ANDREW HEASLEY 11:56am | Virgin Blue is set to hike the fuel surcharge levy on tickets and charge up to twice the amount for baggage, blaming rising fuel prices.

French city scraps subsidies to 'blackmailing' Ryanair

10:41am | A French city said Wednesday it was ending the subsidies it pays Ryanair to maintain flights there because the Irish low-cost airline's demands were "intolerable" and amounted to blackmail.

Airline agent makes $1 million cheating passengers

10:19am | Talk about air sickness. A former Continental Airlines sales agent made a million dollars in a fraud that preyed on bewildered passengers, US prosecutors said on Tuesday.

New meltdown at Virgin check-in

ANDREW HEASLEY | Thousands of Virgin Blue passengers faced delays at airports around the country after the airline’s reservations and baggage system crashed yesterday afternoon.

Qantas puts 747 jumbos on domestic route

ANDREW HEASLEY 5:54pm | Qantas is deploying its international planes, including the Boeing 747 jumbo and Airbus A330s on domestic east-west routes, pre-empting the launch of Virgin Blue's much-anticipated revamped business class services.

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