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Australia’s magnificent shoreline has some of the most scenic coastal driving routes in the world. Here are 10 of them.

Australia’s magnificent shoreline has some of the most scenic coastal driving routes in the world. Here are 10 of them.

Brian Johnston and Craig Tansley bring their pick of the best breaks you can take in three to five days, no matter where in Australia you live.

Jan. 7, 1922 PROFESSOR VINING OUTLINES NEW STUNT FOR SOUTHERN OREGON Advanced at a recent luncheon of the chamber of commerce in this city, Prof. Irvin Vining of Ashland, has outlined a plan...

The one historical site Norfolk Islands extensive and dramatic British seaside penal ruins form part of the Unesco World Heritage Australian Convict Sites listing. Rivalling Port Arthur, Tasmania, for breadth and being relatively intact, the Kingston and Arthurs Vale Historic Area includes the beautifully-preserved Government House. The 1829 Georgian mansion opens to the public and visitors on select days. See norfolkisland.com.au LAWRENCE SMITH Norfolk Islands cemetery in Kingston houses do...

THE ONE ARTWORK Norfolk Island, an external territory of Australia, is home to descendants of Fletcher Christians 1789 Mutiny on the Bounty. Discover their story at the Fletchers Mutiny Cyclorama, a 360 degree painting, as it brings to life this extraordinary affair and how, with the acquiescence of Queen Victoria, early mutineer descendants eventually found their way to Norfolk Island after abandoning their original Pitcairn Island home. See norfolkcyclorama.com THE ONE VIEW Popular Mount Pitt...

Flying in, I see it. Not the hulking green mass of Norfolk Island, which looks like a dairy farm plonked in the middle of the ocean, but its smaller sibling six kilometres to the south, a rugged, uninhabited (except by thousands of seabirds) red-earth island thats been called "the Uluru of the Pacific". Its called Phillip Island, and getting there involves a mini-expedition that starts with a short, often rough boat trip from Norfolk; you then have to leap ashore onto slippery, wave-sloshed roc...