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NOT SO FAST There is no doubt the train journey between Coffs Harbour and Sydney is one of the loveliest in NSW. But as a commute between the north coast and Sydney, it's an absolute embarrassment. It takes about nine hours, if it's on time, for the 608 kilometre-trip in rail stock nearly 40 years old on tracks put down in the 19th century. There are also several layovers as you wait for a passing train on the single line track. A trip roughly the same distance in Japan takes 2 hours 15 minutes; South Korea, about 2 hours and 50 minutes; and from Paris to Lyon in France, 1 hour 50 minutes. Ou...

HOME OR AWAY EDITOR'S NOTE Regular readers may recall that we issued an invitation, following a letter from Jo Webster of Gowrie, ACT, to state your preference for either international or domestic themed articles in Traveller as we negotiate the border bans brought on by the pandemic. Here's an initial selection of the so far fairly evenly split correspondence we've received: I'm also pretty much over domestic travel stories. After arriving back from Norway in February 2020, I immediately booked another Viking cruise from Bergen to Montreal in anticipation of borders reopening by 2022. Hop...

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Letters to Traveller in recent weeks regarding expensive hire car costs brings to mind a brilliant Hobart stay, where we decided to ditch booking a car and just do daily tours after visiting the city's information centre. It halved the cost and we didn't have to worry about where to go and what to do. Here's what we did. Day 1: Took a local bus around town, including Battery Point to get our bearings (and do some shopping). You will now receive updates from Traveller Newsletter Traveller Newsletter Get the latest news and updates emailed stra...