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Australia has a wealth of under-recognised, amazing places to travel. If they were overseas, we'd be flocking there.

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Intrastate travel is about to resume for the citizens of NSW, the diverse and dynamic state which boasts a whole lot of everything.

Events have been created across East Gippsland so each of the towns have an opportunity to showcase their best features as part of a new drive to draw visitors to the state's north-west, where beaches and lakes are a massive drawcard during summer, but can be exceptionally quiet in winter.  The East Gippsland Winter Festival 2021 includes workshops, sunset stand-up-paddleboarding on the lakes and photography exhibitions. There's also plenty of opportunities to show off local produce, including food truck festivals, wine nights, degustations, high teas and burger and bonfire nights...

THE ONE PLAIN The pancake-flat Hay Plain, which surrounds the eponymous town on the edge of NSW's vast Riverina region is claimed to be one of the world's three flattest places. Certainly, you'd be flat out finding many that are any flatter. It's a little like the Nullarbor you're having when you're not driving all the way to the Nullarbor. THE ONE MUSEUM Photo: Alamy If the history of the Australian wool export industry isn't your idea of shear excitement, think again. A short clip outside of town on the confluence of the Stuart and Cobb highways, Shear Outback: the Australian Shearers Hall...