Three hours: that’s how long it takes Shelita Buffet to get ready. There are false eyelashes to glue and cheekbones to contour; there’s a neon-bright wig to preen and a sequined pink leotard to tug on ...

The Nullarbor Plain gets a bad press. Edward Eyre, the first European to cross it nearly 200 years ago, called it "a hideous ...

There are few places left on earth that are as untouched and wild as the Australian outback, a landscape that has captivated imaginations and attracted thrill-seekers for millennia. It’s a part of the ...

The surface of my tea ripples, threatening to breach the lip of the white porcelain cup as it wiggles in micro-measures on a saucer atop the foldout table in my cosy Indian Pacific cabin. At points, ...

The dish travels down the thin passageway in the centre of the Indian Pacific’s Gold-class dining carriage, the Queen Adelaide Restaurant, in the deft palm of a train attendant. The fillet of grilled ...