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Your Guide To Melbourne’s Best Day Spas In 2025

We live in spa country. We’ve got some of the best day spas in Melbourne and beyond with Daylesford and Sorrento bringing the goods. Breathe in, breathe out, relax your shoulders, and get booking. Here is Urban List's guide to the best days spas Melbourne and Victoria have to offer.
A First Timer's Guide To The Many Wonders Of Hokkaido, Japan
Travel

A First Timer’s Guide To The Many Wonders Of Hokkaido, Japan

When one thinks of Japan, the mind immediately wanders to the neon-lit streets of Tokyo, perhaps the okonomiyaki of Osaka, or Hokkaido’s powdery ski fields in winter. The cliches are cliches for a reason, but that’s not to say the land of the rising sun’s largest northern island shouldn’t be on the top of the list in the months outside of snow season.
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Things To Do

The Best Places To Camp In South Australia

If you are on the hunt for the best camping spots South Australia has to offer, you're in for an absolute treat. Once you’ve sipped your way through the Barossa and ticked off the wine trail, it’s time to swap cellar doors for starry skies and get your tent ready.
What's On

Catch The World’s Biggest Yayoi Kusama Exhibition At The NGV

In a monumental celebration of contemporary art, NGV International is hosting the largest-ever retrospective of iconic Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Featuring over 180 works, this expansive exhibition spans Kusama’s extraordinary eight-decade career, making it a global first and an unmissable event.
Features

How You Can Be Celebrating NAIDOC Week—Right Now And Beyond

This year we celebrate NAIDOC week from Sunday 7 July to Sunday 14 July. It is a week of recognition and empowerment, it is an opportunity to share the rich cultural tapestry of Australia’s First Nations peoples with the whole of Australia. NAIDOC is about recognising the history that brought us here and celebrating the achievements of First Nations people including Elders, community leaders, those in industry, government, politics and academia. It takes a collective effort with many people working together to achieve outcomes. 
North America

Honky Tonks, World-Class Whiskey, And So Much More: Why You Need To Visit Music City

For many outside of the USA, the drawcard to Nashville will likely be several things: some might be set-jetting to explore the city so heavily featured in the show of the same name, others might have hopes of spotting Keith and Nicole, and more than a few are hankering for a night out on the famed Honky Tonk Highway—and while it can be all of those things, Nashville is also so much more. The city’s rich and storied heritage plays one part, while the influence from southern and northern states play another in what truly is a choose-your-own-adventure destination.
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Local Escapes

The Guide To Lorne Accommodation In 2024

Lorne, situated beyond the winding bends of the Great Ocean Road, is a coastal haven enveloped with the dense bush of the Otways and skirted by the pristine ocean. It's celebrated for its vibrant surf culture, diverse dining options, and idyllic natural landscapes that seamlessly blend with the pristine white-sand beach.
Features

8 Ways To Reduce Your Eco-Impact And Become A More Sustainable Traveller

As much as we love to travel, we all need to do our bit to help reduce our footprint, be it here at home or on the beaches of Croatia. While it’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of planning your next sojourn, we all need to be conscious that the jet fuel, the plethora of packaging we take with us, the disruption to nature and the over-use of energy all add up. To help you become a more sustainable traveller, here are eight environmentally-friendly travel tips you should implement on your next holiday. 
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Australia

12 Of The Most Impressive Natural Wonders In Australia

The Great Southern Land is spoilt for choice when it comes to big open spaces; all you really need to do is head toward the red centre and you’ll likely find yourself in a salt lake, at some sort of canyon, or amidst the arid surrounds of the filming locations from Mad Max. 
Australia

All Of Australia’s Best Islands Worth Travelling To In 2023

You might have been planning to spend part of 2020 sunning yourself on a European island… us too. While a spritz in Santorini or Capri might not be on the cards this year, we’ve found something even better. We’re talking about a bunch of seriously stunning Australian islands that are just a short boat or charter flight away. There’s white sand beaches, azure waters and drool-worthy local eats that are just waiting to fill your gram. 

Your Guide To Australia’s Most Beautiful Restaurant Openings Of 2022

After a several-year slowdown that we don’t need to go into, It’s been a big year for hospitality in Australia. We’ve said goodbye to a few of our favourite watering holes, diners and restaurants, and welcomed some worthy newcomers. A handful, however, stood out from the crowd.
Travel

Meliá Bali: Setting The New Standard In Resort-Style Escapism

Bali is a true choose-your-own adventure destination. Sun, sea, spiritual awakenings, mountains and the odd massage or spa treatment thrown in for good measure. Not all experiences are created equal, however, and to create the perfect venn diagram of all of the above takes a certain nuance—that’s where Meliá in Nusa Dua comes into play. 
Features

How To Get Around World Environment Day This Year

Held annually since 1974, the day acts as a reminder to individuals and businesses who are well on their sustainability journey or those at the very start, that we can all be making little changes in our day to day to protect the planet in a big way.
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Features

16 Awesome Things To Do During Earth Hour 2022

Each year, countries all around the world unite together for Earth Hour, one of the largest global movements where millions of people pledge to become more earth-conscious by partaking in an electricity-free hour. On 26 March at 8:30pm AEST we’re turning off the lights, the electricity and even our phones (you can do it!) for one hour all in the name of sustainability. 
Features

#WaitingOnZuck: Here’s Why You Won’t See Any News From Us Today

Around this time last year, The Australian Government, Department of Treasury (℅ Josh Frydenberg) introduced the News Media Bargaining Code. The code is intended to level out the sheer power imbalance between Australian news media publishers—like us—and digital platforms such as Facebook and Google. The code, in effect, should allow the two parties to reach an agreement on fair remuneration for displaying news on these platforms. 

Here’s Exactly When You Should Buy A House

So you’ve all seen the news. Heard the headlines. Property is going up. Property is going way up. Property is going down. Property going to crash! Time to make money. Time to be cautious.
New Orleans Travel Guide
Travel

9 Ways To Tackle New Orleans Solo

If solo travel to you means meditating on a beach and practising yoga every day, New Orleans might not be the spot for you. But if it means wild adventures, new friends, live music and eating and drinking more than any reasonable person should, then it is the perfect spot to head for your next escapade.
Wellness

10 TED Talks To Help You Practice Mindfulness And Manage Stress

When you're having one of those days where you're feeling frazzled, stressed out or overwhelmed, even the simplest of tasks can seem daunting. While this often feels incredibly iscolating, know that you're not alone; Beyond Blue confirms that 1 in 4 Australians will experience anxiety (that's over 4 millions individuls) in their lifetime and 17% of the population is currently suffering from depression, with these numbers rising every year. 
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Australia

Dive Into 8 Of The Best Airbnb Pool Stays Across Australia

Winter is (sort of) on the way out, and it’s basically pool weather in every state where holidays are legally allowed. So, chuck a few of these Airbnb listings in the group chat and break open that piggy bank, because it’s high time for a weekend away by a big ol’ pool with a cocktail in hand. 
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How To Return To The Workplace Post-Lockdown Without Acting Like A Total Rookie

For most of Australia, some sort of normalcy has returned to the day-to-day. Nabbing a coffee—and even sitting down to enjoy it—before that 9am is now plausible, crossing into another postcode is an acceptable act and even the damn pub is (sort of) open for a knock-off. Next step is the grand return to the office, but what will that look like after months chained to your desk from the confines of your own home?