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Natalie Bannister trades the city noise for an Allawah Noosa luxury holiday home in Peregian Beach, the barefoot heart of the Sunshine Coast, and discovers the perfect weekend or short break base. There comes a point, usually mid-week, mid-deadline, when the city starts to feel a little too loud, and the only sensible response is […]

Queensland’s favourite food festival is well and truly underway, and it opened exactly how a nine-day celebration of global flavour and local produce should: with fire, spice and a sold-out crowd. The Curated Plate returned to the Sunshine Coast for its most ambitious program yet, and Queensland Homes was on the ground at Alsahwa Estate

The Queensland Homes team visited Lagnicourt on its opening night, as the last light settled over the dam and the courtyard garden. Four generations of the McMahon family, a century of history on this land in Pozieres, and a new wedding and events venue that carries it all forward. Lagnicourt is the newest Granite Belt

The Sunshine Coast hasn’t seen a full-service internationally branded hotel open in more than four decades. Avani Mooloolaba Beach Hotel, which recently opened on the Mooloolaba Esplanade, is that long-awaited arrival, and the interiors are very much worth talking about. The 180-room, 12-storey property was designed by Queensland interior designer Taryn Raso of Studio Raso

Bicheno on Tasmania’s East Coast was recently named Australia’s number one town to visit in Australian Traveller’s 100 Best Towns list for 2026, also taking out the Best Emerging Town category. And if you’re looking for the perfect base from which to experience it, we’ve found it. Cooinda on the Beach sits right at the

Australian brand AyurScience is bringing one of the world’s oldest beauty traditions into the modern bathroom cabinet — and as our Editor, Natalie Bannister, discovered, the results speak for themselves. I’ll be honest. I’ve tried a lot of skincare over the years. Occupational hazard of working in lifestyle media for as long as I have…

Winter on the Sunshine Coast doesn’t slow down—it shifts into something softer, slower, and far more delicious. This July, The Curated Plate food and drink festival returns for 2026, bringing with it a first glimpse of a program that feels equal parts travel diary and long lunch series. Over 10 days, from 24 July to

Sir Richard Branson’s private Noosa island is reserved for those who want to do something truly extraordinary — and are ready to live like a billionaire, just for a few unforgettable days. Most group holidays are a compromise. Someone wants activity, someone wants rest. The kids need to be entertained, and the grandparents need peace.

There are Noosa holiday stays, and then there are Noosa holiday stays that make you genuinely reluctant to leave. This one is firmly in the second category. A newly refurbished three-bedroom designer apartment on Noosa Drive has just joined the Allawah Noosa collection, and between its elevated position overlooking Laguna Bay and the Noosa River,

Our edit of the travel experiences, events, and openings worth getting excited about right now. From a private Tasmanian island to an art-inspired dinner in Brisbane’s CBD, here’s what’s on our radar this season. Where Art Meets Appetite Sofitel Brisbane Central has launched something we haven’t seen in Brisbane before. 7 Paintings is an immersive

The Sunshine Coast has gone absolutely brewery-mad, and we’re not complaining. Twenty-plus independent breweries have popped up along this stretch of paradise, earning the region bragging rights as Australia’s Craft Beer Capital. From beachside pints to hinterland hoppy goodness, here’s where to find the Coast’s finest brews—just make sure you’ve sorted your ride home first.

When Kirsten King returns to Six Senses Fiji this May for the third annual Fluidform retreat, she’s bringing something her Australian clients rarely get: four uninterrupted days to actually listen to what their bodies are telling them. King, whose Fluidform Pilates method has cultivated a devoted following across Australia, brings her exacting yet intuitive approach