The Silver City is a place overflowing with outback soul and adventure right on its doorstep, writes Jessica Schumann Drenched in light, vast blue skies and clear nights ablaze with stars, Broken Hill is a Mecca for artists and is a culture hub in its own right. Situated just 50km from the South Australian border, the affectionately named Silver City is rich with authentic experiences, artefacts waiting to be discovered, and an overflow of nationally significant heritage. Broken Hill will greet you with classic outback hospitality, impressive history and a powerful punch of breathtaking beauty. It is one of the...

Crowdy Bay National Park, NSW: This image was taken at Diamond Head beach in the Crowdy Bay National Park on the North Coast of NSW. The national park abounds in pristine long stretches of beaches and this particular area has a surplus of colourful rock formations, many covered in lichen. The cloud formation first attracted my attention for this image and I used the colourful rocks for foreground interest and to break up the wide expanse of sea and beach. I used a Nikon D5000 with polarising filter and a Tamron 18-270mm lens at 18mm 1/90 at f16 and iso200. I...

With individual personalities defining each resort and the ease of a local vacation, there’s no time like now to re-discover the Victorian slopes. Flip Byrnes finds out which one is best for you. Hotham: The Getaway Best for: The long getaway, or the ‘executive weekend’. In a nutshell: Mt Hotham is a four- to five-hour drive from Melbourne… or a serious road trip from Sydney. So if you do make it there, it’s usually for a five-day stint. At least, it used to be! But with eighty-minute direct QANTAS flights from Sydney to Dinner Plain, Hotham is now the easiest...