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Family Drives Holidays

Stunning ... Diamond Head, Crowdy Bay National Park.

Australia

Home and away

On a family road trip Jane E. Fraser finds pleasure in board games, bush walks and a curbside cuppa.

Kitchen sink inclusive

Motorhome at Alum Mountain caravan park, Bulahdelah.

Nervous breakdown territory, or bonding time? Rachel Browne takes a punt on a motorhome.

Victoria

A caravan adventure

Illustration: Robin Cowcher

Plagued with doubts, first-time caravanner David Reyne buckles up and hits the highway.

WA

Bigger than Ben Horse

Saddle club ... the tin horses take on roles such as bikers.

Lee Atkinson meets the members of a phoney pony club who have transformed a country highway.

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Diversionary tactics on the long ride north

Tripologist We plan to drive from Sydney to the Gold Coast in mid-December with our two children. Can you suggest some good stopping points along the way?

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All the glamour and comfort yet none of the murder

Fitzgerald Suite

JANE REDDY | If The Great Gatsby whets yours appetite for a bygone era then a night at The Plaza in the Fitzgerald Suite is in order.

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Bye-bye Bali, aloha Hawaii

JANE REDDY | Interest in Hawaii continues to grow, with more than 250,000 Australians and Kiwis visiting in 2012.

Put another kipper in the pan

ROBERT UPE | Determined to lift visitor numbers to 40 million a year by 2020, the British are counting on us, writes Robert Upe.

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