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Eco Tourism Surfing & Diving Holidays

Perfect sunset at Rowley Shoals, west of Broome, Western Australia.

Western Australia

Catch my drift

Fleur Bainger cruises 12 hours west of Broome to one of the world's most pristine marine parks.

Indonesia

'Last paradise on earth' on our doorstep, under threat

Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia.

Huts on stilts perch above the coral of the turquoise lagoon, hammocks awaiting a lazy siesta and sunset cocktails. The Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat is a living Eden. But for how long?

Queensland

Splash and tickle

The future of eco-tourism ... Lady Elliot Island off the Queensland coast.

Tom Neal Tacker mixes with manta rays and listens to whale song at an eco resort at Lady Elliot Island.

South Australia

Great white sharks no cold-blooded 'Jaws'

Shark diving South Australia

"I hope the cage is as strong as a it looks," says diver James Hay, before jumping into an aluminium frame to swim with the ocean's most feared predator, the great white shark.

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'The last paradise on earth'

Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia.

Raja Ampat, a remote pearl of Asia between the Pacific and Indian oceans in eastern Indonesia’s Papua province has remained a closely guarded secret and one of the last frontiers of tourism, known...

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Turkey's $20 billion tourism industry under threat

An anti-government demonstrator chants slogans on Istikal street in the centre of Istanbul.

THOMAS O'BRIEN 1:09pm | As the northern summer tourism season is set to begin, the violent protests in Turkey show no sign of calming down.

Virgin flight declares emergency after fog diversion

JESSICA WRIGHT 12:25pm | A passenger plane has been forced to make an emergency landing in regional Victoria.

Budget blues: airline refuses passengers food, water and blankets on long-haul flight

11:04am | Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe's third-largest budget airline, apologised Monday for refusing passengers food, water and even blankets on its recently launched long-haul flights to New York and Bangkok.

West Aussies set sights on Lombok

ALEISHA ORR 17 Jun | Western Australia's love affair with Indonesia is continuing with Jetstar announcing that it will begin flying from Perth direct to Lombok four times a week starting in September.

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