Tips

A world full of cheap thrills

Watching what you spend is part of travelling, but Tim Richards finds tourists now often pay less than a decade ago.

2013: a place odyssey

Lance Richardson does the legwork for your guide to the planet's most compelling destinations for the new year.

Ultimate sights

The world's most unusual beaches

Candy sands, disappearing waves, transformed trolls - if life's a beach, these are its strangest days.

Iceland

The coolest waves

A new frontier for keen surfers is the land of fire and ice-cream headaches, writes Sam Vincent

Hot destination: Iceland's volcanic tourism

Icelandic volcanoes may be known for their ash-spewing ability to halt flights and make a mess, but they also pay their dues, attracting tourists eager to see the source of the chaos.

Volcano erupts on glacier

Tourists are flocking to see the eruption of the Fimmvorduhals volcano on the Eyjafjallajokull glacier in Iceland.

Tips

World's most expensive cities not so bad ... if you're Australian

The cities renowned as the world's most expensive aren't so expensive any more - as long as you have the benefit of coming from Australia, writes Tim Richards.