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Belinda Jackson If you can't see the point of staying in Sydney without a view of the beach, check in to the new Adina Apartment Hotel Bondi Beach.

Adventure

Sir Edmund's Everest legacy, 60 years on

Sir Edmund Hillary

Nick Galvin “Well, George, we knocked the bastard off!” It was with these irreverent words 60 years ago today that Sir Edmund Hillary announced to climber George Lowe that he and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay had...

India

Drawn to the light

Tawang

Leisa Tyler gets spiritual in the remote Tawang Valley, home to the monastery of the 'Celestial Paradise in a Clear Night'.

Trekking

Emotions high 60 years on

Mount Everest

Nick Galvin Trekking tragics will party six decades after two men became the first to conquer Mount Everest, writes Nick Galvin.

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Photo galleries

Photos

Dream getaways: over-water bungalows

Club Med Maldives

Does it get any better than staying in your own bungalow over a crystal clear lagoon? Here are some of our favourites around the world.

Hindus celebrate Holi in India

TOPSHOTS  Indian Hindu devotees throw coloured powder at the Radha Rani temple during the Lathmar Holi festival in Barsana on March 21, 2013. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration, but it takes place well before the national Holi day on March 27. AFP PHOTO/ Sanjay Kanojia

The tradition of playing with colours on Holi draws its roots from a legend of Radha and the Hindu God Krishna.

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Travellers Tips

Tips

Why women travellers should not avoid India

Goa woman tourist in market, India

Ute Junker There's no need for solo females to avoid India, if they travel smart, writes Ute Junker.

Tripologist: Hit the road in Sri Lanka

Alaska railroad

Tripologist Find the 'fun stuff' in Sri Lanka, beat the airport blues and avoid overkill in Alaska.

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Travel News

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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