Santa Monica is one of the few places in LA you can explore on foot, says Frances Hibbard, who finds the best of So-Cal cool in the beachside enclave.

February is the line-in-the-sand month marking the end of holiday excess and the start of virtuous habits...

Gourmet Traveller’s 2013 Travel Awards, held in partnership with Nespresso, was spent in true Australian style: fine food, great company and a dose of good-humoured rivalry.

Consider this: a dessert fashioned in the image of artist Damien Hirst's For the Love of God skull sculpture...

The pristine environs and unique bounty of South Australia’s Kangaroo Island make the ideal setting for the KI Food Safari. Frances Hibbard packs her appetite and heads into the wild for a culinary adventure.

Gin and tonics on the teak verandah, finger sandwiches and millefeuilles for high tea – first-time cruiser Frances Hibbard acquires a taste for the high seas on the MS Marina, the floating queen of cuisine.

Goodbye Gowings, hello QT. Frances Hibbard checks in to Sydney’s newest boutique hotel and finds a vibrant, creative scene that’s as much a magnet for locals as for visitors.

There's something gloriously unspoilt about Victoria's High Country.

There's something intensely charismatic about the far north east corner of New South Wales.

Mudgee's country-town friendliness mixed with its creative energy, buoyant local wine scene, and enduring historical architecture, makes it a great weekend escape. Pencil in a few days so you can take the long way, and explore a part of New South Wales you'd perhaps not previously considered.