Consider these variables before buying a weekender, Janet de Silva writes.

Broome is rapidly becoming a favorite winter holiday destination for lilywhite southerners, reports LISA KEARNS.

IT sounds as if it takes its name from some rusting hulk, but Tin Can Bay is steeped in Aboriginal Dreamtime history. Just up the coast from Noosa, it was named `Tuncanbar' by the early Aborigines. Not only its name has changed and developed since then. A..read more

Sliding real estate prices have not been reflected in holiday house rents, writes Christopher de Fraga. Some agents have reported a five per cent price rise this year on top of a five per cent increase last year. These figures only apply to special properties, however, and most are..read more

HEARD THE one about the top chef whose American trip was postponed by earthquake and whose Noosa holiday was cut short when he broke his foot on a cyclone-ravaged footpath? It's no joke _ just ask Greg Brown, who has put off his month-long US trip for several weeks until..read more