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Canadian teen Piper James has been farewelled at a funeral after her death on K'gari, where her body was found surrounded by dingoes.

What is a favourite place if not one built upon our fondest memories?

Celine Cremer’s mobile phone, bones, teeth, and clothing found in Tasmanian rainforest

Hot pools, chic stays and trendy wineries without the crowds, Katie Strick lays out the case for a visit to Adelaide

It’s time to reconsider the car-free idyll off Australia’s Queensland coast

South Australia is famous for one thing above all others – but beyond wine there’s much more to see and do in this bustling community, finds Michael Owens

They’re normally behind the wok or taking orders, year-round. But when it’s time to celebrate, these Chinese restaurant families create their own traditions

Locals in the Victorian Mallee town, where summer temperatures regularly top 45C, fought for 10 years to save the only swimming spot for 50km

Searchers hope that finding missing Belgian women Celine Cremer’s car key as well as human remains in Tasmania’s north-west will help them solve what happened to her

A private investigator tasked with finding missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer said recent discoveries had given him "closure".

Our planet is more unpredictable and more fascinating than most of us imagine. Most countries have one dominant climate, which is maybe a hot desert or a wet rainforest. Australia breaks that rule completely. Travel a few hundred kilometres, and you could step from sun-baked dunes straight into dense, dripping…