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Sleep in the lighthouse keeper's cottage, nine kilometres out to sea
No cars, no shops, no road. Barunguba Montague Island has a granite lighthouse, eight thousand penguins and two cottages you can book.
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How to visit the Torres Strait, and how to ask
Two islands you can simply fly to, and the form you fill in for the rest. A practical guide to going north.
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The walk that Year 10 built
A 262 kilometre loop through the far south west of Victoria, cut by hand by school students and kept going by volunteers ever since.
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The island where the crabs have right of way
The second half of the journey continues at Christmas Island: off the wharf into 28 degree water, hauling the ocean's cargo up through the jungle, and the joy of one turtle who came back.
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The underwater highway at Julian Rocks
Our founder books two days in a row for her favourite swim in the sea off Byron Bay, and comes home with sore cheeks from smiling.
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The reef where the fish dance
Our first Places to Explore column: a volunteer week in the Cocos Keeling Islands, and a moment on the reef I return to whenever I close my eyes.
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The islands you can only reach by boat
Five wild islands an hour from Los Angeles, and a kelp forest lit like a cathedral.