Local Experts

Why Byron Bay and the Blue Mountains Should Be on Every Travelers' Must-visit List
I found myself lost in Blue Mountains National Park, and I hadn’t even left my hotel. For the first hour in the Hydro Majestic Hotel, a sumptuous Art... Read More
‘Unique and Rare’ Photograph Shows Fish Swimming Inside Jellyfish
This story originally appeared on time.com A photographer who recently captured a photo of a small fish swimming inside a jellyfish off the coast of... Read More
It's True: Byron Bay Has Some of the Best Cooking in Australia
“CHOCOLATE YOGA,” reads the poster. “Explore the mystery.” It’s selling a mix of kundalini yoga and ritualistic Mayan hot-cocoa consumption at a pop-up... Read More
Photographer Ben Watts Captures Australia's Byron Bay
Photographer Ben Watts trains his lens on Australia’s hippest beach colony.Two hours outside Brisbane, Byron Bay is a long way to travel—its remoteness... Read More
World's Coolest Surf Towns
Surfers worth their wax know that the beach on Oahu’s north shore near Haleiwa has some of the best reef breaks. But ask a salt-in-the-veins surfer... Read More
Worst Beaches for Shark Attacks
If the ocean is a shark’s vast marine buffet, then humans are the brussels sprouts—we’re far from the favorite. But that’s no consolation to a swimmer... Read More
Byron Bay Makes Waves
DESTINATION Byron Bay, Australia. GO FROM Sydney, Melbourne TRAVEL TIME 90 minutes by air from Sydney; two hours from Melbourne STAY At least two or... Read More