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Fiji’s Jean-Michel Cousteau Resort was ahead of its time.

Almost 30 years on, freshly revamped resort remains a love letter to Fiji

This world-renowned resort was fairly conventional, until Jean-Michel Cousteau came along in the 1990s.

  • Julietta Jameson

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Australia’s Indian diaspora is part of a much larger network.

Young, smart, driven: the dynamic global movement growing in power and influence

Members of the Indian diaspora are rising to the top of business and politics, and its Australian connections are only getting stronger.

  • Matt Wade

Location, location: Why tiny island strongholds are so prized

The Indian and Pacific oceans cover roughly half the globe and are dotted with strategically valuable islands. Who has what where – and when can it get controversial?

  • Angus Holland
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese travelled to Vanuatu last year but left without signing a 10-year security pact.

China accused of using diplomatic theft to freeze Australia out in Pacific

China is intensifying its efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific and stymie a $500 million treaty deal between Australia and Vanuatu.

  • Matthew Knott
Vuda Point - an unlikely spot for a waste treatment plant.

Fiji is an odd place to try to solve Australia’s waste crisis – and the locals are not happy

Modern waste-to-energy plants are cleaner and greener than their predecessors, so why are so many Australians opposed to them?

  • Nick O'Malley
The Outrigger Fiji is a sprawling, 255-room resort.

After 26 years, Australians still flock to this sprawling Pacific island resort

Opened in 2000, this Fiji resort has always been a favourite with Australians, but it seems even more popular now.

  • Craig Platt
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Overwater bures.

If you were to imagine the ideal resort in paradise, this would be it

Likuliku was the first resort in Fiji to feature overwater bures, and it still has the only authentic bungalows on a natural lagoon.

  • Lee Tulloch
Kokomo Private Island. The name has nothing to do with the Beach Boys.

A mythical island paradise didn’t exist, so an Australian created it

It might (incorrectly) be associated with a famous Beach Boys song, but this private island resort has plenty of other reasons to sing its praises.

  • Craig Platt
The P&O ocean liner SS Canberra, colloquially known as the Great White Whale. The ship operated from 1961 to 1997, and was briefly requisitioned by the UK government in 1982 to transport troops to the Falkland Islands. 

My mates and I went on a cruise to meet girls. It went better than expected ... for some of us

It was a supposedly fun thing, but the author is pretty sure he’ll never do it again.

  • Karl Quinn
The economy class cabin.

This full-service airline has budget prices (if you avoid the bag fee)

Pacific paradise’s national airline delivers good value apart from the baggage fee – but I found a way to get around it.

  • Craig Platt