On a sleepy archipelago in the Caribbean, Vanessa Woods finds treasure that the Spanish overlooked.

Our writers stretch out on some of the world's most unusual beaches, from quirky to quaint, bizarre to beautiful.

IN FIGURATIVE terms, one would think Swans would be more adept in the wet weather than Kangaroos.

CROSSING the Bering Strait, the 85-kilometre gap of sea that separates Alaska to the west and Russia to the east, is difficult enough in winter when the sea freezes and the region becomes an icy sheet.

With our waterways, you'd be mad not to have a boat.