The world's largest island and smallest continent, where the oldest living culture on earth meets some of its youngest cities. Read Sydney at your own pace, from the convict-built lanes of The Rocks to the sails of the Opera House and the great steel arch over the harbour; wander Melbourne's grid of hidden laneways, arcades and coffee, laid out on a goldfield fortune; and walk Hobart's Georgian sandstone waterfront at Salamanca, the second-oldest city in the country and the gateway to its convict past. A continent settled along its edges, its history written in sandstone and story, and all of it better on your own clock, lingering at a harbour view or a warehouse cafe as long as you like.
Cities
In-depth reads
Arthur Circus: The Ring of Cottages That Time Left Alone in Battery Point
Companion·6 min
The Commissariat Store: How Tasmania's Oldest Building Reads the Whole Convict Port
Companion·6 min
Hobart: The Convict Port That Became a Capital in Sandstone
Cultural·7 min
The Penitentiary Chapel, Hobart: A Church Built Over Punishment Cells
Companion·6 min