The TSS Earnslaw is a vintage steamship that evokes the feel of a bygone era when steamers and paddle wheelers plied Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand and ferried sheep, cattle and passengers to lakeside farms and stations.
Regular Lake Wakatipu sightseeing cruises from Queenstown are available on the Earnslaw.
Queenstown, of course, prides itself on being the "adventure capital of the world," so there's much more to do there.
The Golden Slipper, Sydney's richest horse race and the world's richest race for two-year-old thoroughbreds with prizemoney of A$3.5 million, is run this year on Easter Saturday, April 3. at Sydney's Rosehill Gardens.
Golden Slipper Day offers a full day's racing — and entertainment — with nine races on the day.
There's parking at the racecourse for those who drive and there are trains and buses to the racecourse for those who prefer public transport.
Photo: Racing in Rosehill Gardens, courtesy Easter in Sydney Festival | Tourism New South Wales
Canberra starts its nine-day Canberra Festival on March 6 which includes festivities on Canberra Day, March 8, a public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory.
The Canberra Festival features community activities, art, performance, film, and music, celebrating Australia's capital city, and its people and culture, in intriguing, new ways.
During the festival, up to 50 hot air balloons will fly over Canberra.
Canberra museums will highlight the capital city's heritage and history in its various displays.
Get set for Melbourne's massive carnival-like festival, Moomba, which takes place over Victoria's Labor Day long weekend (March 5-8).
There's a host of activities on and along the Yarra River and at Docklands, with the colorful Moomba parade — with its long line of "fantasy" floats and costumed participants — occurring on Labor Day Monday, March 8, in the heart of the city.
From Elcho Island off the northeast coast of Arnhem Land, the Chooky Dancers of that remore Northern Territory island bring a story of forbidden love to this year's Adelaide Festival of Arts.
In a collaboration with award-winning director Nigel Jamieson, Ngurrumilmarrmiriyu (Wrong Skin) by the Chooky Dancers fuses traditional culture, dance, film and comedy with influences drawn from mobile phone technology to Saturday night discos, Taiwanese martial art videos and Bollywood.
Ngurrumilmarrmiriyu, one of the festival highlights, plays Adelaide's Her Majesty's Theatre, 58 Grote St, from March 11 to 14. Bookings on 131-246 or Bass Online.
The Adelaide Festival of Arts takes place every two years. This year, it opened on February 26 and closes on March 14.
March is the start of the southern autumn. As the hot summer weather cools into the coming winter, the time for parades and festivities continues in Australia.
In the cooling weather, go on roadtrips and explore the outdoors. Go to sea and cruise, go bush and explore.
The southern autumn starts on March 1, and ends on May 31. Generally it is a quieter, cooler — and less expensive — time than summer. You can do most of the summer activities but in pleasanter weather.
Most visitors to New Zealand enter the country through its biggest international airport at Auckland.
Hemmed in by water, Auckland is famed as the City of Sails.
Here's your guide to moving around in the city, from airport shuttle transfers to finding accommodation, then to traveling by hire car, bus, boat, bike, motorcycle or campervan.
Australia's third largest island is still largely wilderness area which, at the same time, is close enough to South Australia's capital city, Adelaide, for a day's excursion. It's a haven for lovers of beach, bush and wildlife.
Drive down Fleurieu Peninsula all the way south to Cape Jervis where you can catch the ferry across the narrow Backstairs Passage to Kangaroo Island.
It's a daytrip worth considering when you're in Adelaide.
From the south shore of Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, the island of Rangitoto is quickly discernible -- and identifiable -- by its symmetrical, elongated shape and its 259-metre volcanic summit.
Rangitoto Island is close enough to Auckland for a leisurely daytrip, just 45 minutes away by ferry, and Auckland visitors and locals alike do just that.
Photo: Setting sail for Rangitoto, by Kieran Scott, courtesy Tourism New Zealand
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