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Today Virgin Australia today hosted the world’s first dedicated meditation flight with Sir Richard Branson, with Aussie wellbeing and mindfulness leader Smiling Mind.

The Quiksilver Pro France, Stop No. 9 on the World Surf League resumed today, Where Wildcard Ryan Callinan Upsets World Title Race, Eliminates Filipe Toledo

Stop No. 9 on the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), continued today in ideal four-to-six foot (1.2 – 1.8 metre) conditions at Plage des Culs Nus

The Roxy Pro France, Stop No. 9 on this year’s World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), resumed yesterday in three-to-four foot (1 – 1.2 metre) surf in the afternoon at Culs Nus

Airbnb, the world’s leading community-driven hospitality platform, today announces the roll-out of Experiences across Australia, with almost 400 Experiences already available for locals and travellers to book.

A legend’s fairy tale and Great tragedy delivered Craig Lowndes his seventh Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000, and still on track to match, or beat, his mentor Peter Brock at the Mountain.

The team that could has provided an upset at The Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 with David Reynolds backing up his win of last year in todays shootout

Jamie Whincup blasted himself into provisional pole for tomorrow Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 in an epic fight between the Supercars superpowers at Mount Panorama.

The World Surf League (WSL) announced that Maya Gabeira (BRA) has claimed the inaugural Women’s XXL Biggest Wave Award and a Guiness World Records title

They’re the Best friend duo that has taken social media by storm, and now with their ever-growing tribe of KIC girls and KIC food line, they’re taking Coles by storm. What is KIC you ask? ‘Keep It Cleaner’ is a health and fitness program designed by Laura Henshaw and Steph Claire Smith. Both of which […]

Airbnb Reveals Which Amenities Aussie Travellers Value Most, 1 in 2 Aussie Travellers Consider Social Media When Making Holiday Booking Decisions Functionality first According to a consumer survey commissioned by Airbnb*, an overwhelming 97 percent of Australian travellers surveyed say amenities impact their travel experience. And while accommodations have the highest impact on holiday quality, […]

Manly Beach will once again play host to world surfing’s elite when the Vissla Sydney Surf Pro returns from the 16 – 24 March 2019.

The city is gearing up for a big weekend of racing in October with Horsepower set to meet high-end fashion and hors d’oeuvres with the 2018 Platinum Lunch

Australians Rob Bain, Layne Beachley and Dave Macaulay have won the Azores Airlines World Masters Championship in historic fashion today, claiming victory in the Final bouts against Cheyne Horan

The inaugural Rugby League Gold Coast Ladies in League Charity Fundraising Lunch has proven community spirit is alive and well, with $7258 raised for Gold Coast-based, nationwide domestic and family violence support charity, Friends With Dignity. The luncheon, which was held at the Southport Yacht Club and proudly sponsored by QTOP and Howden Saggers Lawyers, […]

The tropical setting at Praia da Tiririca, Bahia can be described simply as having great waves, lots of sun, warm water, amazing food and friendly people. From October 18 – 21,

Virgin Australia today announced a new direct Perth-Gold Coast service which will cater to increasing demand during the peak Christmas travel period.

While most of us will step into spring with pure joy and delight, for an estimated three million Aussies hay fever can mark a period of social and professional isolation.

Seven-time Supercars Champion Jamie Whincup has scored his fourth Sandown 500 win in one of the most dominant displays in recent history, as his team became the first to score a trifecta in the Melbourne race steeped in tradition.

The finals of the West Sumbawa Pro have been run and won at Yo-Yo’s for the first ever Word Surf League (WSL)

Kicking off on a mediocre Monday, the Sydney Opera House has today kicked off a campaign to ‘Make Wednesday Great Again’, offering Sydneysiders incredible 2 for 1 deals on shows and events

Carissa Moore and Gabriel Medina have won the inaugural Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley, Stop No. 8 on the World Surf League Championship Tour

The Surf Ranch Pro determined its eight male finalists and four female finalists today after the conclusion of the Qualifying Round,

The Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley fired back into action with the top-ranked surfers completing their first runs at Stop No. 8 on the World Surf League

The inaugural Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley commenced today in Lemoore, California with the world’s best surfers taking on inland California’s man-made wave, the Surf Ranch. Surfing in a format new to the Champion Tour (CT), eighteen men and ten women tested the leaderboard structure today at Stop No. 8 on the World Surf […]

The inaugural Surf Ranch Pro presented by Hurley gets underway today in Lemoore, California. The world’s best surfers will compete at Stop No. 8 on the World Surf League (WSL) Men’s and Women’s Championship

In his almost 20-year career, Jim has delivered seven monumental comedy specials and is one of the biggest ticket?selling stand?up comedians on the planet – his 2016 dates sold over 50,000 tickets across nine cities in Australia alone. Now, The Jim Jefferies Show anchor is bringing his latest live stand up – The Night Talker […]

WSL today announced that it will award equal prize money to male and female athletes becoming the first and only US based global sports league, and among

Coco Ho (HAW) and Weslley Dantas (BRA) have won the Pull&Bear Pantin Classic Galicia Pro in the Final bouts against Sage Erickson (USA) and Carlos Munoz (CRI) held in pumping four-to-six foot surf in Pantin. Stop No. 10 of 12 on the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) European Qualifying Series (QS), the Pull&Bear Pantin Classic […]

Australian surfers Liam O’Brien and Vittoria Farmer have taken out the inaugural Simeulue Pro held on the paradise island in Aceh Province, Indonesia. For Farmer, it was her second QS win in a week while O’Brien found his second victory in under a year. The final day was blessed with super clean and extremely high […]

With Summer on the horizon and temperatures set to sizzle, W Brisbane will take pool parties to new heights with the launch of their Summer Crush Pool Parties. Held monthly at W Brisbane’s Level Four rooftop WET® Deck, the first event on 29 September – ‘Fire Starter’ will coincide with Brisbane’s coveted Riverfire event. With […]

Seven-time Supercars Champion Jamie Whincup has set the scene for a Championship fightback in a 1-2 finish with new Championship leader Shane van Gisbergen in the OTR SuperSprint at Tailem Bend in South Australia. Whincup blasted away the field with an 11 second win from Van Gisbergen and a man of the match effort by […]

Today it has been announced that the legendary European festival, Snowboxx, will host one week of world-class acts, incredible slopeside parties and so much more in the best ski area in the Southern Hemisphere. Hitting Queenstown in winter 2019, the experience will see some of the world’s best-loved music artists take to the piste as […]

Gabriel Medina (BRA) claimed victory today at the Tahiti Pro Teahupo’o, Stop No. 7 on the World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Championship Tour (CT). An exciting Finals Day witnessed Medina take his first win of the 2018 season in clean three-to-five foot (1 – 1.5 metre) waves at the famed South Pacific reef pass. Medina, […]

Josh Kerr (AUS) has taken out the 2018 Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy in a thrilling Final Day of action in pumping surf at Sultans. Kerr won two of the three divisions to set up a Grand Finale matchup with Alejo Muniz (BRA). Day 3 of competition saw the best conditions of the event […]

Twelve of Australia’s best junior female surfers have wrapped up three days to remember in the 2018 Layne Beachley Camp at the Surfing Australia High Performance Centre (HPC) as part of the Localsearch Talent ID Program. The group has benefited from judged surf sessions, jet ski assisted surf sessions, video review sessions, a breath enhancement […]

Corona SunSets Festival is returning to Australia this summer! Launching seaside on the shores of Wollongong’s beautiful North Beach, the festival is set to showcase a wave of incredible music, food, arts, market stalls, eco workshops and more on Saturday 1 December 2018. Corona SunSets has brought the heat to stages around the world, from […]

With today marking Day One of the 2018 Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy, competitors for this year’s event have arrived at the sublime island paradise of Four Seasons Kuda Huraa. With a great looking forecast for the perfect right-handers of Sultans, the race is on to see who will take out this year instalment […]

Return to Rio has announced another 55 artists set to shine as part of the ‘Ultimate Weekend Away’ thisNovember 9-11. Local legends, Black Angus, Murat Kilic, Robbie Lowe, Tristan Case, Kali, Andy Ef, Start Cue, Nick Law and festival founder Ricky Cooper are just some of the names set to join the topnotch bill of […]

Hometown heroes Courtney Conlogue (USA) and Kanoa Igarashi (JPN) won the 2018 Vans US Open of Surfing presented by Swatch in the World Surf League (WSL) Women’s Championship Tour (CT) and Men’s Qualifying Series (QS) divisions, respectively. Conlogue’s dream of winning the esteemed US Open title as a CT contender was realized after taking down current Jeep Rankings Leader Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) in […]

Shane van Gisbergen has won the battle of the Kiwis in the fight of the century in Sydney. The first Supercars race under lights in Sydney in 22 years did not disappoint with Van Gisbergen pouncing on a late safety car and then his arch rival Scott McLaughlin to make history. He claimed the first […]

5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) will give Sydney fans a rare opportunity to shop exclusive merchandise items in their Sydney pop up store, next Thursday August 9. The store will be open for one day only, coinciding with the band’s arrival in Sydney and the first show of their Meet You There Tour, at Hordern […]

The 2018 Vans US Open of Surfing presented by Swatch got back underway with an exciting, inaugural Women’s Duct Invitational event and heavyweight Round 3 Men’s Qualifying Series (QS) matchups before the first two heats of Round 4 were contested. Big names stumbled on the men’s front as QS newcomers continue making a name for […]

The 2018 Vans US Open of Surfing presented by Swatch scorched through competition with the Women’s Pro Junior event completing Round 1, the Quarterfinals and Semifinals before running through the remaining heats of the Men’s Qualifying Series (QS) 10,000 Round 2 Heats (17-24). Now, both Men’s and Women’s Pro Junior Final matchups are set and […]

With Just a few weeks until the 2018 Four Seasons Maldives Surfing Champions Trophy kicks off, momentum is building with the announcement of the final invitees for the ‘world’s most luxurious surf event.’

Mick Fanning has called time on a professional surfing career that has thrilled fans around the world since he won his first competition back in 2001.

Today, Filipe Toledo (BRA) won the Men’s Corona Open J-Bay for the second year in a row. The Brasilian lit up four-to-six foot (1.3 – 2 metre) Supertubes at Jeffreys Bay to win the sixth stop the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT) and vault to World No. 1 on the Jeep Leaderboard. “Back-to-back […]

Craig Lowndes will retire from full-time driving at the end of the 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship season.

Today, 2012 WSL Champion Joel Parkinson, 37, announced his retirement from the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT). Parkinson will surf the remaining CT events of the year (excluding the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal) and retire from full-time competition after his final heat at the world-renowned Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy […]

Californian-born Carl’s Jr. is bringing its classic handmade American burgers to the Gold Coast from July 18 when it opens Queensland’s second freestanding drive-thru restaurant in Pimpama, with Hope Island hot on its heels and slated to open in November. Pimpama is the second of 20 Carl’s Jr. restaurants that leading family-owned retailer, Bansal Group, […]