Australia In Style takes you on a luxurious journey to the furthest corners of Australia – without leaving behind the finer things in life. Inside its pages you will find an inspirational selection of five-star experiences set in quintessentially Australian locations.
Produced by R.M.Williams Publishing in partnership with Australian bespoke travel experts...

When Irishman Roderick O’Connor took up land near Avoca in Tasmania in 1830, Australia’s wool industry was in its infancy. But the native pastures of the emerald Fingal Valley were ideally suited to sheep grazing and he rapidly grew his flock to about 2000 head. The annual clip, shipped to England, commanded good prices and gave the O’Connors a sound footing in their new...

When it comes to big waves, most of us reserve a special kind of awe for those who seek out and ride the world’s mightiest moving mountains – waves such as Mavericks, Jaws, Waimea and those at Cortes Bank. But for all their awesome efforts, those dedicated to snaring the world’s biggest ocean waves may just be outdone by a bunch of landlubbers. Turns out that the real big-wave...

"There's nothing more Australian than a [boxing] tent,” fourth-generation showman Fred Brophy says over a beer between boxing bouts at the Rockhampton Show. “I’m proud to say it’s the last boxing troupe not only travelling Australia, it’s the last one left in the world, giving people ‘a round or two for a pound or two’.”
Indeed,...

Port Augusta pilot Greg McNaughton recalls the first time he was called out for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). “They told me I was off to Mungarannie [on the Birdsville Track in South Australia] on a Priority 1 [life threatening], departing in 45 minutes.” Greg had only set foot in South Australia two weeks earlier, having gained his pilot stripes in Victoria.
“The...

As the sun sets in the highlands of Tasmania, near Loongana, a man hacks into grisly, unrecognisable pieces of flesh and bone, distributing them across the verandahs of isolated log cabins like carefully placed art works. The nearby sinkhole, thick forest or dark, tannin-stained river would provide plenty of places to hide this carcass, but Len Doherty reaches into his oozing bucket and...