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WAYPOINT
Destinations
Atlas — nine gateways

Begin with the place.

The route changes with the landscape. Each gateway carries the WAYPOINT edit — considered ways to arrive, stay, move and eat, shaped around the place rather than a checklist.

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Index01Sydney02Byron Bay03Tasmania04Adelaide05Queenstown06Whitsundays07Noosa08Islands09Remote AustraliaAir · Sea · Stay · Experience
Sunlit sandstone heritage facade and arched colonnade in central Sydney
01Harbour, city & coast
33°52′S 151°12′E

Sydney

Sydney is not one destination. It is a harbour with neighbourhoods attached.

The edit

  • Capella Sydney
  • The harbour by private yacht
  • Seaplane north to a waterside lunch
  • and 5 more
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Small crescent beach with pandanus and a lighthouse on the headland at first light
02Cape, hinterland & Brunswick
28°39′S 153°37′E

Byron Bay

Byron beyond the postcode.

The edit

  • Wategos and the cape
  • The Cape Byron sunrise walk
  • A private residence on the cape
  • and 6 more
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Aerial view of Saffire Freycinet set among coastal bush with Great Oyster Bay and the Hazards range beyond
03Architecture & wilderness
42°53′S 147°19′E

Tasmania

Tasmania is small enough to cross in a day and rewarding enough that you should not.

The edit

  • Saffire Freycinet
  • Satellite Island
  • Cape Wickham, King Island
  • and 5 more
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City hotel room window looking over an Australian capital city and parklands at dusk
04City, hills, vale & Barossa
34°56′S 138°36′E

Adelaide

A city with the good parts close.

The edit

  • A city base worth walking from
  • Adelaide Central Market
  • North Terrace
  • and 6 more
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Stone and timber lodge beside an alpine lake with snow-touched mountains behind
05Mountains, lake & slow alpine days
45°01′S 168°39′E

Queenstown

Queenstown is better when the adventure has somewhere quiet to land.

The edit

  • Blanket Bay
  • A refined lakefront base
  • Milford Sound by helicopter
  • and 5 more
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Timber pavilion with a private plunge pool overlooking blue island water
06Islands & reef
20°17′S 148°57′E

Whitsundays

Hamilton Island and the Whitsundays. Arrive by private aircraft. Stay in a private residence. Take a yacht into the islands. WAYPOINT coordinates the journey through one contact.

The edit

  • qualia
  • The islands by private yacht
  • Journey to Heart Island
  • and 5 more
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Modern coastal house with open terrace, pale timber and palms above a beach
07Coast, river & hinterland
26°23′S 153°05′E

Noosa

Noosa works best when you stop trying to improve it.

The edit

  • A private beachside residence
  • The river by private boat
  • The Noosa Everglades
  • and 6 more
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Empty white beach on a tropical island with clear shallow reef water and low scrub
08Distinctive island places
Various — Australian waters

Islands

Places where arrival is deliberate and departure is on someone else's timetable.

The edit

  • Lizard Island
  • Pelorus Private Island
  • Southern Ocean Lodge
  • and 5 more
Open the Islands edit
Tented pavilion in red desert dunes facing a large sandstone monolith at dawn
09Outback & wilderness
Interior & remote coast

Remote Australia

The part of the country that sets its own conditions, and is better for it.

The edit

  • Longitude 131°
  • El Questro Homestead
  • Berkeley River Lodge
  • and 6 more
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