Hydra: The Greek Island That Simply Refused Cars
Hydra has banned motor vehicles entirely since achieving its distinct modern identity, the only transport across the island remains on foot, by…
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Milos: An Island Shaped Entirely by Its Own Volcanic Chemistry
Milos is a genuinely volcanic island, its dramatic, otherworldly coastline of white and multicoloured rock formations, most famously at Sarakiniko beach, resulting…
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Naxos: The Largest Cycladic Island, Built Around an Unfinished Gateway
Naxos is the largest of the Cycladic islands, and unlike many of its more famous neighbours, it developed a genuinely self-sufficient agricultural…
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Christchurch: A City Rebuilding Itself, Deliberately, in Public View
Christchurch was devastated by a series of major earthquakes between 2010 and 2011, the most destructive striking in February 2011, killing 185…
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Wellington: The Windiest Capital City in the World
Wellington holds the distinction of being the windiest capital city in the world, its position at the narrow, exposed southern tip of…
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Perth: One of the Most Isolated Major Cities on Earth
Perth is frequently cited as one of the most isolated major cities in the world, its nearest comparably sized city, Adelaide, sits…
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Alice Springs: A Town Built Around a Waterhole in the Middle of a Continent
Alice Springs sits almost exactly at the geographic centre of Australia, roughly 1,500 kilometres from the nearest major coastline in any direction,…
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Hobart: A Convict Port That Became an Unlikely Arts Capital
Hobart was founded in 1804 as a penal settlement, the second-oldest city in Australia after Sydney, its early economy and infrastructure built…
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Darwin: A Tropical Capital Rebuilt Twice by Forces Beyond Its Control
Darwin has been almost entirely destroyed and rebuilt twice within living memory, first during Japanese air raids in 1942, when the city,…
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Brisbane: A Subtropical Capital That Turned Its River Into a Civic Centrepiece
Brisbane began as a penal settlement in 1824, established specifically to house convicts who committed further offences after arriving in the earlier…
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Adelaide: A City Planned Entirely Before a Single Building Went Up
Adelaide is among the few major cities in the world whose layout was completely designed before settlement began, surveyor Colonel William Light…
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The Everglades: A River Fourteen Kilometres Wide, Flowing Barely at All
The Everglades is often described not as a swamp but as a genuine river, an extremely wide, extremely shallow one, flowing almost…
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