Catherine Best

1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Catherine Best

   Visiting one of Australia’s most amazing natural phenomena is set to change (opens the original)

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   A torrent of angry white water gnashes at the speedboat as the late afternoon light drains the sandstone gorges of colour. Passengers grip their seats, bracing for the natural rollercoaster ride of their lives. “Hold on everyone!” The engine roars to life and the boat surges forward, rearing and bucking over foaming rapids squeezed between a gap in the cliffs, before plunging out the other side. The skipper eases off the throttle and the boat “squats” at the mouth of the gap, where silken eddies

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2. Article · Jul 25, 2026 · Catherine Best

   I come from a family of sun chasers. But this trip made us fall for winter holidays (opens the original)

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   The mountain has claimed its first catch of the day. My 10-year-old son is face first in the safety net, flailing like an expiring trout in a tangle of skis and poles. A mother’s first instinct is to rush to her child. Always. But I have my own problems. I’m down slope and sliding helplessly backwards with each dig of my ski poles. In less than a minute, the boy child is disentangled and upright, skis clicked back on, streaking down the snow. I know somewhere beneath that gobstopper helmet and L

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