Broadbeach is one of the fastest growing resort style shopping areas on the Gold Coast and has three major shopping areas; Pacific Fair, Oasis on Broadbeach, and the Pan Pacific and Conrad International Hotels - which are linked across the Gold Coast highway by monorail. The Cascade Water Gardens offer visitors an ideal picnic spot with free electric barbecues, children's playground, canal fishing and band rotunda - which offers free entertainment on the first Sunday of every month.

Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, is known for its lush landscapes, winding rivers, and rich Buddhist culture. The Mekong River flows along much of the country’s western border, offering both vital transportation routes and scenic vistas. Rolling hills, dense forests, and limestone karsts provide opportunities for hiking, kayaking, and exploring remote villages.

Gotland, Sweden’s largest island, sits in the Baltic Sea and feels like a world of its own. Its main town, Visby, is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the best-preserved medieval towns in Northern Europe. Surrounded by a 3.5-kilometer stone wall with original towers still intact, Visby once served as a key Hanseatic trading hub. Visitors can walk along cobbled streets lined with rose-covered cottages, explore Gothic church ruins, and climb up the city wall for views over the harbor.

Bruny Island is an island destination off the south-east coast of Tasmania, separated from the mainland by the D’Entrecasteaux Channel and reached by a short vehicle ferry from Kettering. The island consists of North Bruny and South Bruny, connected by a narrow isthmus known as The Neck. Its landscape includes beaches, sheltered bays, forests, farmland, cliffs, and coastal heath.

The Banana Islands are a small group of three islands off the coast of Yawri Bay, southwest of Sierra Leone’s Freetown Peninsula. Dublin and Ricketts are connected by a stone causeway, while smaller Mes-Meheux is uninhabited. The islands combine sandy beaches, tropical forest, fishing settlements, and quiet coastal waters.