‘We don’t know if the house has survived’:Tourists,residents evacuated as bushfire rages at Eagle Bay
Updated
Bushfires

‘We don’t know if the house has survived’:Tourists,residents evacuated as bushfire rages at Eagle Bay

“We ... went down to the beach and there were a lot of people who had been evacuated and we all watched the fire,it was quite spectacular,” one holidaymaker said.

  • byHeather McNeill andHolly Thompson

Latest

Rush to ritzy rentals as borders reopen across Australia

Rush to ritzy rentals as borders reopen across Australia

Cashed-up holidaymakers have raced to the short-stay rental market as Australia’s borders reopen,and they’re willing pay up to $140,000 a week.

  • byMelissa Heagney
Sarah styled her dream holiday home on an $800 budget

Sarah styled her dream holiday home on an $800 budget

A cabin bought sight unseen on Tasmania’s west coast gave owner and designer Sarah Andrews a place to relax and get creative when she needed it most.

  • byKaren Spresser
Holiday letting code delays betray long-suffering residents
Opinion
Airbnb

Holiday letting code delays betray long-suffering residents

If the final version of a code of conduct for short-term holiday letting does make its new deadline of next June,it will be three years after it was first flagged in Parliament.

  • byJimmy Thomson
Holiday plans wrecked as rental company owner declares bankruptcy

Holiday plans wrecked as rental company owner declares bankruptcy

Holidaymakers are owed thousands after the director and owner of a Mornington Peninsula rental agency declared bankruptcy in the lead up to Christmas.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
How to set up your house as a short-term rental

How to set up your house as a short-term rental

The short-term rental market offers a path to a lucrative second income

  • byNina Hendy