About this time in 2019, I was enjoying the privilege of staying at Hong Kong’s then newly opened Rosewood.

The so-called Island of the Gods has long been a magnet for laid-back hedonistic tourism, a place where letting your hair down is key to the tropical island escapist zeitgeist.

South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula is often overlooked by its popular neighbour Eyre Peninsula. But anyone who has put the blinker on to head south a little early (or miscalculated a ferry departure to Eyre, like I did) will be patting themselves on the back. Especially if camping is on the itinerary.

Investigative travel journalism is a thing. I made it so this week. Armed with sunglasses, a bikini and an iPhone, I took myself off to Grand Hyatt Bali resort, in Nusa Dua, to see first-hand what kind of hell four nights in quarantine might look like…

It doesn’t get more remote than camping on an island especially when the only way to get there is by boat, barge or ferry. For a nature-based getaway girt by sea, here are nine of the country’s best.

Even better than pitching a tent amid some of the world’s most spectacular scenery is not having to pay for it. Here are five campsites where the views, swimming spots, fire-pits and fresh air are free.

There’s a Spanish backpacker out there somewhere with footage of me performing one of the most epic stunts of my life – jumping off a waterfall into the raging waters of Eliot Falls.