{"id":58815,"date":"2012-11-20T11:40:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T00:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.australiantraveller.com\/?page_id=58815"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:16:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T07:16:29","slug":"100-best-towns-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.australiantraveller.com\/100-best-towns-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Towns in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

From wine-growing hubs to beachside hideaways and remote outback communities, Australian Traveller\u00a0has searched high and low to determine which are Australia\u2019s Best Towns. But before you get to the list, here\u2019s how we made our decisions . . .<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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About the\u00a0100 Best Towns in Australia<\/h3>\n

Here at\u00a0Australian Traveller<\/em>, we\u2019re very lucky to be able to get out and see much of the country. But everywhere we\u2019re asked the same question: what is our favourite town? Everyone here has a different opinion. So, we set out to answer that much-debated question: Which is the Best Town in Australia? And boy, did we open up a can of worms.<\/p>\n\n

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. For some people, the perfect town is a largely untouched seaside hamlet. For others, it\u2019s anywhere with a quintessential outback pub full of hard-living characters. So we decided to simplify things a bit.<\/p>\n\n

We created a shortlist of around 300 towns we liked, all with a population of less than 45,000 \u2013 some with fewer than 50. We then created a\u00a0Judging Panel\u00a0of 12 people who\u2019d been there and seen almost all of Australia. We made sure they represented different tastes; we had fashionistas, grumpy old men, sports nuts, tourism industry experts, travel writers, and even some well-travelled normal people. That would keep the research experts happy.<\/p>\n\n

Without further ado, here are the 100 Best Towns in Australia<\/strong>. And if you still want more, don’t miss Australia’s friendliest towns<\/a> and the best under-the-radar towns<\/a> to visit this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From wine-growing hubs to beachside hideaways and remote outback communities, Australian Traveller\u00a0has searched high and low to determine which are Australia\u2019s Best Towns. But before you get to the list, here\u2019s how we made our decisions . . . About the\u00a0100 Best Towns in Australia Here at\u00a0Australian Traveller, we\u2019re very lucky to be able to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211803,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"templates\/modular-hundred-landing-page.php","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe 100 Best Towns in Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We polled a range of Aussie travel experts from all over the country to answer the question: which are the 100 best towns in Australia? 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