It’s time to talk about one of my favourite things, food. More specifically, one of my favourite types of food – calorific, delicious, sickly sweet stuff.

One of the best things about travelling is getting to sample different food from around the world, things you may never have tried, or even heard of before, but also things that you may eat quite often here in the UK with either a different or more authentic spin.

With sweets and cakes being one such example. You can go to any shop round the corner from your house and buy something tasty and a little bit sickly, but there are so many more delicious varieties and concoctions out there waiting to be savoured.

To give you a bit of an introduction to some of the yummiest, here is a count down of our choice of the best, and most scoffable sweet treats from around the world.

Babka.

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Before I go any further, let me say this: Sydney is AMAZING. It’s a legendary traveller hole – people come here and kind of get stuck, they love it so much they find it hard to tear themselves away.

Yes, you must climb the Harbour Bridge, yes, you must take in the view of the Sydney Opera House from the Manly Ferry and yes, of course, you must learn to surf on Bondi Beach. A trip to Australia would feel a little unfulfilled if you didn’t do those things.

That said, there’s so much more to New South Wales than just Sydney. So whether you’re flying in, or just passing through, whatever you do, make sure you hang around long enough to explore, otherwise you’ll be kicking yourself when you hear everyone else’s stories later on – trust me.

The ‘Other’ Best Bits to be Found in New South Wales

If you’re still hankering for some Sydney action after reading this, then make sure you check out our tips for making the most of Secret Sydney. It will show you an entirely new face of what is undoubtedly one of the best cities in the world. Can you tell I’m a fan?

Now, back to what you came here for, here are 10 amazing things to do in New South Wales that will take you beyond Sydney…

The Blue Mountains offer amazing views of dramatic landscapes just a few miles north of Sydney.

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It’s that time again! Our Experts are ready and waiting to answer your pressing travel questions.

They’ve come up trumps every week so far so will this be the week they finally trip up? I seriously doubt it! This week’s question is from Emily who’s keen to get plans in place for her Christmas and New Year trip to Australia – nothing like being prepared eh?!

My husband and I really want to go to Australia at Christmas time for about 3 weeks – ideally to be in Sydney for New Year. We’d like to visit Sydney, Cairns and Perth and have about £7,000 between us but don’t really know how far our budget will stretch in the time we have. Can you advise anything? Emily

An excellent question and one which many of our readers will be keen to know the answer to. So experts, show us what you’ve got!

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The decision to pack up your entire life and move to the other side of the world is a big one.

Yes, it’s exciting. Yes, you’re going to have the time of your life. And yes, this is going to be an experience that, not only will you remember forever, but you never know, could actually end up changing the course of your life from here on out.

Pretty dramatic I know, but true. So, as you can imagine, there’s plenty to think about and lots to arrange. Luckily for you, here at STA Travel, we’ve been sending eager young people off on working holidays to Australia for years – and we are pretty blooming good at making sure they have the best time possible, even if we do say so ourselves.

To help you get your head around the logistics, I’ve put together this handy guide on all things working holidays, to help you take those first steps towards a new life Down Under.

A working holiday to Australia is an experience you'll never forget.

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Do you remember the Best Job in the World campaign from 2009? The one that offered one lucky individual the chance to get paid £70,000 to live on a tropical island in the Great Barrier Reef somewhere off the coast of Queensland.

The only requirements being that the successful candidate must be — and this is important — willing to swim, snorkel, dive and sail. In whichever order they want. Whenever they want.

Sounds great, right? Well imagine if it was back. But instead of one job for one person on one island, there are six jobs, in six states, for six people.

Well, it’s back.

Tourism Australia has six incredible jobs up for grabs – each with a six-month contract and salary package worth AUD $100,000 (£65k). If you’re successful, you could be paid to live a life most people can only dream of, working in one of six extraordinary areas of Australia.

Your daily duties could include waking-up kangaroos, taste-testing boutique beer and wine, patrolling pristine beaches or sleeping in a swag under the stars in the Outback.

Coming up, we’ll tell you exactly how you could be spending your days down under, if you land one of the Best Jobs in the World.

Swimming with Sea Lions, Baird Bay, South Australia

Here’s some more information about the jobs…

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