The Lonely Planet Best of Travel in 2025 and a Scrubba Stealth Pack
LONELY PLANET’S BEST IN TRAVEL DESTINATIONS FOR 2025 REVEALED
Tasmania’s Launceston & The Tamar Valley awarded #4 spot in the 2025 Top Regions Hotlist.
- Global travel authority Lonely Planet has today unveiled its top destinations to visit next year with the release of Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2025.
- Highlighting Lonely Planet’s expert predictions for the coming year, Best in Travel 2025 features 30 must-visit destinations from all around the globe and is Lonely Planet’s 15th publication of their annual collection.
- This year, the guide includes the Top 10 Countries, Top 10 Cities, Top 10 Regions, and Top 10 Emerging Travel Trends.
- Ranked as #4 in the prestigious Top 10 Regions in the world, Launceston and the Tamar Valley show off the happy marriage of nature and nurture: from the craggy Cataract Gorge and local natural experiences to some of Australia’s most impressive wineries, artisanal producers, and dining.
- Top Countries include Pacific neighbours, Fiji at #2 and Vanuatu at #8
- For the coming year, this must-have travel guide also features the Top Ten Emerging Travel Trends highlighting some notable Australian and NZ inclusions – Top 10 Best Beaches ( #1 Whitehaven Beach, Qld and #2 Squeaky Beach, Vic) and Top 10 Places to Relax (#2 The Indian Pacific Railway Journey) and Top 10 Avian Species to Look Out For (#1 the Cassowary, #8 Takahe, NZ ).
The Scrubba Stealth Pack; the backpack that does it all.
The Aussie designed Scrubba stealth pack is a durable, versatile, and weatherproof backpack that enables you to wash, carry, and store like never before. It has been built especially for the outdoors, and is loaded with features that enable it to variously function as a portable washing machine, compression dry bag, and makeshift camp shower, all in unparalleled style.
An evolution of the original Scrubba wash bag a.k.a. the world’s first pocket-sized portable washing machine, the lightweight (455g/16 oz) stealth pack offers greater functionality for travellers, outdoor adventurers, and eco-commuters by combining the signature internal washboard with several new features to enable innovative stealth functions for:
- washing clothes anywhere
- keeping gear dry
- showering anywhere
- packing smaller
Thanks to its 21L capacity (40% larger than the original Scrubba wash bag), the stealth pack allows for greater laundry loads and easily accommodates all the gear needed for basic day trips. As a portable washing machine, the stealth pack is electricity free and uses significantly less water than a conventional washing machine.
How to use:
To wash clothes, simply add water, cleaning liquid, and your clothes to the bag before sealing it, twisting open the valve, deflating and rubbing for 3 minutes, and then rinsing and allowing clothes to dry. A purpose designed internal washboard provides a machine quality wash anywhere in just minutes. The XL twist-valve not only enables quicker and easier deflation, but also allows the bag to function as a compression sack that is ideal for packing as small and compactly as possible. A camp shower can also be improvised by filling the pack with water, hanging via the straps, and opening the valve to produce a steady stream of water that is ideal for washing out in the wilderness. Durable and multi-functional, the stealth pack is, quite simply, the only backpack that promises to carry you through the adventure and help clean off your sweat and mud at the end of it.
