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Love travel, but can’t afford it? How to save for your dream holiday

Dominic Powell Money Editor September 21, 2025 — 5.00am

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After a long, cold winter, it’s refreshing to look at the BOM’s week ahead weather forecast and see a sprinkling of 22 and 23 degree days. Spring has sprung, which is great news for lovers of park visits and baby animals, and the distributors of Telfast and Zyrtec.

It also marks the official end of “Euro summer”, when flocks of Australians, young and old, escape winter to sun themselves in Italy or France or w

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