Tony Armstrong's bold one-off TV special has ruffled more than a few feathers in the lead up to Australia Day.

Specialist police have been deployed in search for a man who allegedly killed three people, including a pregnant 25-year-old woman.

Rather than re-fight the same argument each year, a new poll has shown strong support for moving on – ideally with a barbecue.

Travel writer Justine Tyerman returns to her spiritual home, and discovers that some places must be lived, lost and revisited before the words will come.