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Reading Time: 6 minutes Calling all freaks! Key West’s Fantasy Fest, a cross between Mardi Gras and Burning Man , welcomes 60,000 of the most liberal fun lovers every year. A ten day festival situated at the Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.A., Fantasy Fest is famous for sunshine, body paint, and Halloween shenanigans. Here are some things to know for your next visit! I’m playing dead at Fantasy Fest. Matt Karsten @ExpertVagabond What is there to do at Fantasy Fest? “Everything” may be an appropriate answer. Parades March in or view the Halloween parades and bike rides. Each group of partygoers takes the Fest’s annual theme and twists it to individual tastes. The 2015 theme,  All Hallows InterGalactic Freak Show  inspired space-cowboys, “Star-Trek,” Space Mountain , and a mix of Martians all in various states of dress and undress.   1 of 7,000 costumed riders at Key West’s annual Fantasy Fest. Rob O’Neal...

There’s two ways you can do the Broome to Darwin drive . One’s via the highway, which has some nice stops but is a little bit bland. Or, you can say yes to adventure , stock up the 4WD with spare tyres and a puncture repair kit , and brave the Gibb River Road. The best part of the Broome to Darwin road trip traverses the astonishingly beautiful Kimberley region , which is known as ‘Australia’s Last Frontier’. It’s one of the biggest portions of untouched wilderness left on this earth, and its natural beauty is one like no other. With dramatic gorges that drop off into oblivion, secluded swimming holes flanked by exotic trees, and roaring waterfalls plummeting into depths below, the Kimberley is a place like no other, and without a doubt is the very best part of a Broome to Darwin drive itinerary. And of course, you’ve got some other gems around the Gibb River Road area too. The endlessly blue Lake Argyle , the tiny settlements of Derby , Wyndham and Kunanurra , and over the bo...