Top tourism officials from Paris used a Rugby World Cup France 2023 gala in Sydney as a platform to make a play for non-stop flights from Australia to the French capital.

Set in the heart of the Charente, less than 3 hours from Paris by train and 2 hours from Bordeaux, the Domaine des Etangs sprawls over 2,500 acres of protected nature, spread across forests, grassland, and ponds.