West Coast Australia
The Swan's oldest and best-known winery is surrounded by stroll-worthy grounds, including a jacaranda grove (check out the insanely purple blooms from…
West Coast Australia
The Swan's oldest and best-known winery is surrounded by stroll-worthy grounds, including a jacaranda grove (check out the insanely purple blooms from…
Victoria
Fronting Rosalind Park in the heart of the city, this beautiful museum honours Australian soldiers who've served abroad. Within a historic domed building …
Victoria
The famous Catalina flying boat A24-30 is on display outside a secret communications bunker, along with photographs and other displays at this museum 16km…
The Southeast
Get fruity at this cider-maker outside of Cygnet that uses eating apples and pears, as well as squeezing out Australia's first natural cherry-apple cider…
The Southeast
About 3km south of Peppermint Bay is this top stop for foodies. Grandvewe Cheeses churns out organic cheese from sheep’s milk – Tasmania's only sheep…
Victoria
Three winemaker mates have come together here to produce their wines on-site using locally grown grapes. The winery's within the Mill complex, and offers…
New South Wales
Recognised as a collection of 'national and international significance', this trove of artefacts and dioramas explores Australasian country music's rich…
West Coast Australia
Got a 4WD and a torch? Detour 35km northeast of Green Head (via Coorow-Green Head Rd) to Stockyard Gully National Park, where this limestone-cave complex…
The East Coast
Inside Swansea’s original schoolhouse, this engaging little museum covers Aboriginal artefacts, colonial and convict history, whaling and the plight of…
New South Wales
Located in a beautiful stone-and-corrugated-iron building, there's a tasting room and vine-laden verandah where you can indulge in Gilbert wines from…
Victoria
Home to a Hungarian silversmith and his family for 120 years, Buda has permanent displays of the family’s extensive art and craft collections, furnishings…
Victoria
Putting Ballarat's ornate architecture to good use, this contemporary gallery is set up inside an 1870s Masonic temple with a colonnaded facade. It's a…
Victoria
The magnificent old market occupies a building with a classical Roman-basilica facade, topped with a statue of Ceres, Roman goddess of the harvest. The…
Tasmania
Low-key but top quality, King Island Dairy’s fromagerie is 8km north of Currie (just beyond the airport). Visit its attached shop to taste award-winning…
Launceston
Prince's Sq once hosted military drills, public hangings and rowdy political meetings. These days, it's a lovely place to relax. There's a bronze fountain…
Kangaroo Island
Down a well-maintained dirt road south of American River, this remote beach is just the spot for a little soul-searching, a breezy paddle in the brine or…
Great Ocean Road
Tucked away down a pastoral road between Lorne and Birregurra is this attractive boutique winery with a tin-shed cellar door. Tastings of its riesling and…
Gold Coast
A hawker-style street market in a previously abandoned warehouse strewn with fairy lights, this lively space has food, fashion, art and live music. Work…
Perth
Look for the vintage aircraft logo on the exterior wall as you visit this combination of urban whisky distillery and sunny coffee shop, in an out-of-the…
Launceston
Launceston had trams until 1952, when the rails were ripped up and the carriages sold off. Now you can visit this volunteer-staffed museum to take a ride…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Victoria St is the city's main heritage precinct, with some fine examples of 19th-century architecture, including the 1862 courthouse at No 47, the…
The Whitsundays
These beautiful falls, a popular swimming spot when there's sufficient water, can be reached by turning east from the Proserpine–Airlie Beach road at…
Gold Coast
True to its name, the Best of All Lookout offers phenomenal views from the southern edge of the Springbrook Plateau to the lowlands below. The 300m trail…
Victoria
This third-generation family winemaker offers tastings of its shiraz in a tasteful cellar door on an 800-hectare farm in Tooborac. It also produces a…
Myilly Point Heritage Precinct
Darwin
At the far northern end of Smith St is this small but important precinct of four houses built between 1930 and 1939 (which means they survived both the…
Sydney
The beachy enclave of Balmoral faces off with Manly across Middle Harbour, and has some good restaurants and a beaut swimming beach. Split in two by an…
Brisbane
Brisbane-raised Fintan Magee (dubbed the 'Australian Banksy') is known across the globe for his whimsical street art, his murals adorning walls from…
Victoria
One of the original vineyards planted on the Peninsula, Stonier is widely known for its chardonnay but also produces a pinot noir and a sparkling. Kids…
Abercrombie Karst Conservation Reserve
New South Wales
Off the beaten track, some 70km southwest of Bathurst, this picturesque national park is known for its impressive limestone caves, including one of the…
The East Coast
From Darlington it’s a one-hour return walk to the Painted Cliffs, at the southern end of Hopground Beach. From the beach you can clamber along the…
Darwin
Available for day-use only, this park protects places of natural and cultural importance, including part of Port Darwin wetland, one of the country's most…
The East Coast
The grounds around the volunteer-run Furneaux Museum are strewn with whalebones, blubber pots and rusty ship propellers. Inside are Aboriginal artefacts …
West Coast Australia
Lovely little Plume is a low-key family-run winery in the Bickley Valley, with an impressive valley view from their iron-clad cellar door. Bite into some…
Mareeba Heritage Museum & Visitor Information Centre
Cairns & Far North Queensland
Comprehensive museum filled with displays on the area’s past and present commercial industries, as well as its natural surrounds; there are loads of…
West Coast Australia
Located in a former milking shed down a sleepy side road, the Beer Farm is Margaret River's most rustic brewery. Loyal locals crowd in with their children…
Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre
Cairns
This centre looks after sick and injured sea turtles before releasing them back into the wild. Educational tours (45 minutes, maximum 15 guests) take…
Hobart
Stand-out beers from Moo Brew, MONA's own craft-beer brewery in nearby Bridgewater, include a zingy Hefeweizen and a hoppy pilsner. Call to organise a…
Victoria
The Army Museum Bandiana displays a variety of war weaponry, items from missions, and documents. The old cars are magnificent. There are Buick and Holden…
Echuca Historical Society Museum
Victoria
This historical museum is located in the old police station, which has been classified by the National Trust. It has a collection of local history items,…
Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina
Port Douglas
The hub of waterbased activities in Port Douglas, Crystalbrook Marina is also attempting to be a social hub with a few restaurants, bars and boutique…
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