Southern WA
Small, fairly sheltered white-sand beach, with rock slabs for sunbathing. Beware the strong currents.
Must-see attractions in Australia
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Held by the Clarence River, this market features locally produced food and craft, and live music.
Redbank Bridge Salt and Train Lookout
West Coast Australia
Come here at sunset to admire the pink-tinted mountains of salt and the cargo trains passing by.
Victoria
As you drive into town look for this hilltop lookout with sweeping views over the entrance.
West Coast Australia
Appealing sweep of white sand, lapped at by tranquil cerulean waters. Great for swimming.
Brisbane & Around
A small winery focused on handmade, low-volume wines, including an impressive mourvèdre.
West Coast Australia
Ashbrook grows all of its grapes on-site. Its award-winning rieslings are rightly lauded.
West Coast Australia
A small-scale producer with an architectural-award-winning tastings and barrel room.
West Coast Australia
Usually empty, this gorgeous crescent of sand with calm waters is great for a dip.
New South Wales
Pick your own cherries (they grow six varieties here) for a fun family day out.
New South Wales
Come early in the morning for the best chance to see a large variety of birds.
Cairns & Far North Queensland
Almost 100 stalls of market goodies from local producers and artisans.
The East Coast
Four kilometres north of Bicheno is the turn-off to Douglas-Apsley, an impressive park, with rocky peaks, eucalypt forest, waterfalls, abundant bird and…
Western Australian Museum – Perth
Perth
The state's museum is a six-headed beast, with branches in Albany, Geraldton and Kalgoorlie as well as two in Fremantle. This main branch in Northbridge…
Canberra
It's certainly not the biggest in Australia, but Canberra's zoo is well laid out and animal friendly, with native fauna such as Tasmanian devils and…
Melbourne's Living Museum of the West
Melbourne
This charming museum focuses on the unique history of West Melbourne, a traditionally working-class area and home to a high proportion of migrants. It's…
Melbourne
The Arts Centre, one of Melbourne's top performing arts venues, comprises two separate buildings, Hamer Hall and the Theatres Building (under the spire,…
Melbourne
This interesting but extremely pricey aquarium is home to giant rays, gropers and sharks, all of which cruise around a 2.2 million-litre tank, watched by…
Darwin
At the far northern end of Smith St is a small but important precinct of four houses built in the 1930s and now on the Register of the National Estate…
Canberra
This institution has accumulated more than 10 million items since being established in 1901 and has digitised more than nine billion files. You can pop by…
Broome
The original pearl luggers' jetty at the entrance to Dampier Creek dates from the 1880s and has been rebuilt a number of times. The thin rickety wooden…
Melbourne
Melbourne’s main sea terminal, Station Pier, has great sentimental associations for many migrants who arrived by ship in the 1950s and '60s, as well as…
Newtown & the Inner West
Full of dog walkers, kite flyers and stragglers from last night’s party, 40-hectare Sydney Park is a great place to chill out. From the bald hilltop you…
Canberra
Canberra's National Arboretum is an ever-developing showcase of trees from around the world, with 94 forests of different species currently on-site. It is…
Canberra
The Royal Australian Mint is Australia’s biggest money-making operation. Its gallery showcases the history of Australian coinage; learn about the 1813 …
Sydney
Opened to much architectural acclaim in 2008, this impressive park makes use of Paddington's long-abandoned 1866 water reservoir, incorporating the brick…
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Melbourne
ACCA is one of Australia’s most exciting and challenging contemporary galleries, showcasing a range of local and international artists. The building is…
Sydney
Arguably the most beautiful beach in Kamay Botany Bay National Park, serene Congwong faces the bay rather than the open ocean, making it great for…
Sydney
This brightly coloured circular walkway is supported by what look like metal chopsticks, lifting it 18m above the water filling an abandoned brickworks…
Adelaide
This low-key museum in Glenelg’s 1887 Town Hall building depicts the social history of Glenelg from colonisation to today, and addresses the plight of the…
Sydney
Australia’s oldest villa (1824), this restored Georgian mansion was built by Robert Cooper with profits from his gin business (he named it after the…
Sydney
About 50m offshore at La Perouse is the strange Bare Island, a decaying, grass-tussocked concrete fort built in 1885 to discourage a feared Russian…
Canberra
Black Mountain (812m), northwest of the city, is topped by the oddly stumpy 195m-high Telstra Tower, which offers a sweeping vista from its 66m-high…
Haigh's Chocolates Visitor Centre
Adelaide
If you’ve got a chocolate problem, get guilty at this iconic factory. Free 25-minute tours take you through the chocolate life-cycle from cacao bean to…
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