West Coast Australia
Across the street from the main Edenvale Homestead, Pinjarra's original red-brick schoolhouse (1860) is now a quilting workshop. It operated as a school…
Must-see attractions in Australia
Hobart
The Anglesea Barracks were built adjacent to Battery Point in 1814. Still used by the army, this is the oldest military establishment in Australia. Inside…
Newtown & the Inner West
These two rolling, grassy parks merge together to offer some tasty views across Rozelle Bay, and of both the Anzac and Harbour Bridges. Massive fig and…
West Coast Australia
Around 15km northeast of Mundaring near Chidlow, freshwater Lake Leschenaultia is a picturesque former railway dam created in 1897, and now boasting…
The East Coast
About 7km north of Bicheno, this wildlife park is overrun with native and non-native wildlife, including Tasmanian devils, wallabies, quolls, snakes,…
Tasmania
Named after the upper Savage River, this wilderness region in the northwest of Tasmania is home to the largest contiguous area of cool temperate…
Cradle Country & The West
Located 12km southwest of Strahan at the harbour’s southern head, this 40m-high lighthouse dates from 1899 and is purportedly the second highest in…
Canberra
The country's elite and aspiring athletes hone their sporting prowess at the AIS. Visitors can take 90-minute guided tours of the facilities, led by…
West Coast Australia
This glorious red-brick 1885 mansion overlooks the river a short drive east of town. Wrapped in wrought-iron verandahs and glowing russet-red in the WA…
Cradle Country & The West
This museum started life as the Imperial Hotel in 1897 and now houses an extensive and idiosyncratically captioned photographic collection documenting the…
Melbourne
Built in 1932, this honey-coloured art-deco skyscraper brings a slice of Chicago (or possibly Gotham City) to Swanston St. It's worth popping into the…
Victoria
The last stop on the Bendigo Talking Tram line is this depot workshop, where you can clamber aboard old trams and watch repairs and renovations. There's a…
Sydney
Cremorne Point (technically Robertsons Point; Woolwarra-jurng to the Eora people) is a beaut spot for a picnic on grassy Cremorne Reserve, or for a swim…
Melbourne
Built between 1869 and 1870, this Parisian-style shopping arcade is Melbourne’s oldest and has managed to retain much of its charming 19th-century detail…
Canberra
The Australian National University's main gallery displays specials exhibitions and items from the ANU's art collection. On permanent display is the…
Melbourne
Tolarno was an integral player in Melbourne’s most famous midcentury artistic marriage: that between Georges and Mirka Mora. The gallery was once…
Canberra
In the city's northeast corner, behind Mt Ainslie, Mt Majura (888m) offers wonderful views from the lookout at its summit and splendid bushwalking…
New South Wales
This quirky little museum was once Nundle's undertaker's residence. Now it shows the history of gold mining in the district, including a 150m-long tunnel…
Cradle Country & The West
The panoramic views of town from this lookout, which was named by soldiers after a battle in the Boer War, are excellent. Try to arrive at sunset, when…
Brisbane & Around
You should be dancing, yeah! You may just get the urge as you wander through this outdoor alley installation, which honours Redcliffe's most famous…
Blue Mountains
Less a cave than an alcove, this Aboriginal shelter is decorated by Darug people with hand stencils dating from between 500 and 1600 years ago. It's an…
Victoria
The Briars is the National Trust-listed 1851 homestead of one of the peninsula’s first pastoral runs. Sitting on 96 hectares, it includes original farm…
Great Ocean Road
Now that Prickly Moses has opened a taphouse in Apollo Bay there's less reason to make the trek up here to its brewery, but it's a nice excuse for a drive…
Brisbane
Commenced in 1828, this windmill is reputedly the oldest surviving building in Queensland. Due to a design flaw, the windmill sails were too heavy for the…
New South Wales
Henry Lawson – perhaps Australia's most celebrated author – spent part of his childhood in gold-rush Gulgong. This small museum housed in a former…
Adelaide
This towering sandstone edifice on North Tce has been a bastion of secret handshakes and funny robes since 1927. But like other things that most people…
Sunshine Coast
On Sunday mornings, crowds flock to Bulcock St to browse Caloundra's market stalls. You'll find everything from international street food to local art,…
South Coast NSW
In an attractive 1884 bank building, complete with tinted glass and high ceilings, this small museum on the high street gives an overview of local history…
South Coast NSW
The larger and newer of Wollongong's two lighthouses, this 25m concrete tower is still active. Picnic benches close by on the grassy headland, and…
South Coast NSW
Sombre photographs of Bega's early European inhabitants cover the walls of this creaky regional museum, housed in the town's first hotel (1859).
Hobart
For a classic view of Hobart, the Derwent River and the hulking mass of kunanyi/Mt Wellington in the background, drive up to this seldom-visited hilltop…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Nimbin was an innovator of the organic gardening movement and this world-renowned permaculture education centre, created out of a degraded cow pasture…
Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
This lovely neo-Gothic sandstone church (1858) makes for a hushed escape from the urban jangle of Darlinghurst Rd. There's some fine stained glass; the…
Canberra
A section of the grassy public space between Parliament and Lake Burley Griffin has been designated to represent the nation's commitment to the cause of…
Emu Ridge Farm Eucalyptus Distillery
Kangaroo Island
A detour off Hog Bay or Birchmore roads takes you past this self-sufficient operation (all solar-, steam- and wind-powered) extracting eucalyptus oil from…
Crystal Castle & Shambhala Gardens
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
A positive-energy theme park where pretty gardens are dotted with monolithic crystal pieces, a huge gold Buddha and mystical statues. Wander across the…
West Coast Australia
This two-room, sawn-timber cottage is in the grounds of the Guildford Courthouse, and is actually the oldest part of the Guildford Heritage Precinct (1863…
Manly
Indulge your mermaid fantasies (the more seemly ones at least) in the pretty, triangular ocean pool set into the rocky shoreline here. The life-size sea…
West Coast Australia
To see WA wildflowers being dried and shipped around the country, visit the commercial Westways Wildflower Farm, 19km north of Moora in Coomberdale…
Southern WA
Most of this park's 107 sq km is covered in scrub and coastal heath, sheltering kangaroos and birds. You might also spot seals. Stokes Inlet is a popular…
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