New South Wales
Ben Chifley, Australia's postwar prime minister from 1945 to 1949, lived in Bathurst, and the modest Chifley Home is on display, housing interesting…
Must-see attractions in New South Wales
Australian Centre for Photography
Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
The nonprofit ACP exhibits photographic gems from renowned Sydney and international photographers. It’s particularly passionate about photomedia, video…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Occupying an impressive 1880-built house, this small gallery has an interesting collection of NSW landscape paintings and regularly displays special…
Byron Bay
Start your 3.7km walking track around Cape Byron from the Captain Cook Lookout. The rainforest stretch near the lookout has the best wildlife-spotting ops.
Southern NSW & The Murray
A drive up to this fabulous reserve (at 863m) with picnic areas and no fewer than three lookouts, offering stunning views of the valley below, is a must.
New South Wales
Follow Tamworth's jacaranda-lined White St to the very top, where you'll reach this viewpoint. It's the best seat in the house as the sun goes down.
Southern NSW & The Murray
In Wee Jasper, about 57km southwest of Yass, you'll find this enchanting limestone cave. Note the road from Yass to Wee Jasper is now fully sealed.
Southern NSW & The Murray
Farm tours in a vintage bus include a session tasting pickles, relishes, fruits and jams. Look forward to lots of seasonal goodies.
Southern NSW & The Murray
Don't miss a visit to the region's oldest (1913) and best-known winery. It's really hard not to taste everything you possibly can.
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Held by the Clarence River, this market features locally produced food and craft, and live music.
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.
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…
Sydney
Opened to much architectural acclaim in 2008, this impressive park makes use of Paddington's long-abandoned 1866 water reservoir, incorporating the brick…
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…
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…
Sydney
This suburban park is a little unkempt but allows you to get to know some native animals. Petting and feeding kangaroos and wallabies is a highlight, as…
Byron Bay & Northern NSW
Lying just in-shore from the beach, this freshwater lake is tinged brown by tannins leeching from the tea trees along its banks. Don't fret: it's…
Sydney
A short walk (or swim) from Congwong Beach will land you at Little Congwong, a secluded, unofficially clothing-optional beach.
Byron Bay
South of Suffolk Park, this popular clothing-optional, gay-friendly beach is just off Seven Mile Beach Rd past the Broken Head Holiday Park.
Sydney
In colonial times this small fortified harbour island was a sorry site of suffering, used to isolate recalcitrant convicts and nicknamed ‘Pinchgut’ for…
New South Wales
Coonabarabran's skies are so clear, the Australian National University chose to set up this research facility some 27km west of the town, on the edge of…
Sydney
The Sydney residences of Australia’s governor general and prime minister are located on Kirribilli Point, east of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. When in town,…
Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
Once the residence of Alexander Green, hangman of Darlinghurst Gaol, Green Park is a cheery space during the day, but as the many syringe-disposal bins…
Sydney
Part of the broader Centennial Parklands (a huge green swathe that cuts from Surry Hills to Bondi), Moore Park covers 115 hectares south of Paddington…
Sydney
Built in a blended Mediterranean/Georgian Revival style in 1929, ‘The Pav’ is more a cultural centre than a changing shed, although it does have changing…
New South Wales
North of town, this complex is home to the Parkes Visitor Information Centre plus a handful of exhibitions housed in a few small museums.The King's Castle…
Tathra & Around
Spreading north of the Bega River along the coast, Mimosa Rocks National Park is an earthly paradise of rainforests, lagoons and distinctive rock…
Newtown & the Inner West
This humble backstreet temple was opened in 1898 by immigrants from the Sze Yup area of China. It’s dedicated to 3rd-century folk hero Kwan Ti, whose…
Sydney
This grassy tract at Coogee Beach’s northern end has superb ocean views and the Giles Baths ocean pool. A sobering shrine commemorates the 2002 Bali…
New South Wales
Dramatic, forested, ravine-riven and wild, Gibraltar Range and Washpool National Parks lie south and north of the Gwydir Hwy, 72m east of Glen Innes…
Newtown & the Inner West
The green gateway to the Inner West and the University of Sydney, Victoria Park is a 9-hectare grassy wedge revolving around pondlike Lake Northam and…
Sydney
Scruffy, bushy Balls Head Reserve not only has great views of the harbour, the city skyline and the industrial relics on Goat Island, it also has a wiggly…
New South Wales
At over 5000sq km, the 'Pilliga Scrub' is the largest unbroken swathe of semi-arid woodland remaining in NSW. Begin at the Pilliga Forest Discovery Centre…
Sydney
Sydney has produced many famous sinners but this museum tells the life story of St Mary of the Cross (aka Mary MacKillop), Australia’s only Catholic saint…
South Coast NSW
Buoyancy, inertia, the Stroop effect and other scientific laws and phenomena are explained with cranks, bubbling tubes and even a mechanical elephant at…
Sydney
If we were feeling cynical, we might say that the purpose-built Entertainment Quarter is a vacuous, self-perpetuating specimen of lightweight global…
Sydney
If Balmain’s historic cuteness doesn’t float your boat, head to Elkington Park, named in 1883 after a local politician. It slopes down towards the water,…
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