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…
Must-see attractions in Australia & Pacific
New South Wales
Recognised as a collection of 'national and international significance', this trove of artefacts and dioramas explores Australasian country music's rich…
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…
Christchurch & Canterbury
The variety of craft beers available to taste at this wee brewery never wanes. Stop in to fill a rigger (flagon) to take away, or sup an ale alongside a…
Queenstown
Peregrine by name, peregrine by design…the award-winning construction of the cellar door, shaped a bit like a falcon's wing in flight, looks particularly…
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…
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
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…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
National Aquarium of New Zealand
Napier
Inside this modern complex with its stingray-inspired roof are piranhas, terrapins, eels, kiwi, tuatara and a whole lotta fish. Snorkellers can swim with…
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…
Brisbane
Brisbane-raised Fintan Magee (dubbed the 'Australian Banksy') is known across the globe for his whimsical street art, his murals adorning walls from…
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…
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…
School of Mines & Mineralogical Museum
Coromandel Peninsula
The Historic Places Trust runs tours of these buildings, which house an extensive collection of NZ rocks, minerals and fossils. The oldest section (1868)…
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…
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…
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…
Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre
Coromandel Peninsula
The Miranda Shorebird Centre has birdlife displays, hires out binoculars and sells useful bird-watching pamphlets. Nearby is a hide and several walks (30…
The West Coast
At nightfall, bring a torch (or grope your way) into this grotto on the northern edge of town, signposted off SH6. The dell is an easy opportunity to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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