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Double Bay
An odd thing has happened to Double Bay recently. Once the bastion of blue-rinse ladies and flashy, nouveau-riche types, its now the clubbing locale of choice for young Sydneysiders escaping the lockouts and early closure of the city bars. Its a suburb in transition, with the reope
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Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf
A former wool and cargo dock, this beautiful Edwardian wharf faced oblivion for decades before a 2陆 year demolition-workers鈥?green ban on the site in the late 1980s saved it. It received a huge sprucing up in the late 1990s and has emerged as one of Sydney鈥檚 most exclusive eating,
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Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum
This outstanding museum, about 15km east of Winton, is set atop a rugged plateau known as the Jump Up. There are two sides to the museum 鈥?the laboratory and the collection, the latter comprising original dinosaur fossils found in the region that make up the incomplete skeletons of
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Aquarium of Western Australia
Dividing WAs vast coastline into five distinct zones (Far North, Coral Coast, Shipwreck Coast, Perth and Great Southern), AQWA features a 98m underwater tunnel showcasing stingrays, turtles, fish and sharks. On weekdays, take the Joondalup train to Warwick station and then transfer
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Cockatoo Island
Studded with photogenic industrial relics, convict architecture and art installations, fascinating Cockatoo Island (Wareamah) opened to the public in 2007 and now has regular ferry services, a campground, rental accommodation, a cafe and a bar. Information boards and audio guides (
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Como House
This grand colonial residence overlooking the Yarra was begun in 1840, and since faithfully restored by the National Trust. It contains some of the belongings of the Armytage family, the last and longest owners, who lived in the house for 95 years. Opening hours are irregular, usua
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City Botanic Gardens
Brisbane鈥檚 favourite green space descends gently from the Queensland University of Technology campus to the river: a mass of lawns, tangled Moreton Bay figs, bunya pines, macadamia trees and Tai Chi troupes. Free guided tours leave the rotunda at 11am and 1pm daily. Also in the gar
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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
About 12km south of the city centre, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary occupies a patch of parkland beside the river. It鈥檚 home to 130 or so koalas, plus kangaroos, possums, wombats, birds and other Aussie critters. The koalas are undeniably cute 鈥?most visitors readily cough up the $16 to
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Worimi Conservation Lands
Located at Stockton Bight, these are the longest, moving sand dunes in the southern hemisphere, stretching over 35km. Thanks to the generosity of the Worimi people, you鈥檙e able to roam around (provided you don鈥檛 disturb any Aboriginal sites) and drive along the beach (4WD only; per
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Australia Zoo
Just north of Beerwah is one of Queensland鈥檚, if not Australia鈥檚, most famous tourist attractions. Australia Zoo is a fitting homage to its founder, zany wildlife enthusiast Steve Irwin. As well as all things slimy and scaly, the zoo has an amazing wildlife menagerie complete with
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Centennial Park
Scratched out of the sand in 1888 in grand Victorian style, Sydney鈥檚 biggest park is a rambling 189-hectare expanse full of horse riders, joggers, cyclists and in-line skaters. During summer Moonlight Cinema attracts the crowds. Among the wide formal avenues, ponds and statues is t
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Living Museum
This charming museum focuses on the unique history of the area, home to a high proportion of migrants and traditionally working class. The museum promotes local participation in its programme of documenting and interpreting the areas social, industrial and environmental history. It
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Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre
On your way out to the Blue Mountains take a few hours out in Penrith to visit the Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural Centre , which was opened as an Aboriginal Meeting Place in 1998 to acknowledge the Dharug people as the traditional custodians of the region. The Cultural Museum he
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Coogee Beach
Coogee is 6km further south of South Beach.
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Kirribilli Point
The Sydney residences of Australia鈥檚 governor general and prime minister are located on Kirribilli Point, east of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. When in town, the PM gets some shut-eye in the Gothic Revival鈥搒tyle Kirribilli House , built in 1854, while the GG bunkers down in Admiralty
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Split Rock Gallery
About 50km north of Lakeland and 12km south of Laura, youll find the turn-off to the Split Rock Gallery, the only rock-art site open to the public without a guide. Entrance is by donation at the car park. The sandstone escarpments here are covered with paintings dating back 14,000
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Katoomba
From Leura, it鈥檚 only 2km to Katoomba, the region鈥檚 main town, whose often-misty steep streets are lined with Art Deco buildings. The population here is an odd mix of working-class battlers and hippyish refugees from the big smoke , all of whom seem to cope with the huge numbers of
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Esplanade
Darwins Esplanade is a long, straight street with flashy hotels on one side and the lush waterside Bicentennial Park on the other. The park runs the length of the Esplanade from Doctors Gully to Lameroo Beach, a sheltered cove popular in the 20s when it housed the saltwater baths,
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Museum of Central Australia
The natural history collection at this compact museum recalls the days of megafauna 鈭?when hippo-sized wombats and 3m-tall flightless birds roamed the land. Among the geological displays are meteorite fragments and fossils. Theres a free audio tour, narrated by a palaeontologist, w
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Fran莽ois Peron National Park
Covering the whole peninsula north of Denham is an area of low scrub, salt lakes and red sandy dunes, home to the rare bilby, mallee fowl and woma python. Theres a scattering of rough camp sites alongside brilliant white beaches, all accessible via 4WD (deflate tyres to 20psi). Don
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