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Young & Jacksons
Across the street from Flinders Street Station is a pub known less for its beer (served up since 1861) than its iconic nude painting of the teenaged Chloe, painted by Jules Joseph Lefebvre. Chloes yearning gaze, cast over her shoulder and out of the frame, was a hit at the Paris Sa
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Tamarama Beach
Surrounded by high cliffs, Tamarama has a deep tongue of sand with just 80m of shoreline. Diminutive, yes, but ever-present rips make Tamarama the most dangerous patrolled beach in New South Wales; it鈥檚 often closed to swimmers. It鈥檚 hard to picture now, but between 1887 and 1911 a
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Horseshoe Bay
The crescent-shaped, golden-sand beach is easily the best of the islands accessible beaches. It has a stinger enclosure , water-sports equipment for hire, a row of cafes and a good pub. Bungalow Bay Koala Village has a wildlife park where you can cuddle koalas ($14 including photos
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Adelaide Park Lands
The city centre and ritzy North Adelaide are surrounded by a broad band of parkland. Colonel William Light, Adelaide鈥檚 controversial planner, came up with the concept, which has been both a blessing and a curse for the city. Pros: heaps of green space, clean air and playgrounds for
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Great Synagogue
The heritage-listed Great Synagogue (1878) is the spiritual home of Sydney鈥檚 oldest Jewish congregation, established in 1831. It鈥檚 considered the Mother Synagogue of Australia and is architecturally the most important in the southern hemisphere, combining Romanesque, Gothic, Mooris
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Girraween National Park
A short drive east of Ballandean, Girraween National Park is home to some astonishing granite boulders, pristine forests and brilliant blooms of springtime wild flowers (Girraween means place of flowers), all of which make a marvellous setting for a stroll. Wildlife is abundant and
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Mareeba Wetlands
This is a 20-sq-km reserve of woodlands, grasslands, swamps and the expansive Clancys Lagoon, a birdwatchers nirvana. A huge range of bird species flock here, and you might see other animals such as kangaroos and freshwater crocs. Over 12km of walking trails criss-cross the wetlan
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Manly Sea Life Sanctuary
This ain鈥檛 the place to come if you鈥檙e on your way to Manly Beach for a surf. Underwater glass tubes enable you to become alarmingly intimate with 3m grey nurse sharks. Reckon they鈥檙e not hungry? Shark Dive Xtreme (introductory/certified dives $280/205) enables you to enter their w
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Four Corners of Ross
The crossroads in the middle of town is the Four Corners of Ross, potentially leading your soul in one of four directions: temptation (represented by the Man O鈥橰oss Hotel), salvation (the Catholic Church), re-creation (the town hall) or damnation (the old jail). Other notable histo
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Arcadia Village
Arcadia village has the islands main concentration of shops, eateries and accommodation. Its main beach, Geoffrey Bay , has a reef at its southern end (DERM discourages reef walking). By far its prettiest beach is Alma Bay cove , with huge boulders tumbling into the sea. Theres ple
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Sydney Jewish Museum
Created largely as a Holocaust memorial, this museum examines Australian Jewish history, culture and tradition, from the time of the First Fleet (which included 16 known Jews), to the immediate aftermath of WWII (when Australia became home to the greatest number of Holocaust surviv
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Hastings Caves & Thermal Springs
Signposted 5km inland from the Huon Hwy 15km south of Dover are the amazing Hastings Caves & Thermal Springs . Explore the caves via guided tour: buy tickets at the visitor centre. Tours leave roughly hourly, but times vary through the year: call of check the website for specif
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Back O Bourke Exhibition Centre
This highly worthwhile exhibition space follows the legends of the back country (both Indigenous and settler) through interactive displays. It also houses the Bourke visitor centre and sells packages that include one or all of the towns major attractions 鈥?a river cruise on the Jan
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Macquarie Place
Beneath some shady Moreton Bay fig trees a block or two back from the Quay is this little historic triangle. Look for the actual cannon and anchor from the First Fleet flagship (HMS Sirius ), an ornate but defunct 1857 drinking fountain, a National Trust鈥揷lassified gentlemen鈥檚 piss
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Mt Augustus
In Wajarri country, this huge monocline (1105m), twice as large as Uluru and a good deal more remote, rises 717m above the surrounding plains. There are a number of walking trails and Aboriginal rock-art sites to explore, including the superb summit trail (12km return, six hours).
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Olive Pink Botanic Garden
A network of meandering trails leads through this lovely arid zone botanic garden, which was founded by the prominent anthropologist Olive Pink. The garden has more than 500 central Australian plant species and grows bush foods and medicinal plants like native lemon grass, quandong
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Torndirrup National Park
Covering much of the peninsula enclosing the southern reaches of Princess Royal Harbour and King George Sound, this national park features windswept, ocean-bashed cliffs. The Gap is a natural cleft in the rock, channelling surf through walls of granite. Close by is the Natural Brid
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Immigration Museum
The Immigration Museum uses personal and community voices, images and memorabilia to tell the many stories of Australian immigration. Symbolically housed in the old Customs House, the restored building alone is worth the visit: the Long Room is a magnificent piece of Renaissance re
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Nyinkka Nyunyu
This innovative museum and gallery highlights the dynamic art and culture of the local Warumungu people. The absorbing displays focus on contemporary art, traditional objects (many returned from interstate museums), bush medicine and regional history. The diorama series, or bush TV
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Brisbane Water National Park
On the north side of the Hawkesbury River, 9km southwest of Gosford, Brisbane Water National Park extends eastwards from the Pacific Hwy to Brisbane Water itself. Despite its name, the park is mostly sandstone outcrops and forest with only a short Brisbane Water frontage. This park
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