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Strzelecki National Park
Visitors love to stamp up the 756m-high Mt Strzelecki in Strzelecki National Park . The walk starts 12km south of Whitemark on Trousers Point Rd, from where you point your trousers up the well-signposted track (four to five hours return). The views from the top are gob-smacking. Mt
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Lyons Cottage
Just across the road from Bicentennial Park, Lyons Cottage was built in 1925. It was Darwins first stone residence, formerly housing executives from the British Australian Telegraph Company (which laid a submarine cable between Australia and Java). Its now undergoing extensive reno
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Marineland Melanesia
This family-owned, tropical-themed aquarium has plenty of fish, turtles, and crocodiles, including Cassius, the largest in captivity: hes thought to be over 100 years old and is 5.5m long! Crocs are fed at 10.30am and 1.30pm daily. There鈥檚 also a collection of Melanesian artefacts.
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Sydney Tropical Centre
The Sydney Tropical Centre comprises the interconnecting Arc and Pyramid glasshouses 鈥?a great place to warm up on a wintry morning. The Arc has a rampant collection of climbers from the worlds rainforests; the Pyramid houses Australian species. At the time of writing, it was close
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John Flynn Place
This outstanding museum celebrates Dr John Flynn鈥檚 work setting up the invaluable and groundbreaking Royal Flying Doctor Service, which gave hope and help to everyone in the remote outback. The museums three levels include interactive displays on the RFDS and early pedal radio, Fly
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Eureka Skydeck
Melbournes tallest building, the 297m-high Eureka Tower was built in 2006, and a wild elevator ride takes you to its 88 floors in less than 40 seconds (check out the photo on the elevator floor if there鈥檚 time). The 鈥楨dge鈥?鈥?a slightly sadistic glass cube 鈥?cantilevers you out of t
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Camp Cove
Immediately north of Watsons Bay, this small swimming beach is popular with both families and topless sunbathers. When Governor Phillip realised Botany Bay didnt cut it as a site for a convict colony, he sailed north into Sydney Harbour, dropped anchor and sunk his boots into Camp
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Bondi Pavilion
Built in the Mediterranean Georgian Revival style in 1929, 鈥楾he Pav鈥?is more a cultural centre than a changing shed, although it does have changing rooms, showers and lockers. Theres a free art gallery upstairs, a theatre out the back and various cafes and a bar lining the ocean fr
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City Park
Expansive City Park has enormous oak and plane trees, an elegant fountain, a glass conservatory, a Victorian bandstand and a playground and mini-train for kids. Peer into your gene pool at the glass-walled Japanese macaque enclosure (8am to 4pm April to September, to 4.30pm October
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Fremantle Arts Centre
An impressive neo-Gothic building surrounded by lovely elm-shaded gardens, the Fremantle Arts Centre was constructed by convict labourers as a lunatic asylum in the 1860s. Saved from demolition in the 1960s, it houses interesting exhibitions and the excellent Canvas cafe. During su
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Forest Heritage Centre
Set within the jarrah forest, this interesting rammed-earth building takes the shape of three interlinked gum leaves. Inside are displays about the forests flora and fauna, and a shop that sells beautiful pieces crafted by the resident woodwork artists. Short marked trails lead int
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Devils Gullet
Those with transport should head for the Great Western Tiers. The only road that actually reaches the top of the plateau is the gravel road to Lake Mackenzie. Follow this road to Devils Gullet, where there鈥檚 a 40-minute-return walk to a platform bolted to the top of a dramatic gorg
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Daintree Discovery Centre
This award-winning attractions aerial walkway , which includes a 23m tower used to study carbon levels, takes you high into the forest canopy. A theatre screens films on cassowaries, crocodiles, conservation and climate change. An excellent Aboriginal audio-guide tour is included i
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Tamar Island Wetlands
A 10-minute drive north of Launceston, this wetland reserve has a 2km wheelchair-friendly boardwalk running through it, strategically positioned so you can ogle the resident birds. The island itself has BBQs and an elevated bird hide. Scan the reedy swamp alongside the boardwalk fo
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House of Anvers
A chocolate factory and a museum of chocolate with a range of sweet treats: fudges, truffles and the most amazing chocolate-orange slices. The line between exhibition and hard sell is blurred at times, but why care? You can also come here for breakfast. The complex is approximately
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Hat Head National Park
This coastal park of 6500 hectares runs north from near Hat Head to Smoky Cape (south of Arakoon), protecting scrubland, swamps and some excellent beaches backed by one of the largest dune systems in NSW. Rising up from the generally flat landscape is Hungry Hill, near Hat Head, an
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Wheel of Brisbane
For a memorable view over Brisbane, take a ride on the riverside Wheel, located a few steps from the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC). The enclosed gondolas rise to a height of 60m, from where you鈥檒l have a striking 360-degree panorama of the city. Rides last 12 to 15 minut
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Old Colony Inn
Built in 1817 as a hop shed, this higgledy-piggledy, black-and-white-striped house is full of colonial furnishings and artefacts. It鈥檚 on a one-way street, so prepare to make a tight U-turn at the top end of the road division on Montagu St if you鈥檙e approaching from Hobart. There鈥檚
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Cradle Mountain鈥揕ake St Clair National Park
The preservation of this region as a national park is due in part to Austrian immigrant Gustav Weindorfer. In 1912 he built a chalet out of King Billy pine, called it Waldheim (German for 鈥楩orest Home鈥? and, from 1916, lived there permanently. Today the site of his chalet at the no
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Elwood Beach
A short drive or concerted foreshore walk will take you to this swimming beach. It tends to be less windswept, though often no less crowded, than St Kilda, and is surrounded by leafy Elwood Park and Point Ormond Reserve. There are playgrounds and kiosks. To get here take bus 606 fr
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