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Barossa Museum
Inside this 1856 post office building (access via the bike-repair shop out the front) are displays of bone-handled cutlery, butter-making gear, photos of top-hatted locals, a re-created colonial bedroom and an amazing map of Germany pinpointing the homelands of Barossa settlers. Th
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Australian Institute of Marine Science
This marine-research facility at Cape Ferguson runs free two-hour tours (10am Fri Mar-Nov) covering the institutes research (such as coral bleaching and management of the Great Barrier Reef) and how it relates to the community; advance bookings are essential. The turn-off from the
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Araluen Cultural Precinct
The Araluen Cultural Precinct is Alice Springs cultural hub; leave at least an afternoon aside for exploration of its excellent sights. You can wander around freely outside, accessing the cemetery and grounds, but the precinct pass provides entry to the exhibitions and displays for
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Rocks Discovery Museum
Divided into four chronological displays 鈥?Warrane (pre-1788), Colony (1788鈥?820), Port (1820鈥?900) and Transformations (1900 to the present) 鈥?this excellent museum digs deep into The Rocks鈥?history and leads you on an artefact-rich tour. Sensitive attention is given to The Rocks鈥?/a>
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Wooden Boat Centre
This engaging, sea-centric spot incorporates the School of Wooden Boatbuilding, a unique institution running accredited courses (from one to seven weeks) in traditional boat building, using Tasmanian timbers. Stick your head in the door to learn all about it, watch boats being cobb
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Spiky Bridge
About 7km south of town is the rather amazing Spiky Bridge, built by convicts in the early 1840s using thousands of local fieldstones. The main east-coast road used to truck right across it, but these days its set beside the highway. Nearby Kelvedon Beach and Cressy Beach have deep
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Mangrove Boardwalk
Explore the swampier side of Cairns on this revelatory wander into the wetlands. Eerie snap-crackle-slop noises provide a fitting soundtrack to the spooky surrounds, which are signposted with informative guides to the weird lifeforms scurrying in the mud below you. Bring mosquito r
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Bridport Wildflower Reserve
Bridport is big on native orchids, which flower from September to December. At this scrubby, 50-hectare reserve 鈥?part of the Granite Point Conservation Area, 2km past the caravan park 鈥?you might spot an endangered juniper wattle, or maybe a threatened eastern barred bandicoot, sp
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Argyle Cut
Convict labourers excavated this canyonlike section of road clear through the sandstone ridge that gave the Rocks its name. The work began in 1843 with hand tools, and was completed (with the aid of dynamite) in 1867. The cut sandstone frames scenery and greenery in a dramatic fash
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Gantheaume Point & Dinosaur Prints
Beautiful at dawn or sunset when the pindan cliffs turn scarlet, this peaceful lookout holds a 135-million-year-old secret. Nearby lies one of the worlds most varied collections of dinosaur footprints , impossible to find except at very low tides. (Hint: head off to the right of th
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Speakers鈥?Corner
Recline on a patch of lawn in front of the Art Gallery of NSW and listen to religious zealots, nutters, political extremists, homophobes, hippies and academics express their earnest opinions. Some of them have something interesting to say; most are just plain mad. Either way, it ma
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Studley Park Boathouse
Melbournes oldest operating boathouse, the Studley Park Boathouse dates back to the 1860s, and houses a restaurant, kiosk and cafe. There are also boats, canoes and kayaks available for hire. Kane鈥檚 suspension bridge takes you across to the other side of the river, and it鈥檚 about a
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Cape Sorell Lighthouse
The 45m-high lighthouse, at the harbour鈥檚 southern head, is purportedly the second-highest in Australia. You鈥檒l need a boat to cross the heads, unless you can find an accommodating fisher to take you over. A return walk of two to three hours along a vehicle track from the jetty at
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Bass & Flinders Centre
Undoubtedly the highlight of a visit to George Town, this small museum houses a red-sailed replica of the Norfolk, the little yacht used by Bass and Flinders for their 1897 circumnavigation of Van Diemen鈥檚 Land. There are other old wooden boats here, too 鈥?its altogether a rather f
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Albert Kersten Mining & Minerals Museum
Fascinating displays (and a mind-bending video) explain how the richest lode of silver, lead and zinc in the world was formed through the aeons. Rare minerals and crystals are displayed, as well as a 42kg silver nugget and the celebrated Silver Tree, an epergne (table centrepiece)
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Frogmore Creek
Overlooking the Mt Pleasant Observatory, 9km southwest of Richmond, corporate Frogmore Creek has a flashy restaurant serving lunch, along with excellent chardonnay, pinot noir and sticky botrytis riesling. Dont miss Flawed History, an in-floor jigsaw by local artist Tom Samek. Rest
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Royal Theatre
There鈥檚 an old-movie-world charm in the canvas-slung chairs, corrugated tin walls and star-studded ceiling at this classic semioutdoor theatre, complete with the worlds biggest deck chair. It has a small museum in the projection room and screens old classics. For a gold-coin donati
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Madame Tussauds
In this celebrity-obsessed age, its hardly surprising that Madame Tussauds hyperrealistic waxwork dummies are just as popular now as when the eponymous madame lugged her macabre haul of French revolution death masks to London in 1803. Where else do mere mortals get to strike a pose
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Old Government House
Hailed as Queenslands most important historic building, this 1862 gem was designed by estimable government architect Charles Tiffin as an appropriately plush residence for Sir George Bowen, Queensland鈥檚 first governor. The lavish innards were restored in 2009. Free morning guided t
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Chinese Museum & Chung Wah Temple
This excellent little museum explores Chinese settlement in the Top End. The adjacent temple has a hushed interior, punctuated by scarlet lanterns and smouldering incense sticks. The sacred tree in the grounds is rumoured to be a direct descendant from the Bodhi tree under which Bu
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