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Mansfield Zoo
Mansfield Zoo is a surprisingly good wildlife park with lots of native fauna and some exotics, such as a pair of lions. If you鈥檙e older than eight, you can sleep in the paddocks in a swag (adult/child $65/45, including zoo entry for two days) and wake to the dawn wildlife chorus.
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Man From Snowy River Museum
The Man From Snowy River Museum tells the story of Jack Riley, a stockman who lived and worked near Corryong and might have been Paterson鈥檚 inspiration. It鈥檚 also a local-history museum, featuring a set of snow skis from 1870 and the Jarvis Homestead, a 19th-century slab-timber hut
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John Riddoch Interpretative Centre
In the same building as the visitors centre, the John Riddoch Interpretative Centre casts a web over local history back to the 1850s, including info on the local Pinejunga people and original Penola pastoralist Riddoch, who 鈥榥ever gave in to misfortune鈥?and was 鈥榮teady and persiste
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Halls Gap Zoo
Get up close to Australian native animals such as wallabies, grey kangaroos, quolls and wombats, but also exotic critters such as meerkats, spider monkeys, bison and tamarin. This is a top-notch wildlife park with breeding and conservation programs and a natural bush setting.
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Guy Fawkes River National Park
Fifty kilometres past Dorrigo (2km west of Ebor) there鈥檚 a right turn for Guy Fawkes River National Park, a rugged wilderness popular with experienced bushwalkers and campers. The dramatic Ebor Falls and the large climbable rock called Lucifers Thumb are particular highlights.
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Diamond Island
Off the northern end of Redbill Beach is this photogenic granite outcrop, connected to the mainland via a short, semi-submerged, sandy isthmus, which you can wade across. Time your expedition with low tide 鈥?otherwise you might end up chest-deep in the waves trying to get back!
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Esperance Museum
Glass cabinets are crammed with quirky collections of sea shells, frog ornaments, tennis rackets and bed pans. Bigger items include boats, a train carriage and the remains of the USAs spacecraft Skylab, which made its fiery re-entry at Balladonia, east of Esperance, in 1979.
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James Estate
Bordered by the Wollemi National Park and with sweeping panoramas of the Goulburn River, James Estate has a 4km ridge walk and purpose-built mountain bike tracks to enjoy before a tasting. The winery is at the very top of the Hunter Valley, a one hour drive northwest of Pokolbin.
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Hop & Vine
This charismatic Auburn shopfront in is an outlet for the Clare Valley Brewing Co 鈥?try their excellent red ale, Australian pale ale and grape cider. Its also the cellar door for three valley vineyards: Jeanneret, County Clare and Good Catholic Girl. Good bang for your buck!
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Whispering Wall
About 7km southwest of Lyndoch, itself 13km south of Tanunda, the Barossa Reservoir dam is better known as the Whispering Wall. The huge concrete curve has amazing acoustics: whispers at one end of the wall can be heard clearly 150m away at the other. The perfect spot to propose?
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Underwater Observatory
The town of Busselton boasts the longest timber jetty in the southern hemisphere, at 2km. Constructed in 1865, it reopened to the public in early 2011 following a refurbishment. At the shore end is a free and friendly small museum; at the ocean end is the underwater observatory.
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Schmidts Strawberry Winery
Fresh strawberries are on sale here from mid-October to mid-January, but what makes this place stand out are its strawberry wines. They wont be to everyones taste, but theyre unlike anything youll try elsewhere. Its around 5km northeast of Yackandandah along the road to Baranduda.
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Leaning Church Vineyard
Don鈥檛 miss a visit to funky Leaning Church for excellent sparkling wine and pinots. Linger over a cheese platter ($25 for two people), or rock up for the eye-fillet steak BBQ every Sunday ($30 per person). Indeed, the old church here is struggling a bit with staying vertical.
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Aquascene
At Doctors Gully, an easy walk from the north end of the Esplanade, Aquascene runs a remarkable fish-feeding frenzy at high tide. Visitors, young and old, can hand-feed hordes of mullet, catfish, batfish and huge milkfish. Check the website and tourism publications for feeding time
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Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park
Visitors enter through the jaws of a giant crocodile at this 30-hectare animal refuge 16km northeast of Broome. The park is home to dozens of crocs (there are feedings and informative talks at 3pm), as well as kangaroos, cassowaries, emus, dingos, jabirus and numerous other birds.
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Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas
This sanctuary endeavours to keep and showcase native animals in enclosures that mimic their natural environment, while allowing you to get up close to koalas, kangaroos, crocs, cassowaries and more. Tickets are valid for three days. It鈥檚 4km from town; head south along Davidson St
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Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation
After 21 years as a cutting-edge commercial gallery, Sherman celebrated its coming-of-age by reopening as a not-for-profit gallery. The focus is on temporary exhibitions of work by influential and innovative artists from Australia, the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East.
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Tramway Museum
Launceston had trams until 1952, when the rails were ripped up and the carriages sold off. Now you can trundle in the lustrously restored No 29, on a little track that runs out past Aurora Stadium. The stories of what happened to all the old carriages are nerdishly fascinating.
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Monarto Zoo
About 14km west of Murray Bridge, this excellent open-range zoo is home to Australian and African beasts including cheetahs, rhino, zebras and giraffe (and the photogenic offspring thereof). A hop-on/hop-off bus tour is included in the price; keeper talks happen throughout the day.
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Dales Gorge
A short, sharp descent from near Dales Campground leads to Fortescue Falls , behind which a leafy stroll upstream reveals beautiful Fern Pool ; head 1km downstream from Fortescue Falls to picturesque Circular Pool ; ascend to Three Ways Lookout and return along the cliff top.
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