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West Coast Reflections
This is the museum section of the Strahan visitor centre. It鈥檚 a creative and thought-provoking display on the history of the west coast, with a refreshingly blunt appraisal of the region鈥檚 environmental disappointments and achievements, including the Franklin Blockade .
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One Tree Bridge & Glenoran Pool
In a forest clearing 22km from town are the remains of One Tree Bridge. It was constructed from a single karri log carefully felled to span the width of the river but rendered unusable after the floods of 1966. Adjacent is gorgeous Glenoran Pool, a popular swimming hole.
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Neild Avenue Maze
This tiny maze of thigh-high hedges hides behind a gargantuan plane tree on a Paddington backstreet, squished into a cranny between a textile showroom and someone鈥檚 back fence. It mightn鈥檛 take you forever to find your way through, but it will add a smile to your day.
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Mt Buffalo Olives
On the road up to Mt Buffalo from Porepunkah, this working olive grove has tastings and sales of olives, olive oils and other locally farmed products. It also has a lovely place to stay ($180 a night Sunday to Thursday, $220 Friday and Saturday, two-night minimum stay).
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Moondyne Cave
Nearby Jewel Cave, Moondyne Cave can be visited on the Moondyne Experience ($95), a subterranean adventure combining overalls, hard hats and torches. The tour concludes with lunch at the Jewel Cave, and prior booking is essential. Children must be at least 12 years of age.
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Fawkner Park
This huge expanse of green is loved and used by the area鈥檚 sporting folk and lapdogs alike. Walkways lined with elms, oaks and Moreton Bay fig trees provide structure to the otherwise open fields. Barbecues and charming little pavilions are available for public use.
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Cape Tourville
There鈥檚 an easy 20-minute circuit here for eye-popping panoramas of the peninsula鈥檚 eastern coastline. You can even get a wheelchair or a pram along here. Also here is Cape Tourville Lighthouse , which is totally spectacular when the sun cracks a smile over the horizon at dawn.
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Burrendong Botanic Garden & Arboretum
Twenty minutes from town, Burrendong Botanic Garden & Arboretum is an area overlooking Lake Burrendong that has been transformed into a wonderland of native vegetation with 50,000 plants. There are self-guided walks and a picnic area, plus wallabies, kangaroos, echidnas and emu
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Ballarat Wildlife Park
Ballarat鈥檚 tranquil wildlife park is strong on native fauna, from the sweet little King Island wallabies to Tasmanian devils, emus, quokkas, snakes, eagles and crocs. There鈥檚 a daily guided tour, and weekend programs include a koala show, wombat show, snake show and crocodile feedi
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Rainforestation
Kurandas rainforest twitters, growls and snaps with all manner of creatures. To get a sense of it, take a shuttle bus (adults $10, children $5) to this enormous tourist park outside of town, with its wildlife section, rainforest/river tours and interactive Aboriginal experience.
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Mt George Lookout
Along Mt George Rd, southwest of town, is this panoramic viewpoint, which (hidden amongst modern communications towers) retains the semaphore equipment once used to relay signals via Mt Direction to Launceston. There鈥檚 a wheelchair-accessible path from the car park to the lookout.
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Marine & Freshwater Discovery Centre
While this education centre is primarily aimed at school children, its still worth popping in to have a gawk at what local species live under the sea, with tanks containing the highly deadly blue ring octopus, seahorses, fish and a touch pool where you can handle slimy creatures.
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Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park
Known for excellent walks, 390-hectare Kaiserstuhl is en route from Mengler Hill to Angaston. The Stringybark Hike (2km loop) and Wallowa Hike (4.7km one-way) start at the entrance, with fantastic views from atop the Barossa Ranges. Look for Nankeen kestrels and western grey roos.
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Golden Horseshoes Monument
The Golden Horseshoes Monument is where, in 1855, a horse was shod with golden shoes and ridden into town by candidate Donald Cameron on the nomination day of Victoria鈥檚 first parliamentary elections. The Victorian-era PR stunt seemed to work 鈥?Cameron was duly elected to parliamen
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Werribee Open Range Zoo
This is a 225-hectare African-safari-style experience about 30 minutes southwest of Melbourne. Meerkats greet you at the entrance and admission includes the safari tour: plenty of emus, bison, Mongolian wild horses, hippos, rhinos, zebras and giraffes grazing on the savannah.
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Lady Franklin Gallery
In an exquisitely proportioned colonnaded 1842 sandstone building called Ancanthe (Greek for 鈥榲ale of flowers鈥?鈥?enough of a reason to visit alone), the Lady Franklin Gallery displays contemporary work by Tasmanian artists. To get here without your own wheels, take bus 6, 7, 8 or 9
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Lookouts
Black Mountain , northwest of the city, is topped by the 195m-high Telstra Tower , which has a great vista from 66m up its shaft. In the northeast, 834m Mt Ainslie has fine views day and night; walking tracks start behind the War Memorial, climb Mt Ainslie and end at 888m Mt Majura
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Lady Bay
Also known as Lady Jane, this diminutive gay nudist beach sits at the bottom of a cliff, on top of which (somewhat ironically) is a Royal Australian Navy facility. To get here, follow the clifftop walking track from (somewhat aptly named) Camp Cove. All together now: In the navy鈥?
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Murray
The point where the Darling River flows into the Murray lies in the towns southwestern corner. The riverside park, accessible from Cadell St, has enormous red river gums shading the banks, plus an elevated lookout from where you can observe the two colours of the merging rivers.
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McElhone Stairs
These stone stairs were built in 1870 to connect spiffy Potts Point with the Woolloomooloo slums below. The steep steps run past an apartment block: residents sip tea on their balconies and stare bemusedly at the fitness freaks punishing themselves on the 113-stair uphill climb.
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