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Pearl Luggers
The compact museum has some pearls indeed, and provides an interesting talk on Broomes tragic pearling past, evoking the diver experience with genuine artefacts. You can also wander over two of the last surviving (and restored) luggers, named Sam Male and DMcD .
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Currawong Beach
You will have to jump on the ferry at Palm Beach to reach this sheltered beach on the shores of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. There are no shops so bring food and water with you and if you like what you see you can stay longer at one of the rustic cottages.
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Four Aces
These four 300-plus-year-old karri trees sit in a straight line; stand directly in front and they disappear into one. Theres a short loop walk through the surrounding karri glade, or a 1陆-hour loop bushwalking trail from the Four Aces to One Tree Bridge.
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Cadbury Chocolate Factory
Cadbury no longer runs factory tours (occupational health and safety鈥igh), but you can still catch a 30-minute info session (hourly from 9am to 2pm) and invest in some choc products. Driving is the best way to get here or, if you must, take bus 37, 39 or 40.
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Gertrude Contemporary Art Space
This nonprofit gallery and studio complex has been going strong for nearly 30 years; many of its alumni are now certified famous artists. The monthly openings are refreshingly come-as-you-are, with crowds often spilling onto the street, two-dollar wine in hand.
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Tallow Beach
Tallow Beach is a deserted sandy stretch that extends for 7km south from Cape Byron. This is the place to flee the crowds. Much of the beach is backed by Arakwal National Park , but the suburb of Suffolk Park sprawls along the sand near its southern end.
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Wentworth Pioneer Museum
You can see some local history in this interesting museum across the road from the Old Wentworth Gaol. There are eclectic exhibitions including a megafauna replica display, and a collection of photos of the paddle steamers that once made this a major port.
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Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
One of Queenslands better regional art galleries, housing a small but surprisingly engaging collection of works by local artists 鈥?mostly canvases and ceramics. It makes a beaut rainy-day detour. Check the website or call for info on Sunday afternoon live music.
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Lake Weeroona
Bendigo鈥檚 little lake is a favourite spot for boating, kayaking or just walking around the path that encircles it. There are barbecue and picnic areas, toilets, a children鈥檚 adventure playground on the eastern side and the Boardwalk Restaurant at the southern end.
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Albany Residency Museum
One of the most impressive buildings was turned into the Albany Residency Museum . Built in the 1850s as the home of the resident magistrate, the museum has displays telling seafaring stories, explaining local natural history, and showing Aboriginal artefacts.
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Coriole
Take your regional tasting platter out into the garden of this beautiful cottage cellar door (1860) to share kalamata olives, home-made breads and Adelaide Hills鈥?Woodside cheeses, made lovelier by a swill of the Redstone shiraz or the flagship chenin blanc.
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Tahune Forest Reserve
About 29km west of Geeveston is the Tahune Forest Reserve, its name derived from Tahune-Linah, the Aboriginal name for the area around the Huon and Kermandie Rivers. There are plenty of picnic spots here and limited free unpowered campervan spots (no tents).
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Shepparton Art Museum
Don鈥檛 miss this regional gallery, where the permanent collection of Australian art includes Goulburn River near Shepparton (1862) by Eugene von Gu猫rard, depicting McGuire鈥檚 punt crossing the river. A separate gallery houses temporary and touring exhibitions.
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Walk a Country Mile Museum
You can track the towns musical heritage at two exhibitions: the memorabilia-filled Walk a Country Mile, and the Country Music Hall of Fame . Theyre set to reopen by mid-2015 under one roof (inside a building shaped like a guitar 鈥?do you spot a theme here鈥?).
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Victoria Street
Victoria St is the citys main heritage precinct, with some fine examples of 19th-century architecture, including the courthouse (1862) at number 47, the Anglican Cathedral (commenced 1884) on the corner of Duke St, and Roches Family Hotel (1871) at number 85.
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Tessellated Pavement
At the northern end of Pirates Bay is a rocky coastal terrace that has eroded into what looks like tiled paving. At low tide you can walk along the foreshore to Clydes Island , where there are several graves and wicked coastline panoramas down to Cape Hauy.
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Hamilton Heritage Centre
Hamilton鈥檚 history gets an overview in the little Hamilton Heritage Centre, set up in an 1835 cottage that was once part of a larger jail. Ridiculously limited opening hours might stop you from getting in the door (call to see if the situation has improved).
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Lake View Homestead
Lake View Homestead was built in 1870 and overlooks Lake Anderson. It was the home of Henry Handel (Florence Ethel) Richardson, who wrote about life here in the book Ultima Thule (1929), the third part of her trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1930).
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Griffiths Island
Where the Moyne River meets the ocean, Griffiths Island makes for a lovely one-hour walk with some good swimming spots. Its home to a protected mutton-bird colony; they descend on the town each October and stay until April (dusk is the best time to visit).
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David Fleay Wildlife Park
Opened by the doctor who first succeeded in breeding platypuses, this wildlife park has 4km of walking tracks through mangroves and rainforest, and plenty of informative native wildlife shows throughout the day. It鈥檚 around 3km inland from Burleigh Heads.
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