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Big Prawn
Ballinas big prawn was nearly thrown on the BBQ in 2009, but no-one had the stomach to dispatch it. After a 5000-signature pro-prawn petition and a $400,000 restoration in 2013, the 9m, 35-tonne, 14-year-old crustacean is looking as tasty as ever.
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Penfolds Magill Estate Winery
This 100-year-old winery is home to Australias best-known wine 鈭?the legendary Grange. Taste the product at the cellar door; dine at the restaurant; take the Heritage Tour ($15); or steel your wallet for the Great Grange Tour ($150). Tour bookings essential.
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Australian Fly Fishing Museum
Tis a noble art, fly fishing. Not to mention actually tying the flies so they look like something a trout might want to eat. This new museum has a beaut collection of rods, reels and flies. Think of it as a value-added experience when youre visiting Clarendon .
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Julalikari Arts Centre
Its best to visit the Pink Palace, at the entrance to the Ngalpa Ngalpa community (also known as Mulga Camp), mid-morning when the artists are at work painting traditional and contemporary art. You can chat to the artists and purchase directly from the painter.
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Embassies
Being a relatively new capital, many nations have custom-built their embassies. The Yarralumla embassy zone is a fascinating place to explore if youre a fan of 20th-century architecture. Many incorporate somewhat quirky elements of their respective cultures.
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Harbourside
The first major Darling Harbour development, Harbourside shopping centre is like that nightclub guy still wearing a pirate shirt and an unreconstructed mullet; its 1980s stylings are no match for the chic constructions loitering on the other side of the harbour.
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Deep Creek Conservation Park
Situated near Cape Jervis (which is 107km from Adelaide) is the Deep Creek Conservation Park. It has sweeping coastal views, a wicked waterfall, man-size yakkas (Xanthorrhoea semiplana tateana) , sandy beaches, kangaroos, kookaburras and bush camping areas.
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SkyHigh Mt Dandenong
Drive up to SkyHigh for amazing views over Melbourne and Port Phillip Bay from the highest point in the Dandenongs. The view of the city lights at dusk is spectacular. There鈥檚 a cafe-restaurant, a garden, picnic areas, and a maze (adult/child/family $6/4/16).
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Tree of Knowledge
Down by the river near the caravan park, the Tree of Knowledge is marked with flood levels from previous years. The bumper flows of 1931, 73, 74, 75, and 2011 were totally outclassed by the flood-to-end-all-floods of 1956, marked about 4m up the trunk.
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Kentish Museum
Here there鈥檚 all sorts of historic clutter on display: an early telephone exchange, old organs, military paraphernalia and the world鈥檚 first automatic petrol pump, invented by a local Sheffield boy. It has a genealogy research service, which costs $22 per hour.
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Geelong Art Gallery
With over 4000 works in its collection, this excellent gallery has celebrated Australian paintings such as Eugene von Gu茅rard鈥檚 View of Geelong and Frederick McCubbin鈥檚 1890 A Bush Burial. Also exhibits contemporary works and has free tours on Saturday at 2pm.
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Commissariat Store Museum
Built by convicts in 1829, this former government storehouse is the oldest occupied building in Brisbane. Inside is an immaculate little museum devoted to convict and colonial history. Don鈥檛 miss the convict 鈥榝ingers鈥?and the exhibit on Italians in Queensland.
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Byramine Homestead
When Elizabeth Hume鈥檚 husband was killed by bushrangers, she moved here and built in 1842 a safe haven that saw her become the first permanent European settler in the area. The homestead is shaped like a fortress and is set in magnificent grounds 14km west of town.
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Bunbury Wildlife Park
Parrots, kangaroos, wallabies, possums, owls and emus all feature. Across the road, the Big Swamp wetlands has good walking tracks and stops for birdwatching. Head south on Ocean Dr, turn left at Hayward St and continue through the roundabout to Prince Philip Dr.
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Australian Army Museum Tasmania
The Anglesea Barracks were built adjacent to Battery Point in 1811. Still used by the army, this is the oldest military establishment in Australia. Inside is a volunteer-staffed museum, which runs 45-minute guided tours of the buildings and grounds on Tuesdays.
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Queensland Art Gallery
Duck into the QAG to see the fine permanent collection. Australian art dates from the 1840s to the 1970s: check out works by celebrated masters including Sir Sydney Nolan, Arthur Boyd, William Dobell and George Lambert. Free guided tours at 11am, 1pm and 2pm.
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Queenscliff Maritime Museum
Home to the last lifeboat to serve the Rip, this recommended museum has displays on the pilot boat process, shipwrecks, lighthouses and steamships. Dont miss the historic 1895 boatshed with its paintings that served as a record of passing ships in the bay.
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Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre
This exceptional gallery overlooking the river is an architectural delight and home to some of Australia鈥檚 finest, including a new extension devoted to acclaimed Lismore-born painter Margaret Olley (1923鈥?011) which features a re-creation of her famous home studio.
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Tasmanian Wool Centre
This place houses a sheep-centric museum, the town visitor information centre and a craft shop. The museum focuses on convict times and the Australian wool industry, with hands-on samples of wool to feel (so thick and greasy!) and woolly audiovisual displays.
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Transport Shop
Above Wynyard train station is this rare wedge of downtown greenery. Surrounded by skyscrapers and spindly plane trees, it has a certain Manhattan vibe to it. Office workers chew sandwiches, smoke, kick off their heels, read magazines and bitch about the boss.
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