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Mawsons Huts Replica Museum
This excellent new waterfront installation is an exact model of the hut in which Sir Douglas Mawson hunkered down on his 1911鈥?4 Australasian Antarctic Expedition, which set sail from Hobart. Inside it is 100% authentic, right down to the matches, the stove and the bunks. A knowled
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Cable Beach
Western Australias most famous landmark offers turquoise waters and beautiful white sand curving away to the sunset. Clothing is optional north of the rocks, while south, walking trails lead through the red dunes of Minyirr Park , a spiritual place for the Yawuru people. Cable Beac
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LARQ Gallery
Run by internationally renowned Tasmanian artist Raymond Arnold, Landscape Art Research Queenstown is a wonderful gallery that runs exhibitions by local and visiting artists, and community workshops in printmaking and painting. Its mission is to nurture a breed of art that鈥檚 inspir
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International Cricket Hall of Fame
Bowral is where the late great cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, Australia鈥檚 most legendary sporting hero, spent his boyhood. Within the Hall of Fame complex, there鈥檚 a pretty cricket oval, and fans pay homage to Bradman at the Bradman Museum of Cricket , which has an engrossing collec
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Salamanca Market
Every Saturday morning since 1972, the open-air Salamanca Market has lured hippies and craft merchants from the foothills to fill the tree-lined expanses of Salamanca Pl with their stalls. Fresh organic produce, secondhand clothes and books, tacky tourist souvenirs, ceramics and wo
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Art Gallery of Ballarat
Established in 1884 and moved to its current location in 1890, the Art Gallery of Ballarat is the oldest provincial gallery in Australia. The architectural gem houses a wonderful collection of early colonial paintings, with works from noted Australian artists (including Tom Roberts
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Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka
Standing on the site of the Eureka Rebellion, this fine museum opened in May 2013 and has already established itself as one of Ballarats top attractions. Taking the Eureka Rebellion as its starting point 鈥?pride of place goes to the preserved remnants of the original Eureka flag an
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Cairns Esplanade, Boardwalk & Lagoon
Sun- and fun-lovers flock to Cairns鈥?Esplanades spectacular swimming lagoon on the city鈥檚 reclaimed foreshore. The artificial, sandy-edged, 4800m虏 chlorinated saltwater pool is lifeguard patrolled and illuminated nightly. The adjacent 3km foreshore boardwalk has picnic areas, free
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Line of Lode Miners Memorial
Teetering atop the silver skimp dump is this moving memorial with memorable views. It houses the impressively stark Cor-Ten steel memorial to the 900 miners who have died since Broken Hill first became a mining town; its an appalling litany of gruesome deaths. To get here, travel s
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Palace Hotel
Star of the hit Australian movie The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, this impressive three-story pub (1889) has an elaborate cast-iron veranda, plus wonderfully kitsch landscape murals covering almost every inch of the public areas. Theyre described as Italian Renaiss
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Healesville Sanctuary
One of the best places in southern Australia to see native fauna, this wildlife park is full of kangaroos, dingoes, lyrebirds, Tasmanian devils, bats, koalas, eagles, snakes and lizards. The Platypus House displays the shy underwater creatures, and theres a daily interactive show.
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Rio Vista & Mildura Arts Centre
The grand homestead of William B Chaffey (one of Milduras founders), the historic Queen Anne鈥搒tyle Rio Vista has been beautifully preserved and restored. Each room is set up as a series of historical displays depicting colonial life in the 19th century, with period furnishings, cos
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Deloraine Museum
The centrepiece of this museum is an exquisite four-panel, quilted and appliqu茅d depiction of the Meander Valley through a year of seasonal change. It鈥檚 an astoundingly detailed piece of work that was a labour of love for 300 creative local men and women. Each of the four panels en
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National Arboretum
Located on land previously impacted by bush fires, Canberras National Arboretum is an ever-developing showcase of trees from around the world. It is early days for many of the plantings, but its still worth visiting the spectacular visitor centre, and for excellent views over the c
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Mimbi Caves
One of the Kimberleys best-kept secrets, this vast subterranean labyrinth, 90km south-east of Fitzroy Crossing, on Gooniyandi land, houses a significant collection of Aboriginal rock art and some of the most impressive fish fossils in the southern hemisphere. Indigenous-owned Girlo
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West Coast Heritage Centre
This excellent museum is in the 1894 School of Mines building and is one of the best regional mining museums in the nation. The ground floor features a world-class mineral display, including samples of bright-orange crocoite, Tasmania鈥檚 official mineral emblem and only found in thi
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Iron Blow
On top of Gormanston Hill on the Lyell Hwy, just before the final descent along hairpin bends into Queenstown, is a sealed side road leading to an utterly spectacular lookout over the geological wound of Iron Blow. This decommissioned open-cut mine, where Queenstown鈥檚 illustrious m
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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village
The world-class Flagstaff Hill precinct is of equal interest for its shipwreck museum, heritage-listed lighthouses and garrison as it is for its reproduction of a historical Victorian port town. It also has the nightly Shipwrecked (adult/child/family $26/14/67), an engaging 70-minu
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Seal Rocks & the Nobbies
The Nobbies are a couple of large, craggy, offshore rocks at the island鈥檚 southwestern tip. Beyond them are Seal Rocks, which are inhabited by Australia鈥檚 largest fur-seal colony. The Nobbies Centre offers great views over the Nobbies and the 6000 distant Australian fur seals that
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Qantas Founders Outback Museum
Qantas Founders Outback Museum houses a life-size replica of an Avro 504K, the first aircraft owned by the fledgling airline. Interactive multimedia and working displays tell the history of Qantas. Next door, the original 1921 Qantas hangar houses a mint-condition DH-61. Towering o
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