Australia
432 places in Australia, sorted into the categories that matter when you are planning: what each place is, when it is worth going, how long to allow and how to reach it.
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RegionAustralia and New Zealand
CapitalCanberra
Places written432
Categories covered5 of 5
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CurrencyAustralian dollar (AUD)
LanguagesEnglish
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Nature & outdoors (207) Landmarks & history (38) Museums & culture (76) Attractions & fun (93) Food & drink (18)
UNESCO heritage World Heritage Sites and living traditions on the UNESCO lists
UNESCO · World Heritage
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
UNESCO · World Heritage
Cockatoo Island (Wareamah)
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Fremantle Prison
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Hyde Park Barracks
UNESCO · World Heritage 
K'gari (Fraser Island)
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Kakadu National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Lake Mungo and the Willandra Lakes
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Lamington National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Lord Howe Island
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Naracoorte Caves
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Ningaloo Reef
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Port Arthur Historic Site
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Purnululu (the Bungle Bungle Range)
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Shark Bay and Monkey Mia
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Tasmania and Cradle Mountain
UNESCO · World Heritage 
The Blue Mountains
UNESCO · World Heritage 
The Daintree Rainforest
UNESCO · World Heritage 
The Great Barrier Reef
UNESCO · World Heritage 
The Sydney Opera House
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Uluru
Nature & outdoors Waterfalls, lakes, canyons, national parks, beaches, caves and the trails that reach them.
Open the full Nature & outdoors page → national park
Alpine National Park
private sanctuary
Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary
plateau
Atherton Tablelands
swimming hole
Babinda Boulders
bay
Baird Bay
national park
Barrington Tops National Park
beach 
Bay of Fires
gorge
Bell Gorge
national park
Ben Lomond National Park
national park
Beowa National Park
swimming holes
Berry Springs Nature Park
beach 
Bondi Beach
national park
Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park
national park
Border Ranges National Park
national park
Bouddi National Park
coastal village
Bremer Bay
island
Bruny Island
limestone caves
Buchan Caves
national park
Cape Arid National Park
cape
Cape Bridgewater
national park
Cape Hillsborough
national park 
Cape Le Grand National Park
national park
Cape Range National Park
viewpoint 
Cape York and the Tip
valley
Capertee Valley
limestone caves
Capricorn Caves
gorge
Carnarvon Gorge
river gorge
Cataract Gorge
rock pillar
Chambers Pillar
limestone caves
Chillagoe Caves
island territory
Christmas Island
conservation park
Coalseam Conservation Park
gorge
Cobbold Gorge
marine park
Cobourg Peninsula
coral atoll
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
national park
Coorong National Park
national park
Croajingolong National Park
limestone caves
Cutta Cutta Caves
peninsula
Dampier Peninsula and Cape Leveque
hill ranges
Dandenong Ranges
national park
Dorrigo National Park
woodland reserve
Dryandra Woodland
port town
Eden and Twofold Bay
beach
Eighty Mile Beach
waterfall
Ellenborough Falls
national park
Eungella National Park
national park
Finke Gorge National Park
national park
Fitzgerald River National Park
waterfall
Fitzroy Falls
island
Fitzroy Island
island
Flinders Island
mountain 
Flinders Ranges and Wilpena Pound
wetland
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
national park
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
national park 
Freycinet National Park
national park
Gawler Ranges National Park
lake system
Gippsland Lakes
national park
Girraween National Park
volcanic peaks
Glass House Mountains
island
Great Keppel Island
national park
Great Otway National Park
coral cay
Green Island
coastal pools
Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks
beach
Hamelin Bay
volcanic outcrop
Hanging Rock
caves and springs
Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs
whale nursery
Head of Bight
impact craters
Henbury Meteorite Craters
coral cay
Heron Island
whale watching bay
Hervey Bay
island
Hinchinbrook Island
tidal rapids
Horizontal Falls
island group
Houtman Abrolhos Islands
pink lake
Hutt Lagoon
national park
Innes National Park
hot springs
Innot Hot Springs
cave 
Jenolan Caves
bay
Jervis Bay
limestone cave
Jewel Cave
waterfall
Josephine Falls
national park
Judbarra / Gregory National Park
island
K'gari (Fraser Island)
national park
Kakadu National Park
national park
Kalbarri National Park
cliffs
Kanangra Walls
island 
Kangaroo Island
canyon 
Karijini National Park
rock formation
Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles)
rock domes
Kata Tjuta
salt lake
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre
national park
Kennedy Range National Park
blowhole
Kiama Blowhole
canyon 
Kings Canyon (Watarrka National Park)
national park
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
mountain
kunanyi / Mount Wellington
coral cay
Lady Elliot Island
reservoir
Lake Argyle
salt lake
Lake Gairdner
pink lake
Lake Hillier
lake
Lake Pedder
lake
Lake St Clair
salt lake
Lake Tyrrell
forest
Lamington National Park
sand dunes
Lancelin Sand Dunes
waterfall
Liffey Falls
national park 
Litchfield National Park
national park
Little Desert National Park
island
Lizard Island
island
Lord Howe Island
national park
Lower Glenelg National Park
subantarctic island
Macquarie Island
island
Magnetic Island
island national park
Maria Island
thermal springs
Mataranka Thermal Pools
lake system
Menindee Lakes
waterfall
Millaa Millaa Falls
national park
Millstream Chichester National Park
national park
Mirima National Park
waterfall
Mitchell Falls (Punamii-Uunpuu)
limestone caves
Mole Creek Karst National Park
turtle rookery
Mon Repos Turtle Centre
island reserve
Montague Island
waterfall
Montezuma Falls
hot springs
Moree Artesian Baths
sand island
Moreton Island (Mulgumpin)
climbing crag
Mount Arapiles
monocline
Mount Augustus
national park
Mount Buffalo National Park
national park
Mount Field National Park
volcanic city
Mount Gambier
national park
Mount Kaputar National Park
mountain 
Mount Kosciuszko
desert
Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert
national park
Murramarang National Park
salt lakes
Murray-Sunset Pink Lakes
national park
Mutawintji National Park
national park
Myall Lakes National Park
national park
Namadgi National Park
cave
Naracoorte Caves
national park
New England National Park
limestone cave
Ngilgi Cave
national park
Nightcap National Park
beach
Ninety Mile Beach
viewpoint
Ningaloo Reef
canyon 
Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge)
wetland river
Noosa Everglades
island territory
Norfolk Island
sand island
North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah)
plain and cliffs
Nullarbor Plain and Bunda Cliffs
desert hills
Painted Desert (Arckaringa Hills)
island
Phillip Island
sinkholes
Piccaninnie Ponds
mountain
Pigeon House Mountain (Didthul)
national park
Point Nepean National Park
gorge
Porcupine Gorge
national park
Porongurup National Park
national park
Purnululu (the Bungle Bungle Range)
blowholes
Quobba Blowholes
coloured sands
Rainbow Beach and Carlo Sand Blow
rock formation
Rainbow Valley
island
Raymond Island
island 
Rottnest Island
coral atolls
Rowley Shoals
national park
Royal National Park
beach
Shark Bay and Monkey Mia
national park
Snowy River National Park
national park
Southwest National Park
national park
Springbrook National Park
waterfall
St Columba Falls
chasm
Standley Chasm
waterfall
Steavenson Falls
national park
Stirling Range National Park
sand dunes
Stockton Sand Dunes
national park
Sturt National Park
volcanic headland
Table Cape
rainforest
takayna / Tarkine
national park
Tarra-Bulga National Park
national park
Tasman National Park
national park
Tasmania and Cradle Mountain
rock platform
Tessellated Pavement
national park
The Blue Mountains
forest
The Daintree Rainforest
mountain 
The Grampians (Gariwerd)
national park
The Great Barrier Reef
viewpoint 
The Great Ocean Road
rock formations
The Pinnacles
beach 
The Whitsundays and Whitehaven Beach
nature reserve
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
mountain ranges
Tjoritja / West MacDonnell Ranges
national park
Torndirrup National Park
volcanic crater
Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve
gorge
Trephina Gorge
cave
Tunnel Creek
nature reserve
Two Peoples Bay
viewpoint
Uluru
lava tubes
Undara Lava Tubes
waterfall
Wallaman Falls
whale nursery
Warrnambool and Logans Beach
national park
Warrumbungle National Park
rock formation
Wave Rock
marine aggregation
Whyalla Cuttlefish Coast
national park 
Wilsons Promontory
gorge
Windjana Gorge
national park
Wollemi National Park
waterfall
Wollomombi Falls
national park
Yanchep National Park
limestone caves
Yarrangobilly Caves
Landmarks & history Castles, ruins, old towns, monuments and the places where the history actually happened.
Open the full Landmarks & history page → monument 
Alice Springs Telegraph Station
old town 
Ballarat's Goldfields Streets
old town 
Battery Point and Salamanca Place
archaeological site
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
old town 
Burra
jetty
Busselton Jetty
lighthouse 
Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
lighthouse
Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse
lighthouse 
Cape Otway Lightstation
old town
Charters Towers
ruins
Cockatoo Island (Wareamah)
monument
Fremantle Prison
monument
Hyde Park Barracks
old town 
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
archaeological site
Lake Mungo and the Willandra Lakes
monument 
Lanyon Homestead
lighthouse 
Macquarie Lighthouse
palace 
Martindale Hall
old town 
Melbourne
stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground
heritage building
Murtoa Stick Shed
archaeological site 
Murujuga Rock Art
buddhist temple
Nan Tien Temple
historic house
Old Government House, Parramatta
heritage ruins
Paronella Park
ruins
Port Arthur Historic Site
heritage building
Queen Victoria Building
archaeological site
Quinkan Rock Art, Laura
bridge 
Richmond Bridge
monument
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
bridge
Sea Cliff Bridge
prison ruin and town
South West Rocks and Trial Bay Gaol
cathedral
St Mary's Cathedral
bridge 
Story Bridge
old town 
The Rocks
bridge 
The Sydney Harbour Bridge
monument
The Sydney Opera House
mural
Wellington Dam Mural
Museums & culture Museums, galleries, open-air heritage sites and the collections worth planning a day around.
Open the full Museums & culture page → gallery 
Aboriginal Art Centres of Central Australia
museum
Albany's Historic Whaling Station
aboriginal homeland
Arnhem Land
gallery 
Art Gallery of New South Wales
museum
Australian Museum
museum
Australian National Maritime Museum
monument
Australian Standing Stones, Glen Innes
tradition 
Australian Surf Culture
city
Bathurst
historic town
Beechworth
town
Bellingen
city
Bendigo
town
Berry
outback town
Birdsville
outback town
Bourke
town
Bowral
mining city
Broken Hill
convict site
Cascades Female Factory
town
Castlemaine
village
Central Tilba
opal town
Coober Pedy
historic port
Cooktown
ghost town
Cossack
outback pub
Daly Waters Pub
river port
Echuca
village
Evandale
flower festival
Floriade
city
Grafton
ghost town
Gwalia
village
Hahndorf
historic mission
Hermannsburg Historic Precinct
historic village
Hill End
valley village
Kangaroo Valley
convict site
Kingston and Arthur's Vale
art installation
Lake Ballard
opal town
Lightning Ridge
outback town
Longreach
historic town
Maldon
town
Maleny
outback town
Marble Bar
theatre 
Melbourne Arts Precinct
museum 
MONA, Museum of Old and New Art
village
Montville
mining town
Moonta
gallery 
National Gallery of Australia
gallery 
National Gallery of Victoria
museum
National Museum of Australia
monastic town
New Norcia
village
Nimbin
museum 
North Terrace Museums, Adelaide
historic town
Oatlands
hamlet
Parachilna
village
Port Fairy
seaside town
Queenscliff
gallery 
Queensland Art Gallery and GOMA
mining town
Queenstown
fishing village
Robe
historic village
Ross
town
Sheffield
observatory 
Siding Spring Observatory
art trail
Silo Art Trail
ghost town
Silverton
village and volcanic plug
Stanley and The Nut
open-air museum
Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement
city
Tamworth
mining district
The Gemfields (Sapphire and Rubyvale)
sculpture gallery
The Wall in the Wilderness
island
Thursday Island
islands
Tiwi Islands
city
Toowoomba
festival 
Vivid Sydney
museum 
WA Museum Boola Bardip
historic town
Walhalla
opal town
White Cliffs
outback town
Winton
historic town
York
Attractions & fun Theme parks, zoos, aquariums, towers and the built attractions families actually queue for.
Open the full Attractions & fun page → botanic garden
Adelaide Botanic Garden
river cruise
Adelaide River Jumping Crocodiles
wildlife park
Alice Springs Desert Park
zoo
Australia Zoo
museum
Australian Age of Dinosaurs
botanical garden 
Australian National Botanic Gardens
surf break
Bells Beach
ocean pool
Bermagui Blue Pool
long-distance trail
Bibbulmun Track
coastal town
Bicheno
lavender farm
Bridestowe Lavender Estate
town
Bright
beach huts
Brighton Bathing Boxes
coastal town
Broome and Cable Beach
headland and beach
Burleigh Heads
beach town
Byron Bay
long-distance trail
Cape to Cape Track
wine region
Clare Valley
wine region
Coonawarra
beach
Cottesloe Beach
wildlife sanctuary
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
waterfront precinct
Darling Harbour
spa towns
Daylesford and Hepburn Springs
mountain bike town
Derby
station resort
El Questro
coastal town
Esperance
market
Eumundi Markets
market
Fremantle Markets
outback road
Gibb River Road
beach suburb
Glenelg
lookout tree
Gloucester Tree
scenic road
Great Alpine Road
wildlife park
Healesville Sanctuary
river valley
Huon Valley
canopy walkway
Illawarra Fly Treetop Walk
train journey
Indian Pacific
wine region
King Valley
botanical garden 
Kings Park and Botanic Garden
heritage railway
Kuranda Scenic Railway
lake
Lake Burley Griffin
long-distance trail
Larapinta Trail
wildlife sanctuary
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
amusement park
Luna Park Sydney
coastal town
Mallacoota
beach
Manly Beach
wine region
McLaren Vale
market
Mindil Beach Sunset Market
beach village
Mission Beach
peninsula
Mornington Peninsula
lookout
Mount Ainslie Lookout
lookout
Mount Coot-tha Lookout
lookout
Mount Lofty Summit
observatory
Mount Stromlo Observatory
wine town
Mudgee
arboretum
National Arboretum Canberra
beach town
Noosa
outback road
Oodnadatta Track
city
Orange
beach and lighthouse
Palm Beach and Barrenjoey Lighthouse
observatory
Parkes Radio Telescope
hot springs
Peninsula Hot Springs
resort town
Port Douglas
port city
Port Lincoln
coastal city
Port Macquarie
heritage railway
Puffing Billy Railway
science centre
Questacon
botanic garden
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
botanic garden
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
wine region
Rutherglen
hamlet
Seal Rocks
cable car 
Skyrail Rainforest Cableway
parkland
South Bank Parklands
seaside suburb
St Kilda
wine town
Stanthorpe
harbour village
Strahan and the Gordon River
coastal town
Streaky Bay
beach strip
Surfers Paradise
wine region
Swan Valley
canopy walkway
Tahune AirWalk
plateau villages
Tamborine Mountain
zoo
Taronga Western Plains Zoo
zoo 
Taronga Zoo Sydney
train journey
The Ghan
heritage railway
The Gulflander
alpine village
Thredbo
multi-day walk
Three Capes Track
coastal villages
Town of 1770 and Agnes Water
canopy walkway
Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk
seaside town
Victor Harbor and Granite Island
harbour village
Watsons Bay and The Gap
heritage railway
West Coast Wilderness Railway
coastal town
Yamba
heritage railway
Zig Zag Railway
Food & drink Market halls, food streets and the dishes a country is genuinely known for - areas and traditions, not single venues.
Open the full Food & drink page → market 
Adelaide Central Market
dish
Australian Seafood Traditions
coastal town
Bowen
distillery
Bundaberg Rum Distillery
dish 
Bush Tucker and Native Foods
village
Coffin Bay
winery region 
Hunter Valley Wine Region
island
King Island
farming district
Mareeba Coffee Country
winery region 
Margaret River Wine Region
coffee culture 
Melbourne Coffee Culture
food street 
Melbourne's Migrant Food Streets
market 
Queen Victoria Market
market
Sydney Fish Market
winery region
Tasmanian Wine and Cool Climate Food
winery region 
The Barossa Valley
winery region 
Yarra Valley Wine Region
town