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
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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 
Barrington Tops National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Border Ranges National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Cascades Female Factory
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Cockatoo Island (Wareamah)
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Dorrigo National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
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 
Kanangra Walls
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Kingston and Arthur's Vale
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Lake Mungo and the Willandra Lakes
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Lamington National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Lord Howe Island
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Macquarie Island
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Maria Island
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Mole Creek Karst National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Mount Field National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Naracoorte Caves
UNESCO · World Heritage 
New England National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Nightcap National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Ningaloo Reef
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Old Government House, Parramatta
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 
Southwest National Park
UNESCO · World Heritage 
Springbrook National Park
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 hole 
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 range 
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 crater 
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 spring 
Innot Hot Springs
cave 
Jenolan Caves
bay 
Jervis Bay
limestone caves 
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 spring 
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 lake 
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 caves 
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
sinkhole 
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)
blowhole 
Quobba Blowholes
coloured sands
Rainbow Beach and Carlo Sand Blow
rock formation 
Rainbow Valley
island 
Raymond Island
island 
Rottnest Island
coral atoll 
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 formation 
The Pinnacles
beach 
The Whitsundays and Whitehaven Beach
nature reserve 
Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
mountain range 
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 tube 
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
island 
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 botanical 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 town 
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 spring 
Peninsula Hot Springs
resort town 
Port Douglas
port city 
Port Lincoln
coastal city 
Port Macquarie
heritage railway 
Puffing Billy Railway
science centre 
Questacon
botanical garden 
Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
botanical 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 village
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 
Young
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