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Nature & outdoors in Australia

Waterfalls, lakes, canyons, national parks, beaches, caves and the trails that reach them.

national park

Alpine National Park

Victoria
private sanctuary

Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary

South Australia
plateau

Atherton Tablelands

Queensland
swimming hole

Babinda Boulders

Queensland
bay

Baird Bay

South Australia
national park

Barrington Tops National Park

New South Wales
beachBay of Fires

Bay of Fires

Tasmania
gorge

Bell Gorge

Western Australia
national park

Ben Lomond National Park

Tasmania
national park

Beowa National Park

New South Wales
swimming holes

Berry Springs Nature Park

Northern Territory
beachBondi Beach

Bondi Beach

New South Wales
national park

Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National Park

Queensland
national park

Border Ranges National Park

New South Wales
national park

Bouddi National Park

New South Wales
coastal village

Bremer Bay

Western Australia
island

Bruny Island

Tasmania
limestone caves

Buchan Caves

Victoria
national park

Cape Arid National Park

Western Australia
cape

Cape Bridgewater

Victoria
national park

Cape Hillsborough

Queensland
national parkCape Le Grand National Park

Cape Le Grand National Park

Western Australia
national park

Cape Range National Park

Western Australia
viewpointCape York and the Tip

Cape York and the Tip

Queensland
valley

Capertee Valley

New South Wales
limestone caves

Capricorn Caves

Queensland
gorge

Carnarvon Gorge

Queensland
river gorge

Cataract Gorge

Tasmania
rock pillar

Chambers Pillar

Northern Territory
limestone caves

Chillagoe Caves

Queensland
island territory

Christmas Island

External territories
conservation park

Coalseam Conservation Park

Western Australia
gorge

Cobbold Gorge

Queensland
marine park

Cobourg Peninsula

Northern Territory
coral atoll

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

External territories
national park

Coorong National Park

South Australia
national park

Croajingolong National Park

Victoria
limestone caves

Cutta Cutta Caves

Northern Territory
peninsula

Dampier Peninsula and Cape Leveque

Western Australia
hill ranges

Dandenong Ranges

Victoria
national park

Dorrigo National Park

New South Wales
woodland reserve

Dryandra Woodland

Western Australia
port town

Eden and Twofold Bay

New South Wales
beach

Eighty Mile Beach

Western Australia
waterfall

Ellenborough Falls

New South Wales
national park

Eungella National Park

Queensland
national park

Finke Gorge National Park

Northern Territory
national park

Fitzgerald River National Park

Western Australia
waterfall

Fitzroy Falls

New South Wales
island

Fitzroy Island

Queensland
island

Flinders Island

Tasmania
mountainFlinders Ranges and Wilpena Pound

Flinders Ranges and Wilpena Pound

South Australia
wetland

Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve

Northern Territory
national park

Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park

Tasmania
national parkFreycinet National Park

Freycinet National Park

Tasmania
national park

Gawler Ranges National Park

South Australia
lake system

Gippsland Lakes

Victoria
national park

Girraween National Park

Queensland
volcanic peaks

Glass House Mountains

Queensland
island

Great Keppel Island

Queensland
national park

Great Otway National Park

Victoria
coral cay

Green Island

Queensland
coastal pools

Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks

Western Australia
beach

Hamelin Bay

Western Australia
volcanic outcrop

Hanging Rock

Victoria
caves and springs

Hastings Caves and Thermal Springs

Tasmania
whale nursery

Head of Bight

South Australia
impact craters

Henbury Meteorite Craters

Northern Territory
coral cay

Heron Island

Queensland
whale watching bay

Hervey Bay

Queensland
island

Hinchinbrook Island

Queensland
tidal rapids

Horizontal Falls

Western Australia
island group

Houtman Abrolhos Islands

Western Australia
pink lake

Hutt Lagoon

Western Australia
national park

Innes National Park

South Australia
hot springs

Innot Hot Springs

Queensland
caveJenolan Caves

Jenolan Caves

New South Wales
bay

Jervis Bay

New South Wales
limestone cave

Jewel Cave

Western Australia
waterfall

Josephine Falls

Queensland
national park

Judbarra / Gregory National Park

Northern Territory
islandK'gari (Fraser Island)

K'gari (Fraser Island)

Queensland
national parkKakadu National Park

Kakadu National Park

Northern Territory
national park

Kalbarri National Park

Western Australia
cliffs

Kanangra Walls

New South Wales
islandKangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island

South Australia
canyonKarijini National Park

Karijini National Park

Western Australia
rock formation

Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles)

Northern Territory
rock domes

Kata Tjuta

Northern Territory
salt lake

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

South Australia
national park

Kennedy Range National Park

Western Australia
blowhole

Kiama Blowhole

New South Wales
canyonKings Canyon (Watarrka National Park)

Kings Canyon (Watarrka National Park)

Northern Territory
national park

Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

New South Wales
mountain

kunanyi / Mount Wellington

Tasmania
coral cay

Lady Elliot Island

Queensland
reservoir

Lake Argyle

Western Australia
salt lake

Lake Gairdner

South Australia
pink lake

Lake Hillier

Western Australia
lake

Lake Pedder

Tasmania
lake

Lake St Clair

Tasmania
salt lake

Lake Tyrrell

Victoria
forestLamington National Park

Lamington National Park

Queensland
sand dunes

Lancelin Sand Dunes

Western Australia
waterfall

Liffey Falls

Tasmania
national parkLitchfield National Park

Litchfield National Park

Northern Territory
national park

Little Desert National Park

Victoria
island

Lizard Island

Queensland
islandLord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island

New South Wales
national park

Lower Glenelg National Park

Victoria
subantarctic island

Macquarie Island

Tasmania
island

Magnetic Island

Queensland
island national park

Maria Island

Tasmania
thermal springs

Mataranka Thermal Pools

Northern Territory
lake system

Menindee Lakes

New South Wales
waterfall

Millaa Millaa Falls

Queensland
national park

Millstream Chichester National Park

Western Australia
national park

Mirima National Park

Western Australia
waterfall

Mitchell Falls (Punamii-Uunpuu)

Western Australia
limestone caves

Mole Creek Karst National Park

Tasmania
turtle rookery

Mon Repos Turtle Centre

Queensland
island reserve

Montague Island

New South Wales
waterfall

Montezuma Falls

Tasmania
hot springs

Moree Artesian Baths

New South Wales
sand island

Moreton Island (Mulgumpin)

Queensland
climbing crag

Mount Arapiles

Victoria
monocline

Mount Augustus

Western Australia
national park

Mount Buffalo National Park

Victoria
national park

Mount Field National Park

Tasmania
volcanic city

Mount Gambier

South Australia
national park

Mount Kaputar National Park

New South Wales
mountainMount Kosciuszko

Mount Kosciuszko

New South Wales
desert

Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert

Queensland
national park

Murramarang National Park

New South Wales
salt lakes

Murray-Sunset Pink Lakes

Victoria
national park

Mutawintji National Park

New South Wales
national park

Myall Lakes National Park

New South Wales
national park

Namadgi National Park

Australian Capital Territory
caveNaracoorte Caves

Naracoorte Caves

South Australia
national park

New England National Park

New South Wales
limestone cave

Ngilgi Cave

Western Australia
national park

Nightcap National Park

New South Wales
beach

Ninety Mile Beach

Victoria
viewpointNingaloo Reef

Ningaloo Reef

Western Australia
canyonNitmiluk (Katherine Gorge)

Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge)

Northern Territory
wetland river

Noosa Everglades

Queensland
island territory

Norfolk Island

External territories
sand island

North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah)

Queensland
plain and cliffs

Nullarbor Plain and Bunda Cliffs

South Australia
desert hills

Painted Desert (Arckaringa Hills)

South Australia
island

Phillip Island

Victoria
sinkholes

Piccaninnie Ponds

South Australia
mountain

Pigeon House Mountain (Didthul)

New South Wales
national park

Point Nepean National Park

Victoria
gorge

Porcupine Gorge

Queensland
national park

Porongurup National Park

Western Australia
national parkPurnululu (the Bungle Bungle Range)

Purnululu (the Bungle Bungle Range)

Western Australia
blowholes

Quobba Blowholes

Western Australia
coloured sands

Rainbow Beach and Carlo Sand Blow

Queensland
rock formation

Rainbow Valley

Northern Territory
island

Raymond Island

Victoria
islandRottnest Island

Rottnest Island

Western Australia
coral atolls

Rowley Shoals

Western Australia
national park

Royal National Park

New South Wales
beachShark Bay and Monkey Mia

Shark Bay and Monkey Mia

Western Australia
national park

Snowy River National Park

Victoria
national park

Southwest National Park

Tasmania
national park

Springbrook National Park

Queensland
waterfall

St Columba Falls

Tasmania
chasm

Standley Chasm

Northern Territory
waterfall

Steavenson Falls

Victoria
national park

Stirling Range National Park

Western Australia
sand dunes

Stockton Sand Dunes

New South Wales
national park

Sturt National Park

New South Wales
volcanic headland

Table Cape

Tasmania
rainforest

takayna / Tarkine

Tasmania
national park

Tarra-Bulga National Park

Victoria
national park

Tasman National Park

Tasmania
national parkTasmania and Cradle Mountain

Tasmania and Cradle Mountain

Tasmania
rock platform

Tessellated Pavement

Tasmania
national parkThe Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains

New South Wales
forestThe Daintree Rainforest

The Daintree Rainforest

Queensland
mountainThe Grampians (Gariwerd)

The Grampians (Gariwerd)

Victoria
national parkThe Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef

Queensland
viewpointThe Great Ocean Road

The Great Ocean Road

Victoria
rock formations

The Pinnacles

Western Australia
beachThe Whitsundays and Whitehaven Beach

The Whitsundays and Whitehaven Beach

Queensland
nature reserve

Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve

Australian Capital Territory
mountain ranges

Tjoritja / West MacDonnell Ranges

Northern Territory
national park

Torndirrup National Park

Western Australia
volcanic crater

Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve

Victoria
gorge

Trephina Gorge

Northern Territory
cave

Tunnel Creek

Western Australia
nature reserve

Two Peoples Bay

Western Australia
viewpointUluru

Uluru

Northern Territory
lava tubes

Undara Lava Tubes

Queensland
waterfall

Wallaman Falls

Queensland
whale nursery

Warrnambool and Logans Beach

Victoria
national park

Warrumbungle National Park

New South Wales
rock formation

Wave Rock

Western Australia
marine aggregation

Whyalla Cuttlefish Coast

South Australia
national parkWilsons Promontory

Wilsons Promontory

Victoria
gorge

Windjana Gorge

Western Australia
national park

Wollemi National Park

New South Wales
waterfall

Wollomombi Falls

New South Wales
national park

Yanchep National Park

Western Australia
limestone caves

Yarrangobilly Caves

New South Wales

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