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Sydney Opera House   Sydney

Sydney Opera House, Sydney

 234 Reviews  Nearly all visitors that visit Sydney want to visit the Sydney Opera House while they are here..This wonderful piece of Architecture is a magnet for visitors..it would have to be the most photographed... 

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Great Ocean Road   Melbourne

Great Ocean Road, Melbourne

 144 Reviews  More than Twelve Apostles!!! You can travel from Melbourne to Apollo Bay Monday thru Friday: -->From Melbourne (Southern Cross Station), take Vline train at 9am and reach Geelong Station at... 

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Kings Park   Perth

Kings Park, Perth

 114 Reviews  Each summer Shakespeare WA present a series of Shakespearean plays in the confines of Kings Park. It's a great way to spend a summer's evening, take a picnic blanket, some food and wine (byo) and... 

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Southbank   Brisbane

Southbank, Brisbane

 56 Reviews  The lagoon on southbank was my favourite thing about Brisbane, I love the idea that they built a beach to make up for the fact that they don't really have a natural one! Although it gets pretty... 

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Theme Parks.   Gold Coast

Theme Parks., Gold Coast

 123 Reviews  Have just started a trip around Australia and recently visited the gold Coast Theme Parks. I purchased a single entry ticket to Sea World for $79 and then found out that I could of purchased the VIP... 

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Glenelg   Adelaide

Glenelg, Adelaide

 33 Reviews  Glenelg is Adelaide's most popular beachside suburb and is a must see for most visitors. I spent a pleasant afternoon there, but more than the beach I liked the fascinating history of the town. This... 

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Australian War Memorial   Canberra

Australian War Memorial, Canberra

 58 Reviews  Having taken note of the ancient lions at the entrance to the A.W.M please do not leave without finding the painting Menin Gate at Midnight located in a small space at the back of the Gallipoli... 

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Mindil Beach Markets   Darwin

Mindil Beach Markets, Darwin

 6 Reviews   DARWIN This is a must do when in Darwin..each Thursday and Sunday nights this market is extremely popular with locals and visitors alike. Take wander through the large marketplace and look at the... 

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Geelong Waterfront   Geelong

Geelong Waterfront, Geelong

 18 Reviews  Eastern beach has a beautiful hill landscape for jogging, a gated swimming area, stunning views of Corio Bay. Locals and tourists come here to spend morning walk, jogging, photo shooting, and etc. You... 

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Mountains.   Hobart

Mountains., Hobart

 24 Reviews  From the top of Mt Wellington, on a clear day, you are rewarded with spectular views. You can see over to the Tasman Penninsula and also to the Southern Wilderness Area. Mt Wellington is 1270 metres... 

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Zoo / Aquarium/ Animal parks   Sydney

Zoo / Aquarium/ Animal parks, Sydney

 200 Reviews  After a recent trip to Sydney I visited Sydney Aquarium. Was a great day out...well 3 hours - this gives you plenty of time. Have been booking some of my tours and attractions through a website called... 

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St. Kilda   Melbourne

St. Kilda, Melbourne

 72 Reviews  While staying with friends on a recent visit ,we decided to visit St.Kilda.. to have some local famous seafood and go for a walk along the pier.I felt like getting a rod and doing a bit of fishing for... 

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Perth City Centre   Perth

Perth City Centre, Perth

 74 Reviews  If you think that Megamouth is simply an opinionated sports commentator, then think again (he's actually called Sam Newman)! I am ambivalent about the Perth Museum - which is good but not great - but... 

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Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary   Brisbane

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane

 23 Reviews  A partly open range zoo at Fig Tree Pocket next to the river. It describes itself as a sanctuary for koalas. I am sorry but my idea of a sanctuary is acres of bushland where the animals can live... 

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Hinterland / National Parks.   Gold Coast

Hinterland / National Parks., Gold Coast

 31 Reviews  After much debate, we decided to head up to Tamborine mountain, really really enjoyed the day. A few wineries, cheese tasting and gallery walk. Really great day out....only 30 mins from Surfers... 

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Hahndorf   Adelaide

Hahndorf, Adelaide

 16 Reviews  Hahndorf is the oldest German community in Australia. It is now a a tourist attraction with old buildings reflecting the early architecture of the community. Craft shops galore: foods, leathers, wood... 

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New Parliament House   Canberra

New Parliament House, Canberra

 50 Reviews  I am sure it would be impossible when visiting Canberra not to visit the new Parliament House..Located not far from the old Parliament House this new building is in a really dominant postion.The new... 

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Jumping Croc Cruise   Darwin

Jumping Croc Cruise, Darwin

 5 Reviews  DARWIN This is a worthwhile day out while in Darwin and is certainly a "close up" for anybody that has never seen crocodiles THIS CLOSE..The river cruise guarantees that you will see many large crocs... 

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The Great Ocean Road   Geelong

The Great Ocean Road, Geelong

 21 Reviews  This is a very rugged part of the coast, with cliffs, gorges and blowholes. The most well known feature of this national park are the 12 Apostles. Only seven of them remain, because they're beaten my... 

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Salamanca Markets.   Hobart

Salamanca Markets., Hobart

 22 Reviews  While best known for its Saturday Markets, Salamanca Place is a great place to visit on any other day of the week. Spend time visiting the shops and galleries or enjoy a meal in one of the many... 

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Blue Mountains   Sydney

Blue Mountains, Sydney

 137 Reviews  Finally in February 2010; my husband an I made it to the Blue Mountains. We took a guided tour that left from Sydney via bus. Our visit to the National Park included: The Three Sisters, Katoomba... 

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Queen Victoria Market   Melbourne

Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

 50 Reviews  Before I planned or came to Melbourne, all I knew about Melbourne was this Queen Victoria Market. Malaysians would recommend me to stop by here to buy fruits and other things. Now I know why, because... 

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Rottnest Island   Perth

Rottnest Island, Perth

 46 Reviews  Rottnest Island - universally known as Rotto by anyone who's been in Western Australia for more than five minutes - is quite simply Perth's playground and the fact that it attracts 500,000 tourists a... 

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Mt Cootha   Brisbane

Mt Cootha, Brisbane

 14 Reviews  Sorry, no photo's of these waterfalls as every time I visit, there isn't any water going over! Perhaps it would be best to visit directly after rain, I shall have to try that myself. Even though it... 

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Beaches.   Gold Coast

Beaches., Gold Coast

 35 Reviews  Coolangatta is as far south as you can get in Queensland as it right on the New South Wales border with it's twin town of Tweed Heads on the other side. It's about a half hour drive along the Pacific... 

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The Maritime Museum - Darling Harbour

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For those of you navy buff's especially those from Canada. Australia has an Oberon Class Diesel Electric sub on display in Sydney. Built in the 60's, this class of sub was operated by the British, Canadian and Australian Navies. You can tour the inside of this sub, and get a great idea of what it is like to work on one. FYI: Canada only retired thiers in 2002 - before buying the current ones. The Canadian Oberon Class Subs are still considered classified, so you cannot get near them. this is funny in contrast to the Australians who have two Oberon Class subs as museum displays.

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Through the coloured glass, just looking

by iandsmith

If there's one thing I think is underutilized in modern architecture, it's stained glass. I love the way colours shine as the sun's rays highlight the rich tapestry of hues intertwined on a window.Thus it gives me pleasure to feature this relatively modern example (1992) of the art in Hanna's Arcade in the East Mall of Armidale.Inside the arcade are up-market clothing stores, pharmaceuticals and a restaurant with nice ambience.

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Twelve Apostles & Coast Road

by zuhur

By car or bus, traveling southwest from Melbourne, these giant rocks, called the Twelve Apostles, are along the coastal highway. I booked a tour to go out here, most of the other tourists were Japanese or Korean & the highlight were these immense limestone shapes. One disembarks at the top of cliff-walks to take pictures of them. The trip was timed so that we hit the last of these stops around sunset - so the light was fantastic. We stopped on the way at a seaside village where people have small summer places and had tea or coffee and a local biscuit. It's quite a long trip but worth it, as you travel through various summer towns and eucalyptus forests, then grazing country with rolling hills.

Museums

by zuhur

I went to the Museum of Natural History, then the Museum of Contemporary Art and finally, the Immigration Museum in Melbourne - the first took up a whole afternoon, and the other two, I managed along with a long walking tour out of my guidebook in an afternoon (also heard a boys choir in the Anglican church downtown at vespers). The Museum of Natural History had a special exhibit on famous bandits and criminals of the world - that was just terrific! In its permanent collection was a segment on the human body - and a wonderful area on Australia, aboriginal art and history, and of course, dinosaurs,e tc. The Museum of Contemporary Art (I may not have the title correctly) was further downtown & is a striking building with a wonderful permanent collection of Australian arts from the 19th century on - as well as Impressionists, up to Abstract. The upper floors were devoted to a special...

Melbourne Zoo

by zuhur

For animal lovers, and travelers with children, this is a great zoo! I was staying not too far from the University of Melbourne so that's a short cab ride, and then ask someone to call you a cab for return. The zoo is divided into different areas and regions, and the Austalia ecozone is full of all those unique animals that tourists want to see -- different types of kangaroos, including one who lives in a tree house, very large wombats sleeping in their cave habitats, koalas, and a small area that contains the extremely tiny fairy penguins. I got a better look at these little creatures here than I did at their beach landing point. The Asia eco-segment of this zoo is really spectacular -- there is a sort of Asian villagewith all sorts of elephant related knck-knacks and buildings and the wonderful pachyderms, but also some interesting shrines. And the giraffe area is also spectacular.

The Blue Mountains

by Tayto

If you are in Sydney for a few days there is a 1 day trip to the blue mountains north of Sydney that is well worth doing. Its an early start but its a great day out. You travel by coach to the Blue Mountains stopping at an animal reserve on the way where you get up close and personal with Australian's native animals including Kola, Wallabies....Bats ! The blue mountains are spectacular and you get a chance to ride a cable car over one of the gorges above the forest canopy and it is just spectacular...not for those who don't like heights.On the way back to Sydney there are two stops one to a small vilage with an old fashioned candy shop that's like a step back in time. Also you stop at the Olympic Village and Stadium which is interesting before boarding a boat for a trip into Sydney harbour where you travel past the opera house and under Sydney's famous bridge for a different view of the...

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Visit Wildworld

by peeley

We found this by accident coming back to Cairns from a drive up to Port douglas. It is in fact on the main road between the 2 towns.It is a small zoo with crocodiles,snakes,kangaroos,wallabies performing parrots etc. Basically all of Australias native animals, some of which you wouldn't like to bump into in the wild !!You can feed the kangaroos and wallabies by hand ( or rather they take the food from you ! )i'm glad we found this place and would recommend it if you have a spare half day or so.

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Visit the outer barrier reef

by peeley

We took a day trip on a catameran called Quicksilver from Cairns and finally ended up at a small island called Micalmus Cay.We lunched,scuba dived,snorkelled,swam,sunbathed fed fish etc here.A very memorable trip - worth every pennythoroughly recommended

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Visit The Reef

by peeley

We went out to Green Island on the Inner Reef. Easy to get to on a small ferry from Cairns Harbour. Cheap as wellThere is a small zoo, museum, cafe and as much beach as you want for your self on the island. We spent a whole day there

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white water rafting

by peeley

not sure why we did this ( my wife can't swim ! ). But we did, survived and lived to tell the tale. Worth every single Dollar. It was a half day trip starting early morning with a trip by road ( obviously ) up to a dam upstream of the Tulley River. The rafts are put into the gentle running river but SOMEONE opened the bloody dam !You then have to try and avoid getting killed otherwise you miss the bar -be- cue dinner/lunch at the bottom of the rapids !SUPERB !

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