Places 85wombats Wants to Go

Leaning shelves and books galore, this location is a book lover's utopia.

These 400 million-year-old caves feature honeycomb limestone formations.

This large lake in Central Australia contains an estimated 600 million tons of salt.

Record-holding guitar meant to promote country.

Large enough to house an internal gift shop.

Australia's first opal field led to a mining rush in the 1890s.

Standing in celebration of where the cattle dog was bred.

Australia's only intact colonial warship never saw action before being turned into a scenic wreck.

Roadside attraction outside of a recycling center.

Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.

The Gunditjmara Aboriginal people of Australia began construction on this vast aquacultural complex 6,600 years ago.

Located on top of mines that run through Broken Hill.

A microcosm of the whaling industry in a small Australian town.

This gold mine–turned–swimming hole is the perfect summer picnic spot, immersed in nature and history.

One of the few places in the world home to living stromatolites.

A conservation sanctuary for rescued koalas, some of which were saved from devastating Australian bushfires.

Hundreds of people walk past this palm tree every day without spotting its secret.

Cooled, fractured lava formed this geometric rock feature.

This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.

A beautiful hike through national parks, forests and beaches in Western Australia.

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.

These naturally occurring but rare geological formations are each about the size of a small house.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.