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Petrified Water Wheel

Leeuwin, Australia

Water Wheel - Cape Leeuwin

This water wheel turned to stone in a matter of decades.

Woomera Ground Zero for British Atomic Tests

Maralinga Tjarutja, Australia

Woomera Ground Zero for British Atomic Tests

This remote site in the Australian Outback is where the British government conducted atomic bomb tests in the 1950s.

Coquina is formed from millions of tiny seashells.

Denham, Australia

The Old Pearler

This rural Australian restaurant claims to be the only restaurant in the world to be built almost entirely of sea shells.

Griffiths Sea Shell Museum

Lakes Entrance, Australia

Griffiths Sea Shell Museum

This museum is home to one of the largest private collections of seashells in Australia.

Mrs. Macquarie's Chair In Sydney Botanic Garden

Sydney, Australia

Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Remarkable Cave

Port Arthur, Australia

Remarkable Cave

It's said that visitors can "see" Tasmania inside this cave.

Cactus and Succulent Garden

Sydney, Australia

Cactus and Succulent Garden

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

Paddington Reservoir Gardens

Sydney, Australia

Paddington Reservoir Gardens

A former drinking water storage reservoir transformed into a sunken garden.

Big Golden Guitar in Tamworth, Australia.

Hillvue, Australia

Big Golden Guitar

Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.

Thylacine taxidermy at the Australian Museum

Sydney, Australia

Thylacine Taxidermy

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

Pooseum

Richmond, Australia

Pooseum

A small museum dedicated to taking the taboo out of all things related to poo.

Horatio.

Adelaide, Australia

'A Day Out'

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

Big Cherries in Young, New South Wales, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Young, Australia

Big Cherries

Honoring the annual National Cherry Festival.

(Flickr/talen)

Callanna, Australia

Mutonia Sculpture Park

Lonely industrial sculptures in South Australia created by a mechanic turned artist.

Big Merino in Goulburn, Australia. (Wikimedia Commons)

Goulburn, Australia

Big Merino

Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.

Giant Ram

Wagin, Australia

Giant Ram

Everything about this over-size novelty animal is huge including its testicles.

Merimbula, November 2019

Kiama, Australia

Big Poo

At five meters long, that is one big piece of foam poop.

Titanic Theatre Restaurant

Williamstown, Australia

Titanic Theatre Restaurant

Enjoy all the trappings from 1912 aboard this Titanic-themed restaurant.

The Big Banana in Coffs Harbour. (Wikimedia Commons)

Coffs Harbour, Australia

Big Banana

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

The Big Prawn.

West Ballina, Australia

The Big Prawn

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

Bicheno Blowhole

Bicheno, Australia

Bicheno Blowhole

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

A water dragon suns itself on a ledge

Sydney, Australia

Water Dragons of the Chinese Garden of Friendship

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

Regent Street railway station.

Sydney, Australia

Mortuary Station

A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.

Waverley Cemetery

Sydney, Australia

Waverley Cemetery

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

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