Places Aunty Annie Wants to Go

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to indigenous Australians and ecological stewardship.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.

Plastic pups and their colorful homes greet travelers on this otherwise ordinary Australian street.

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

This 1800s former railway tunnel is now part of a heritage walking trail.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Stone mined from this quarry was used in many prominent structures around Melbourne.

This ancient rock shelter features cave art and is one of the most culturally important sites in the country.

This outdoor museum harkens back to the height of the gold rush.

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.

Dedicated to one of the horses that helped cultivate the region.

These giant grain silo portraits capture elements of rural life in Australia.

One of the youngest volcanic eruption sites in Australia.

An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.

A 100-foot-tall mural in South Australia.

This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.

The famed literary character has a unique connection to this city.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.

This may be one of the most valuable Morris & Co. stained glass windows in Australia.

A perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.

The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.