These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

The sculpture shows a water rat turning the world upside-down, landing an elephant on its head.

Outdoor art exhibition made of classic Tetris pieces.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

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

Hidden among popular Sydney golf courses is a little remembered graveyard populated by smallpox victims.

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

It's home to the antenna that received the first images of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.

The largest piece of the Berlin Wall in the Southern Hemisphere sits outside this German social club in a Canberra suburb.

A stargazing sculpture made from the ruins of an iconic telescope.

The magic's in the hole!

Not the result of an accident, hurricane, or aliens, this is an eye-popping tribute to the Melbourne tram.

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

This roadside attraction became locally famous for its unintentionally phallic shape.

With a surface area of nearly 500 square meters, welcome to the world's largest paraboloidal dish solar concentrator.

This Western Australian mint was established during the height of the Australian gold rush.

A small mountain cave tucked away along Kings Highway has become a shrine to the beloved character.

A little-known museum of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek artifacts.

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

This giant trout was made by a singular fisherman who wanted to honor his local trade.