Macquarie, Australia
The Big Owl
This roadside attraction became locally famous for its unintentionally phallic shape.
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Macquarie, Australia
This roadside attraction became locally famous for its unintentionally phallic shape.
Acton, Australia
With a surface area of nearly 500 square meters, welcome to the world's largest paraboloidal dish solar concentrator.
Canberra, Australia
The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.
Canberra, Australia
This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.
Ainslie, Australia
This church's unusual design comes from its previous life as a mortuary station.
Cape Otway, Australia
A plaque at the lighthouse where Frederick Valentich made his last radio contact before he vanished without a trace.
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."
Port Campbell, Australia
A clear example of the process of erosion in action.
Bass, Australia
"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.
Melbourne, Australia
Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.
Melbourne, Australia
The bullet-banged DIY suit of armour belonging to Australia’s most famous outlaw.
St Kilda, Australia
You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.
Mount Barry, Australia
The longest fence in the world stretches over 3,000 miles to keep the dingoes out.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Darwin, Australia
World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
Davenport, Australia
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
Bowen, Australia
One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.
Opalton, Australia
These tracks are believed to be from a panicked dinosaur stampede.
Hillvue, Australia
Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.
Parkes, Australia
This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.
Sydney, Australia
A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.
Sydney, Australia
This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!