Birdsville, Australia
The Birdsville Hotel
A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.
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Birdsville, Australia
A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.
Purnululu, Australia
These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.
Ventnor, Australia
An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.
Adelaide, Australia
Dedicated to an "Unknown Man," this grave holds either the remains of a lovelorn suicide or a Cold War spy.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Marysville, Australia
A forest full of mystical fantasy figures, nearly destroyed by recent fires.
Jenolan, Australia
The first tourist attraction to offer tours for interstellar tourists.
Francois Peron National Park, Australia
This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.
Bicheno, Australia
Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.
Coober Pedy, Australia
This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.
Callanna, Australia
Not a single witness can attest to the creation of the world's largest geoglyph.
Royal National Park, Australia
A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.
Arthurs Seat, Australia
Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.
Mount Surprise, Australia
White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.
Australia
This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.
Melbourne, Australia
The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
The Caves, Australia
A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.
Sturt Creek, Australia
A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.
Kiama, Australia
This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.
Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Brisbane, Australia
Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
Sydney, Australia
One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.