Melbourne, Australia
Victoria Police Museum
Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.
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Melbourne, Australia
Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.
Canberra, Australia
Dozens of large-scale, creative, evocative curios from prominent artists dot the calm outdoor space around this major museum.
Lord Howe Island, Australia
In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Hamelin Bay, Australia
Incredible rock formations jut from the southern end of this spectacular stingray-viewing spot.
Pyengana, Australia
A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.
Marble Bar, Australia
Microscopic fossils suggest Australia may be the birthplace of sulphur-based life forms.
Ularring, Australia
A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.
Wingen, Australia
6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.
Sydney, Australia
Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.
Kiama, Australia
This massive water spout has been luring visitors for hundreds of years, some to their death.
The Caves, Australia
A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.
Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Purnululu, Australia
These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.
Davenport, Australia
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Australia
One of the only places where Earth’s mantle lies above water.
Christmas Island, Australia
The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.
Darwin, Australia
Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.
South Mount Cameron, Australia
A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.
Mount Gambier, Australia
An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.
Pekina, Australia
When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...
Ansons Bay, Australia
Aqua white sand highlighted with fiery red rocks.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Hamelin Pool, Australia
Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.