Bowen, Australia
The Big Mango
One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.
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Bowen, Australia
One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.
Surfers Paradise, Australia
The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Melbourne, Australia
Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.
Sydney, Australia
Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.
Mount Surprise, Australia
White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.
Port Arthur, Australia
Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Millers Point, Australia
This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
Sydney, Australia
One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.
Sydney, Australia
Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Katoomba, Australia
A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.
Mena Creek, Australia
A castle hand-built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
The Caves, Australia
A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.
Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
Fraser Island, Australia
The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.
Kilcoy, Australia
This small Australian town is considered home to the "Yowie" or the Aussie Big Foot.
Woombye, Australia
A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.