Brisbane, Australia
Streets Beach
Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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Coffs Harbour, Australia
Big Banana
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
Sydney, Australia
'Forgotten Songs' Sound Sculpture
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Sydney, Australia
Water Dragons of the Chinese Garden of Friendship
Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.
Sydney, Australia
Mortuary Station
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
Sydney, Australia
Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine
A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.
St Leonards, Australia
Gore Hill Cemetery
One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.
Sydney, Australia
The Lex and Ruby Graham Gardens
This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.
Sydney, Australia
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Millers Point, Australia
Sydney Observatory
This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
Sydney, Australia
Sirius Building
Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.
Sydney, Australia
Wendy's Secret Garden
Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.
Sydney, Australia
Cockatoo Island
Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.
Yerrinbool, Australia
Big Apple
Entrance to a famous orchard with nine types of apples.
Acton, Australia
The Big Dish
With a surface area of nearly 500 square meters, welcome to the world's largest paraboloidal dish solar concentrator.
Acton, Australia
Australian National University Classics Museum
A little-known museum of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek artifacts.
Canberra, Australia
The Shine Dome
This copper-coated, multi-arched dome is surrounded by a moat and lights up at night.
Melbourne, Australia
'Mr. Lizard and Gumnut Baby' Statue
Children's author May Gibbs's beloved stories about the tiny, human-like "Gumnut Babies" are immortalized in bronze.
Melbourne, Australia
Larry La Trobe Statue
Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.
Melbourne, Australia
Captain Cook's Cottage
The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.
Melbourne, Australia
Marionette Fob Watch
Every hour a secret compartment drops from this giant pocket watch, revealing a lovely surprise.
Melbourne, Australia
The Nicholas Building
A beautiful 1920s tower filled with local hidden gems.
Melbourne, Australia
Mailbox Art Space
Tiny artwork tucked within glass letterboxes form this hidden gem of an art gallery.
Melbourne, Australia
Fairies Tree
A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.
