Swansea, Australia
Spiky Bridge
This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.
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Swansea, Australia
This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Launceston, Australia
A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.
Launceston, Australia
A historical umbrella shop, whose owner started a craze for locally-made souvenirs.
South Mount Cameron, Australia
A beautiful, but toxic, lake formed by mining.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Millaa Millaa, Australia
The name for this waterfall was derived from the Aboriginal word used to describe a rainforest vine.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Bowen, Australia
One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.
Seventeen Seventy, Australia
A cairn commemorating James Cook's second landing in Australia.
Maryborough, Australia
A statue of the beloved storybook character stands in front of the building in which her creator was born.
Maryborough, Australia
A museum dedicated to the legacy of writer P.L. Travers and her most beloved character, Mary Poppins.
Fraser Island, Australia
The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
West Ballina, Australia
There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
New Italy, Australia
Once a farming community founded by the Italian survivors of an immigration scam, this colony is now a free camp and roadside attraction.
Glen Innes, Australia
A tribute to the Celtic nations that helped settle Australia.
Guyra, Australia
Monument to the area's potato and lamb industries.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
Coffs Harbour, Australia
Roadside display for a popular fruit and vegetable stand.
Wauchope, Australia
Large enough to house an internal gift shop.
Kew, Australia
Giant wood sculpture in Kew first constructed in 1979.
Uralla, Australia
The last of the bushrangers in New South Wales.
Fox Glacier, New Zealand
A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.