A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.

A statue of a Scottish cultural icon in central Sydney.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.

A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.

Along the Stuart Highway, two giant sculptures tower over the roadway.

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.

This preserved site served as part of Northern Australia’s defense in World War II.

A Japanese sculptor carved an ode to biodiversity into a floodplain.