West Ballina, Australia
The Big Prawn
There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
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West Ballina, Australia
There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
Kingston SE, Australia
A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.
Norseman, Australia
No one seems to know who suffered the disappointment at this particular place.
Bowen, Australia
One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.
Esperance, Australia
A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.
Sydney, Australia
A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.
Mosman, Australia
The yawning remains of a complex naval fortress still haunt this Australian shore.
North Coogee, Australia
The ruins of a once prosperous power station have become a mouldering seaside gem.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Sydney, Australia
A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.
Lord Howe Island, Australia
In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.
Christmas Island, Australia
The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.
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.
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!
Francois Peron National Park, Australia
This Australian beach is composed of tiny shells.
Mount Gambier, Australia
An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.
Darwin, Australia
Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Wellington Mill, Australia
Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."
Sydney, Australia
A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Port Campbell, Australia
A clear example of the process of erosion in action.