Places shamblalex Wants to Go

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

This previously dilapidated alleyway has been transformed into one of Melbourne's finest hidden art locations.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

Australia's oldest artists' colony.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

This remnant of an old railroad is the tallest surviving wooden trestle bridge in Victoria.

"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.

An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.

A conservation sanctuary for rescued koalas, some of which were saved from devastating Australian bushfires.

Australia's largest traditional hedge maze features a Great Gnome Hunt.

Largest maize maze in the Southern hemisphere built with GPS technology on more than two acres.

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

Victoria's largest salt lake is a favorite haunt for photographers and stargazers.

Designed to provide fantastic views of the surrounding rainforest.

This slightly spooky yet nostalgic theme park claims to be the first of its kind in Australia.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Featuring Torres Strait Islander cuisine and Australia's first indigenous bar.

This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.

The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Tiny artwork tucked within glass letterboxes form this hidden gem of an art gallery.

A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.