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It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

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

One of the youngest volcanic eruption sites in Australia.

A rare chance to enter an original gold mine from the 1800s.

Leaning shelves and books galore, this location is a book lover's utopia.

This ancient limestone cave system contains many impressive geological features.

Kakadu National Park is known for its stunning beauty and its rock art, which represents the longest historical records of any continuous civilization on Earth.

Gnomes have taken over a rest stop on Australia's longest straight road.

This area was created to save the region's koala population.

A potpourri of rocks, fossils, and crystals is rounded out by a dinosaur garden and a 15-foot great white shark.

These 400 million-year-old caves feature honeycomb limestone formations.

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

The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.

Olive’s garden serves up a seemingly endless helping of outback delights.

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

An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.

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

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

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

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.