Attractions
Alice Springs Desert Park
Larapinta, Northern Territory
A walk-through park at the foot of the West MacDonnell Ranges that shows the plants and animals of Australia's deserts in recreated habitats: sand co…
Attractions in Australia
Attractions
Australia Zoo, Beerwah
Beerwah, Queensland
The zoo made famous by Steve Irwin, the 'Crocodile Hunter', and still run by the Irwin family.
Attractions
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane
Fig Tree Pocket, Queensland
Opened in 1927, Lone Pine is the world's first and largest koala sanctuary, with more than 100 koalas in a bush setting on the Brisbane River at Fig …
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MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), Hobart
Berriedale, Tasmania
Australia's most talked-about museum, created by gambler and collector David Walsh and carved into a sandstone cliff beside the Derwent River.
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Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo
Dubbo, New South Wales
An open-range zoo in Dubbo where animals from Africa, Asia and Australia live in huge enclosures separated by moats rather than cages.
Attractions
Taronga Zoo, Sydney
Mosman, New South Wales
Sydney's zoo sits on a hillside at Mosman with probably the best view of any zoo in the world, looking across the harbour to the Opera House and the …
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Chenrezig Institute, Eudlo
Eudlo, Queensland
One of the largest Tibetan Buddhist centres in the West, set in 160 acres of subtropical rainforest in the Sunshine Coast hinterland.
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Warrawong Wildlife Sanctuary, Mylor
Mylor, South Australia
A wildlife sanctuary in the Adelaide Hills, created from a run-down dairy farm and now planted with native trees, lakes and creeks inside a predator-…