08 May 2024
4 mins Read
Wild coastlines, cultural institutions, gourmet delights, epic road trips… Australia is full of wonders, from icons to the lesser-known. Here, we’ve curated 100 Aussie Wonders to discover across the nation. Get ready to explore all the things that make Australia the extraordinary place it is (like the epic shot above taken by Salty Wings of Roebuck Bay in Broome, WA).
Here is the complete list to inspire your own travels this year and beyond.
See Australia’s iconic wonders here.
1. Uluru, Northern Territory
2. Murray River, New South Wales and Victoria
3. Sydney Harbour, New South Wales
4. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland
5. Hunter Valley, New South Wales
6. Quokkas of Wadjemup (Rottnest Island), Western Australia
7. Australia’s Big Things, across Australia
8. Parliament House, Australian Capital Territory
9. Luxury Lodges of Australia, across Australia
10. Aussie pubs, across Australia
See Australia’s natural wonders here.
11. Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Tasmania
12. Aurora australis, Tasmania
13. Gorgeous gorges across Australia, across Australia
14. Kiama Blowhole, New South Wales
15. Australia’s wonderous waterfalls, across Australia
16. Remarkable rocks, across Australia
17. Cassowaries of Mission Beach, Queensland
18. Daintree Rainforest, Queensland
19. Christmas Island
20. Ningaloo/Nyinggulu, Western Australia
See Australia’s outback wonders here.
21. Flinders Ranges, South Australia
22. Lake Argyle, Western Australia
23. Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
24. Mungo National Park, New South Wales
25. Undara lava tubes, Queensland
26. Outback wildflowers of Western Australia
27. Qantas Founders Museum, Queensland
28. The Ghan, multi-state journey
29. Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, South Australia
30. Larapinta Trail, Northern Territory
See Australia’s cultural wonders here.
31. Tiwi Islands art, Northern Territory
32. Garma Festival, Northern Territory
33. Tamworth Country Music Festival, New South Wales
34. Australian Music Vault, Victoria
35. Mindil Beach Sunset Markets, Northern Territory
36. Mad Max 2 Museum, New South Wales
37. Indigenous art fairs, across Australia
38. Australian Open, Victoria
39. Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, Victoria
40. Norfolk Island
See Australia’s urban wonders here.
41. WA Museum Boola Bardip, Western Australia
42. Bendigo’s art scene, Victoria
43. Adelaide Oval, South Australia
44. Flinders Street Photo Booth, Victoria
45. Melbourne’s laneways, Victoria
46. The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre, New South Wales
47. Newcastle’s food scene, New South Wales
48. Balumbul/Umpherston Sinkhole, Mt Gambier, South Australia
49. Mona, Tasmania
50. National Arboretum, Australian Capital Territory
See Australia’s foodie wonders here.
51. Aboriginal Bush Traders cafe, Northern Territory
52. Aussie oysters, across Australia
53. Tokyo Lamington, New South Wales
54. Australian coffee culture, across Australia
55. Bilpin cider, New South Wales
56. The Agrarian Kitchen, Tasmania
57. LANGTONS Classification of Australian Wine
58. The Aussie sausage sizzle
59. Aussie spirits
60. Sydney Fish Market, New South Wales
See Australia’s coastal wonders here.
61. Kimberley Coast, Western Australia
62. Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk, New South Wales
63. Australia’s waves
64. Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
65. Ocean pools of New South Wales
66. Cod Hole Dive Site, Queensland
67. Cable Beach, Western Australia
68. Esperance from the air, Western Australia
69. Orcas of Bremer Bay, Western Australia
70. wukalina Walk, Tasmania
See Australia’s island wonders here.
71. Climbing Lord Howe Island’s Mt Gower, New South Wales
72. Torres Strait in a day
73. Little penguins of Phillip Island, Victoria
74. Whitehaven Beach, Queensland
75. Cocos (Keeling) Islands
76. Brisbane’s islands, Queensland
77. Kangaroo Island’s Ligurian honey bees, South Australia
78. K’gari, Queensland
79. Lizard Island, Queensland
80. Maria Island, Tasmania
See Australia’s hidden wonders here.
81. Rowley Shoals, Western Australia
82. Hawkesbury River, New South Wales
83. Swan River Trails, Western Australia
84. Litchfield’s swimming holes, Northern Territory
85. Australia’s hot springs, across Australia
86. Bundanon, New South Wales
87. Noosa Everglades, Queensland
88. Bungle Bungle Range, Western Australia
89. Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade, Victoria
90. Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
See Australia’s road trip wonders here.
91. Adelaide to Birdsville (and beyond)
92. Great Ocean Road, Victoria
93. Waterfall Way, New South Wales
94. Silo Art Trail, Victoria
95. Great Beach Drive, Queensland
96. Prosecco Road, Victoria
97. Cairns to Cape York, Queensland
98. Tassie’s Tasting Trail, Tasmania
99. Savannah Way, multi-state journey
100. Gibb River Road, Western Australia
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