216 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Australia - Atlas Obscura

Lake Hillier

Lake Hillier

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

-34.0942, 123.2033

Raymond Island, Australia

Gippsland Lakes Bioluminescence

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

-37.9224, 147.7913

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Ball's Pyramid

Ball's Pyramid

This barren sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost content of Zealandia.

-31.7558, 159.2506

Melbourne, Australia

The Haunted Bookshop

Occult books, Tarot, Oddities.

-37.8155, 144.9617

Putty, Australia

Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

-32.8739, 150.4922

The SS Ayerfield

Sydney, Australia

SS Ayerfield

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

-33.8489, 151.0677

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Entryway to Sanctuary

Mount Dandenong, Australia

William Ricketts Sanctuary

A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to Aborigines and ecological stewardship.

-37.8334, 145.3555

Added by Clinton

Bundoora, Australia

Larundel Mental Asylum

Dilapidated ruins that once treated a notorious young serial killer, currently hosting vandals, squatters, and ghost hunters.

-37.7119, 145.0478

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Stories About Australia

The brown streaks in the water, near the coastal city of Gladstone, Australia, are a bloom of <em>Trichodesmium</em> cyanobateria.

A Sea Scum Bloom Off Australia Can Be Seen From Space

The massive strands of microbes are actually a vital part of the global nitrogen cycle.

by Kelsey Kennedy

October 09, 2017

In the late 18th century, "ghost hoaxers" donned costumes to terrify unsuspecting victims.

The Mischievous 'Ghost Hoaxers' of 19th-Century Australia

To stave off boredom, some people donned sheets and menaced the public.

by Joseph Hayes

August 02, 2017

The Timor Sea today.

How Humans Reached Australia 65,000 Years Ago

New research shows that they arrived far earlier than previously thought.

by Erik Shilling

The excavation in the cave.

Found: Earliest Evidence of Humans Living on the Australian Coast

An island cave held artifacts from 50,000 years ago.

by Sarah Laskow

Joan Blaeu, Archipelagus Orientalis sive Asiaticus

Found: A Rare, 17th-Century Map of Australia

Created around 1659 by a Dutch cartographer, it's the first map to show Tasmania.

by Sarah Laskow

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A 12-Year-Old's Mission to Drive Across Australia

He got 800 miles into it before getting stopped.

by Erik Shilling

A python (not this one) got addicted to meth.

The Prison Rehab Where a Meth-Addicted Python Got Clean

Wombats, turtles, and kookaburras, among other creatures, are also welcome.

by Erik Shilling

A Rescued Surfer Who Got Lost on Purpose

Police initially said the man had been pulled out by a current off the coast of Bulli. He says they're wrong.

by Erik Shilling

January 25, 2017

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