Water in Australia

Discover 29 water in Australia.

Petrified Water Wheel

Leeuwin, Australia

Water Wheel - Cape Leeuwin

This water wheel turned to stone in a matter of decades.

Sign on the Wreck Bell.

Queenscliff, Australia

The Wreck Bell

This bell was once used to summon rescue crews when ships fell victim to the treacherous waterways.

Lightning Ridge Baths

Lightning Ridge, Australia

Lightning Ridge Artesian Bore Baths

On the outskirts of an opal-mining town, these baths fed by a massive underground aquifer are a natural spa.

Lake Amadeus

Petermann, Australia

Lake Amadeus

This large lake in Central Australia contains an estimated 600 million tons of salt.

Woolshed Falls

Beechworth, Australia

Woolshed Falls

This gold mine–turned–swimming hole is the perfect summer picnic spot, immersed in nature and history.

Underneath Molle Street

Hobart, Australia

Hobart Rivulet

This urban stream flowing underneath Tasmania's capital city is also an unofficial gallery for street artists.

Lake Tyrrell during sunset

Sea Lake, Australia

Lake Tyrrell

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

Stromatolite.

Cervantes, Australia

Lake Thetis

One of the few places in the world home to living stromatolites.

Burdekin Falls Dam

Ravenswood, Australia

Burdekin Falls Dam

Queensland's largest dam includes a winding spillway that offers drivers a mesmerizing sight.

Badu Mangroves.

Sydney, Australia

Badu Mangroves

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

The beach facing Brisbane City and River.

Brisbane, Australia

Streets Beach

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Pipeline

Mundaring, Australia

Goldfields Water Supply Scheme

An engineering masterpiece, or “Scheme of Madness?”

St Columba Falls

Pyengana, Australia

St Columba Falls

A granite waterfall cascading down is one of the highest multi-tiered falls in the state.

One of the "islands" in Lake Ballard as a backdrop to one of the figures

Ularring, Australia

Inside Australia

A series of eerie metal stick figures are spread out over four square miles on the bed of a huge salt lake in the Australian Outback.

Horizontal Falls

Horizontal Falls

This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.

C.Y. O'Connor Horse and Rider

North Coogee, Australia

C.Y. O'Connor Horse and Rider

This drowning bronze monument marks the spot where one of Australia's great engineers died by suicide.