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SS Ayrfield

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

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Museum of Human Disease

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

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Wendy's Secret Garden

Built over an abandoned train yard, this hidden gem is full of winding paths and offers gorgeous views of Sydney Harbour.

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'Forgotten Songs' Sound Sculpture

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

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Justice and Police Museum

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.

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Cockatoo Island

Cockatoo Island is a Heritage-listed island in the middle of Sydney Harbour.

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The Lex and Ruby Graham Gardens

This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.

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Parts of the tunnels are flooded.

A New Purpose for Sydney's Unfinished Train Tunnels

They will be transformed into an underground entertainment space.

by Sarah Laskow

October 01, 2018

An Australian Olympic team swimsuit from the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games.

The World's Largest Speedo Collection Almost Oozed Away

In 2012, Australia's Powerhouse Museum discovered that something strange was happening with some of their swimsuits.

by Abigail Cain

The Ferry McFerryface Controversy Tearing Australia Apart

Politicians are angry, workers are threatening to strike, and at least one environmentalist is devastated.

November 17, 2017