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Byron Bay, Australia

Walgun / Cape Byron

The most easterly point on mainland Australia offers dramatic ocean views.
Added by graemelovell
West Ballina, Australia

The Big Prawn

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.
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New Italy, Australia

New Italy

Once a farming community founded by the Italian survivors of an immigration scam, this colony is now a free camp and roadside attraction.
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Coffs Harbour, Australia

Big Banana

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.
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Taree, Australia

Big Oyster

Homage to the local produce now serves as a car dealer.
Katoomba, Australia

The Giant Stairway

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.
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Katoomba, Australia

Three Sisters

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
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Sydney, Australia

Beehive Casemate

A defensive fortification carved into a cliff near Sydney Harbour.
Added by azzatron
Mosman, Australia

Georges Head Battery

The yawning remains of a complex naval fortress still haunt this Australian shore.
Added by anomalous
St Leonards, Australia

Gore Hill Cemetery

One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.
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Millers Point, Australia

Sydney Observatory

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
Added by TLara
Sydney, Australia

Sirius Building

Though considered an eyesore by some, this boxy Brutalist high-rise plays a significant role in Sydney's past.
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Sydney, Australia

Mrs. Macquarie’s Chair

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.
Sydney Rose Added by Sydney Rose
Sydney, Australia

Midden

In the shadow of the Sydney Opera House, Indigenous ingredients shine.
Sam OBrien Added by Sam OBrien
Sydney, Australia

Eric the Pliosaur

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Sydney, Australia

Thylacine Taxidermy

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.
Added by Livia Polcz
Sydney, Australia

Robert Burns Statue

A statue of a Scottish cultural icon in central Sydney.
Added by Obscuravibes
Sydney, Australia

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
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Sydney, Australia

Cactus and Succulent Garden

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.
Added by Livia Polcz
Sydney, Australia

'Memory Is Creation Without End'

This work of art was designed to represent the Tarpeian Way Quarry that once dominated the area.
Added by Obscuravibes
Sydney, Australia

Justice and Police Museum

This grim museum collects artifacts and evidence of some of the most sensational antipodean crimes.
melissa lesnie Added by melissa lesnie
Sydney, Australia

Trim the Cat

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Sydney, Australia

'Forgotten Songs' Sound Sculpture

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.
Added by JenPenguin
Sydney, Australia

The Queen's Letter

This letter written by Queen Elizabeth II in 1986 won't be opened until 2085.
Added by greggc80