The colony of South Australia was proclaimed on a hot December day under a distinctively arched gum tree.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

A wealth of plants and horticultural curiosities fill this charmingly antique museum.

Hundreds of tiny dead butterfly eyes gaze down at diners in this Australian eatery.

Inspired by the local football team, this giant ant is meant to draw tourists to a tiny Australian town.

This shrine to film's most iconic wasteland wanderer is located in the very outback where the movies were shot.

Twelve sculptures designed to make their best showing with the coming or going of the sun.

Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.

A modest park memorial pays tribute to one of the Titanic's most revered storylines.

Designed by artist Pro Hart, built elsewhere in 1980.

Located on top of mines that run through Broken Hill.

Australia's first opal field led to a mining rush in the 1890s.

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

A simple tribute to the migrant workers who landed here before walking hundreds of miles to Victoria's gold mines.

One of the world's largest tractors was built to replace camel caravans.

An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.

The only pollutant in the clear blue water is sunscreen.

These naturally occurring but rare geological formations are each about the size of a small house.

Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.

Can of beer on top of a Cobar hotel with a world record.

Australia's first open air museum and antique 3D theater.

Plastic pups and their colorful homes greet travelers on this otherwise ordinary Australian street.