With a surface area of nearly 500 square meters, welcome to the world's largest paraboloidal dish solar concentrator.

This Western Australian mint was established during the height of the Australian gold rush.

Visible from both land and sea.

A monument to a working class martyr.

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

Native Australian lizards inhabit this garden celebrating Sydney and its sister city in China.

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

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

Monument that stands 40 feet and weighs 1,000 pounds.

More than 100 colorful residents stand post in this seaside Australian city.

The oldest European burial ground in Australia.

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

Large enough to house an internal gift shop.

One of Sydney's oldest graveyards hides in plain sight behind a hospital.

Three-story concrete ram with a permanent gift shop.

Largest Buddha carved from gemstone-quality jade in the world, on a world tour through 2011.

The largest necropolis in the Southern Hemisphere.

A spectacular impact crater in the rugged heart of Central Australia.

One of the oldest theaters in Australia, it's also said to be haunted by a performer who died on stage.

A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.

The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.