Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.

The Australian terminal of the Pacific Cable that linked the continent to North America.

The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.

Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.

There's nothing shrimpy about the world's largest artificial prawn.

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

The tallest sea cliffs on the Southern Hemisphere are a climber's worst nightmare.

Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

For a century, the tallest building in Tasmania was a tower built to manufacture ammunition.

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.

This simple sailing boat is one of the oldest preserved fishing vessels of its kind in the world.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.

This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.

Rainforest filled with record-holding eucalyptus.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

Not a single witness can attest to the creation of the world's largest geoglyph.

Just one of many oranges on this citrus-happy continent.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

Roadside display for a popular fruit and vegetable stand.

Lonely industrial sculptures in South Australia created by a mechanic turned artist.