The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.

The unique work of art celebrates the 30th anniversary of the 1988 World Expo.

A colorful sculpture of an Australian symbol patrols an otherwise ordinary traffic island.

Its most grisly object is a jar full of severed fingers allegedly cut off by prisoners to avoid work.

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

A nearly lost tribute to an 11-year-old boy killed during a World War I homecoming parade.

Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

A huge stone pyramid built for fun.

Fiberglas monument to Moonbi's poultry industry.

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

Record-holding guitar meant to promote country.

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

This Australian beach became famous when Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared from its shores.

This former brickworks pit is full of legends about its murky depths.

Is there such thing as too many fruit bats? Not anymore.

This lone pillar is all that remains of a 19th-century asylum.

This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.

A unique underground car park that has become a popular filming location.

The gigantic preserved heart of a champion racehorse.

For better or worse, this whimsical sculpture garden was a favorite place of Rupert Murdoch's.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

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