Things You Can Only Do in Australia
Who wouldn’t want to visit Australia? It’s beautiful, vast, and full of landscape, wildlife and experiences you can only have in Australia. Get ready to plan your next vacation to Australia and read this list of 10 things you can ONLY DO in Australia!
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1 Visit an underground town
You might not know it, but there is a mining town that is underground. Cooper Peddy is a mining town located in South Australia; the weather is so hot that people avoided the heat by moving underground.
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2 Visit a Rainforest one day, then a beautiful sandy beach the next day
You can visit Cape Tribulation and experience the Daintree Rainforest. Then head over to the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living ecosystem underwater. This a place where 2 World Heritage sites meet.
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3 See Penguins on Phillip Island
This is one of Australia’s most popular attraction. You can see cute little penguins return each night after fishing. At sunset, watch the penguins waddle up to the safety of their homes on the beach.
4 Visit the oldest grape vines in the world and drink wine
In the mid 1860’s the grapes in European vineyards developed some disease that killed the plants. This left some of Australia’s vineyards, which came over with the first settlers in 1788.
5 Take the longest and straightest train journey of your life
In southern Australia The Trans-Australian Railway stretches across the Nullabrbor Plain. It is a whopping 487 km (302 miles). You can travel all the way from Perth to Sydney and this journey takes 3 nights. You will see landscapes so unique and stunning and you can only see this in Australia!
6 Climb one of the world’s highest steel-arch bridge
The Sydney Harbor Bridge is nicknamed the ‘coathanger’ due to the arched design. It spans 1,149 metres in length and connects downtown Sydney with the North shore. You can actually climb this bridge (on a tour of course!) and travel 134 metres above sea level and look down over Sydney!
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7 Hang with the largest collection of kangaroo species in the world
Did you know there is more than one species of Kangaroos? Check out the Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary in Port Douglas, Queensland and you can see more kinds of kangaroos than anywhere in the world!
8 Hangout with a cute Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian devil is actually really smart, pretty cute and shy. They are only found wild on the island state of Tasmania. They play an important role in keeping predators like wild foxes and cats in check. Their story is sad one, their population is declining due to a disease. Wildlife centers and parks are savings them. They are a bit like a hyena with incredible jaw strength.
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9 See the world’s only recorded evidence of a dinosaur stampede
Winton is in Central West Queensland. You can see 3,300 dinosaur tracks which tell a story of a herd of dinosaurs hanging out and drinking on the shore of a lake, about 95 million years ago. Then a large meat-eating dinosaur came and a panic arose, as they stampeded away. You can see evidence of their panic at the Lark Quarry Dinosaur Tracks 120km southwest of the musical fence in Winton.
10 Surf a wave made of rock
Wave Rock is a popular tourist attraction in Western Australia. It is millions of years old and stretches 15 metres high. Visitors to Wave Rock can climb up to the top for a wonderful panorama of the surrounding area, and when viewed at different times of the day the rock’s color alters significantly.
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