Lightning Ridge Opal Fields

World’s best find of black opals.

Coober Pedy Opal Mines

World’s largest find of gem quality opal.

Henbury meteorite craters

A group of 13 – 14 meteorite craters with a diameter from 7 to 180 m, up to 15 m deep. Here have been found several tonnes of meteorites. Formed some 4,200 years ago.

Boxhole crater

Well visible impact crater, with a diameter of 170 m. Formed some 5,400 years ago.

Chillagoe karst landscape

Limestone towers that rise up to 40 m above the surrounding landscape. In this area are known some 600 – 1000 caves.

The Pinnacles (Nambung)

Desert, filled with amazing limestone formations – pinnacles that rise up to 3.5 m high.

Port Arthur

Former convict settlement for hardest British and Irish criminals, built in 1853-1855. This site is renowned also as a haunted place.

Sydney Harbour Bridge

Iconic 139 meters high arch bridge, built in 1932.

Sydney Opera House

One of the iconic buildings representing not only Australia but 20th-century architecture in general. Constructed in 1973.

Weipa shell mounds

Some 600 human-built mounds of shellfish Anadara granosa, including ridges that are several hundred meters long and up to 13 meters high, up to 1,200 years old. Origin and purpose of these structures is not completely clear.