Where would you visit in Australia?

[AlexS]

In response to Midge's challenge in another thread, where would I recommend people visit?

Take a ferry trip on Sydney Harbour
Bushwalk in the Blue Mountains
Go diving on the Great Barrier Reef
Mt. Lamington National Park
Powerhouse museum in Sydney
Ride a bike round Tassie
Drive from Adelaide to Alice Springs to get an idea of the scale of Australia
Daintree, Cooktown & Cape York
Drive from Perth to Albany, stopping at lots of places along the way.
Dive with the whale sharks at Esperance WA
Walk all round Melbourne, and visit restaurants in Richmond etc.

[bitingmidge]

I'm thinking of a tour involving visiting the BIG:

Abalone (Laverton North, VIC)
Ant (Broken Hill, NSW)
Apple (Bacchus Marsh, VIC)
Apple (Donnybrook, WA)
Apple (Thulimbah, QLD)
Apple (Yerrinbool, NSW)
Avocado (Tweed Heads, NSW)
Axe (Kew, NSW)
Ayers Rock (Karuah, NSW)
Banana (Carnarvon, WA)
Banana (Coffs Harbour, NSW)
Bananas, Bunch of, Sawtell, NSW)
Barramundi (Daintree, QLD)
Barramundi (Normanton, QLD)
Bicycle (Chullora, NSW)
Bicycle (Southport, QLD)
Bird (Gippsland, VIC)
Blue Heeler (Muswellbrook, NSW)
Boomerang (Eumundi, QLD)
Boomerang (Surfers Paradise, QLD)
Boot (Rozelle, NSW)
Bottle (??, ??)
Bottle (Bundeburg, QLD)
Bottle (Mangrove Mountain, NSW)
Bottle (Pokolbin, NSW)
Bottle (Rutherglen, VIC)
Bowl (Port Macquarie, NSW)
Bridge (Warwick Farm, NSW)
Brolga (Townsville, QLD)
Brush (Balmain, NSW)
Bull (Rockhampton, QLD)
Bull (Wauchope, NSW)
Camera (Meckering, WA)
Can (??, QLD)
Cassowary (Mission Beach, QLD)
Cheese (Bodalla, NSW)
Cherries (Young, NSW)
Chicken (Moonbi, NSW)
Cigar (Churchill, VIC)
Cigarette (Myrtleford, VIC)
Clock (Murray Bridge, SA)
Coffee Pot (Deloraine, TAS)
Cook, Captain (Cairns, QLD)
Cow (Brunswick Junction, WA)
Cow (Nambour, QLD)
Cow (Phillip Island, VIC)
Crocodile (Humpty Doo, NT)
Crocodile (Normanton, QLD)
Crocodile (Wyndham, WA)
Cup (Southport, QLD)
Dinosaur (Richmond, QLD)
Diplodocus (Somersby, NSW)
Dog on a Tucker Box (Gundagai, NSW)
Dugong (Rockhampton, QLD)
Egg (Lake Boga, VIC)
Eight Ball (Port Macquarie, NSW)
Elephant (Nimmitabel, NSW)
Elephants (Woolgoolga, NSW)
Fish (Caboolture, QLD)
Fish (Caravilla, NSW)
Fruit Bowl (Bilpin, NSW)
Galah (Kimba, SA)
Glasses (Kogarah, NSW)
Gold Panner (Bathurst, NSW)
Guitar (Narrandera, NSW)
Guitar (Tamworth, NSW)
Gumboot (Tully, QLD)
Hotdog (Arncliffe, NSW)
Joint (Nimbin, NSW)
Kangaroo (Border Village, SA)
Koala (Dadswells Bridge, VIC)
Koala (Phillip Island, VIC)
Koalas (Coffs Harbour, NSW)
Lobster (Kingston SE, SA)
Macadamia (Nambour, QLD)
Mandarin (Mundubbera, QLD)
Mango (Bowen, QLD)
Marlin (Cairns, QLD)
Marree Man (Outback, SA)
Merino (Blackall, QLD)
Merino (Goulburn, NSW)
Milkshake (Warrnambool, VIC)
Milkshake Containers (Tongala, VIC)
Miner (Kapunda, SA)
Miner (Rubyvale, QLD)
Mobile Phone (Hurstville, NSW)
Mosquito (Hexham, NSW)
Mower (Beerwah, QLD)
Muffler (Southport, QLD)
Murray Cod (Swan Hill, VIC)
Murray Cod (Tocumwal, NSW)
Mushroom (Belconnen, ACT)
Ned Kelly (Glenrowan, VIC)
Octopus (Lakes Entrance, NSW)
Orange (Berri, SA)
Orange (Gayndah, QLD)
Orange (Harvey, WA)
Orange (Tenterfield, NSW)
Oyster (Taree, NSW)
Oyster (Ceduna, SA)
Painting (Emerald, QLD)
Pavlova (Marulen, NSW)
Peanut (Kingaroy/Tolga, QLD)
Pelican (Noosa, QLD)
Penguin (Penguin, TAS)
Pie (Yatala, QLD)
Pineapple (Gympie, QLD)
Pineapple (Nambour, QLD)
Potato (Robertson, NSW)
Prawn (Ballina, NSW)
Pumpkin (Beaudesert, QLD)
Pumpkin (Goomeri, QLD)
Ram (Wagin, WA)
Redback Spider (Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane, QLD)
Rig (Roma, QLD)
Rock (Barrington Tops, NSW)
Rocking Horse (Gumeracha, SA)
Rolling Pin (Wodonga, VIC)
Saddle (Picton, NSW)
Santa (Macksville, NSW)
Sapphire (Anakie, QLD)
Scotsman (Adelaide, SA)
Shell (Tewantin, QLD)
Slide Rule (University of Tasmania, TAS)
Staircase (Perth, WA)
Sticks (Eumundi, QLD)
Strawberry (Sunshine Coast, QLD)
Stubby (Larrimah, NT)
Stubby (Tewantin, QLD)
Submarine (Holbrook, NSW)
Sundial (Singleton, NSW)
Tap (Phillip Island, VIC)
Tasmanian Devil (Mole Creek, TAS)
Titanic (Williamstown, VIC)
Toad, SArina, QLD)
Triceratops (Ballendean, NSW)
Trout (Adaminaby, NSW)
Trout (Oberon, NSW)
Truck (Dysart, QLD)
Wave (Phillip Island, VIC)
Whale, Killer (Phillip Island, VIC)
Winch (Coober Pedy, SA)
Windmill (Coffs Harbour, NSW)
Wine Cask (Buronga, NSW)
Wool Bales (Hamilton, VIC)
Worm (Bass, VIC)
The best info on all I've found thus far is here:
http://www.bigthings.com.au/


cheers,

P

[Gra]

Big trip there BM (Where is the groan smiley)

Ok seriously

Birdwood National motor museum in Adelaide
National War memorial Canberra
National gallery Vic
Drive Great Ocean Road Vic
Wine tasting in;
Yarra Valley,
Rutherglen,
Barossa Valley,
McClaren Vale,
Clare Valley
Etc
Whiskey Tasting in Hobart
Tour of the Franklin River Tas
See the penguins @ Phillip Island Vic
Cakes in Acland St Stkilda Vic
Historic Buildings and gold diggings in the Bendigo, Castlemaine, Ballarat triangle

[Gingermick]

The coastline around Seaforth north of Mackay is beautiful. 1 in 3 sloping rainforest heading down into the sea and coral.

[silentC]

Great Ocean Road, then through Mt Gambier, up to Penola and Coonawarra, then on to Nuriootpa and North to the Flinders Ranges. Excellent road trip.

[Brown Dog]

I'm thinking of a tour involving visiting the BIG:

Dont forget the Big Poo in Kiama NSW (if its still there ?)


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as far as big things go though its pretty crappy


cheers
BD

[jow104]

If you want excitement, Sydney tunnels in the rush hour.

[silentC]

Sydney tunnels in the rush hour

Does he? Where does he tunnel to and what does he do in the quite times?

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

The Lodge & Kirribilli House - a pleasant day throwing peanuts at the monkey.




(Peanut recipe:

• 1 750ml coke bottle (glass)
• 350ml petroleum distillate
• strips of linen rag...)

[jow104]

The Lodge & Kirribilli House - a pleasant day throwing peanuts at the monkey.




(Peanut recipe:

• 1 750ml coke bottle (glass)
• 350ml petroleum distillate
• strips of linen rag...)

for those that haven't seen the monkey at Kirribilli house.

[Driver]

I reckon the list of "Big Things" that BM posted would be a really good tour of Oz. I've seen a few of them. My favourites

The Big Ram at Wagin - it's a seriously impressive merino.
The Big Banana at Carnarvon - notable for the fact that it's not very big at all, really. It's less of a Big Banana, more of a Slightly Larger Than Average Banana.
The Big Oyster at Taree - very odd. The thing that strikes you is - why??
The Big Orange at Harvey - no longer. Disappeared a few years back but it was good while it lasted.
The Mother Farcquar - now we're talking big. The MF is on a scale of bigness that rivals the biggest things you could possibly imagine. When it comes to big, the Mother Farcquar is It, mate.

[Rocker]

Big trip there BM (Where is the groan smiley)

Ok seriously

Birdwood National motor museum in Adelaide
National War memorial Canberra
National gallery Vic
Drive Great Ocean Road Vic
Wine tasting in;
Yarra Valley,
Rutherglen,
Barossa Valley,
McClaren Vale,
Clare Valley
Etc
Whiskey Tasting in Hobart
Tour of the Franklin River Tas
See the penguins @ Phillip Island Vic
Cakes in Acland St Stkilda Vic
Historic Buildings and gold diggings in the Bendigo, Castlemaine, Ballarat triangle

Damned Mexicans; what about Kakadu National Park, Katherine Gorge, and Uluru?

Rocker

[Gingermick]

And someone stole the big bulls balls in Rockhampton

[Jedo_03]

Broken Hill dint even get a mention...!!!
Jedo

[watson]

Avoca Victoria!

22 wineries......2 pubs.......my place......'nuff said.