last edited Dec 11, 2019
What to See in Australia
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Australia has around twenty sites listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Like the country's main attractions, the vast majority are remarkable natural areas, such as Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef, renowned worldwide for their marine riches, or Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, best known for being home to the famous Ayers Rock, one of Australia's iconic tourist symbols.
By Region
Each region of Australia is rich in sites and other places—especially natural ones—to discover:
- What to See in South Australia: beyond the Adelaide and Coober Pedy area, beautiful Kangaroo Island, the Flinders Ranges, the Eyre, Fleurieu, and Yorke Peninsulas, and Coorong National Park.
- What to See in Western Australia: the Ningaloo Reef coral barrier, the Dampier Peninsula, Shark Bay, and numerous natural parks worth visiting, such as Cape Le Grand National Park, Karijini National Park, Cape Range National Park, and Kalbarri National Park...
- What to See in Queensland: beyond the famous Great Barrier Reef, various islands (Fraser Island, Magnetic Island, Whitsunday Islands, Lady Elliot...), the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast for sea and surf, Daintree National Park, and the vast, wild Cape York Peninsula.
- What to See in South-Eastern Australia: including the cities of Sydney and Melbourne, but above all the Great Ocean Road, the Gippsland Lakes, the Blue Mountains and the Snowy Mountains, Grampians National Park, and Kosciuszko National Park...
- What to See in Tasmania: the "dramatic" nature, notably the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Areas, Freycinet National Park, the Tasman Peninsula, the Bay of Fires, Bruny Island, and Flinders Island.
- What to See in the Northern Territory: first and foremost, the unmissable Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (known for Ayers Rock), Kakadu National Park and Watarrka National Park, the Devils Marbles, and Arnhem Land (Aboriginal territory).