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Eddystone Point Lighthouse

Eddystone Point Lighthouse is a historic granite lighthouse at Eddystone Point on Tasmania's far north-east coast within Mount William National Park in the Break O'Day municipality. Completed in 1889 from locally quarried granite, the 35-metre tower is one of Australia's tallest and most distinctive lighthouses. It marks a hazardous coastline and remains an active aid to navigation, surrounded by keeper's cottages, windswept coastal heath and the white sands of the Bay of Fires region.

Break O'Day, TasmaniaLighthouse

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Elsey Cemetery

Elsey Cemetery is a heritage-listed historic cemetery located on Homestead Road at Elsey, about 21 kilometres south of Mataranka in the Roper Gulf region of the Northern Territory. Established to serve Elsey Station, it contains graves of early pastoral pioneers including Aeneas Gunn, whose story inspired Jeannie Gunn's classic book We of the Never Never. Set in open savanna woodland, the fenced cemetery preserves headstones and bush graves reflecting early 20th-century frontier life.

Mataranka, Northern TerritoryMemorial

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Golden Mile Loopline Railway

The Golden Mile Loopline Railway is a heritage railway based at the historic Boulder Railway Station in Boulder, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia. It preserves a section of the former Boulder loopline that served the mines of the Golden Mile, one of Australia's richest goldfields. Operated by volunteers of the Golden Mile Loopline Railway Society, it offers short heritage train rides using restored locomotives and carriages, showcasing the region's gold mining and railway history.

Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western AustraliaHeritage Site

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Kanchanaburi Old City Wall

The Kanchanaburi Old City Wall is the preserved remnant of the historic fortification of Kanchanaburi in western Thailand. Located in Mueang Kanchanaburi District near the city centre, the laterite wall and reconstructed city gate date to 1831 during the reign of King Rama III. Built to defend against invasions after the town was relocated to its present site at the confluence of the Khwae Yai and Khwae Noi rivers, it is a registered ancient monument and tangible link to the early Rattanakosin period.

Kanchanaburi, KanchanaburiFort

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Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees

The Legerwood Carved Memorial Trees is an outdoor war memorial in Legerwood, Dorset Council, north-east Tasmania. Originally 25 trees planted in 1918 to honour local soldiers who served in World War I, the trees declined and were carved between 2001 and 2004 by chainsaw sculptor Eddie Freeman into individual sculptures depicting each soldier's life and service. Set in Legerwood Memorial Park on Ringarooma Road, it is a distinctive avenue of honour and cultural landmark.

Dorset, TasmaniaMemorial

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Marble Hill Ruins

Marble Hill Ruins are the remains of the former vice-regal summer residence in Marble Hill in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia, about 20 km east of Adelaide. Built between 1878 and 1880 for Governor Sir William Jervois to designs by William McMinn, the substantial stone mansion served South Australian governors until it was destroyed by the Black Sunday bushfire on 2 January 1955. Today the roofless stone walls, tower and terraced gardens remain as a managed historic site.

Adelaide Hills, South AustraliaHistoric Site

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Petticoat Lane

Petticoat Lane is a preserved heritage precinct in Penola, within the Wattle Range Council area of South Australia's Limestone Coast. It comprises a narrow unsealed lane lined with restored 1850s-1860s settler cottages, including Sharam Cottage and the former schoolhouse where Saint Mary MacKillop taught in 1866. The precinct represents Penola's original settlement and is notable for its vernacular architecture and association with Australia's first saint.

Wattle Range, South AustraliaHeritage Site

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Red Bridge

The Red Bridge in Campbell Town, Northern Midlands, Tasmania, is Australia's oldest surviving brick arch bridge, spanning the Elizabeth River on the historic Midland Highway. Built between 1836 and 1838 by convict labour to a design by James Blackburn, it features three arches of locally made red bricks. Still in use today, it is heritage-listed and a key stop on the Hobart to Launceston heritage route.

Campbell Town, TasmaniaHeritage Site

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Red Dog Memorial

The Red Dog Memorial is a bronze statue located in Dampier, within the City of Karratha in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Erected in memory of Red Dog, a kelpie-cattle dog who roamed the Pilbara in the 1970s, it stands beside Dampier Highway at the entrance to the town. The memorial commemorates the dog's loyalty and extensive travels across the region and has become an iconic roadside landmark and photo stop for visitors to Dampier and Karratha.

Karratha, Western AustraliaMemorial

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Woomera Aircraft and Missile Park

Woomera Aircraft and Missile Park is an open-air museum in the town of Woomera in South Australia's Far North. Located in the centre of town, it displays a collection of rockets, missiles, aircraft and related hardware tested at the Woomera Range, established in 1947 as a joint Anglo-Australian weapons testing facility. The park preserves and interprets Australia's aerospace and defence testing history.

Far North, South AustraliaMuseum

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