9 places to discover
Arno's Wall is a 70-metre-long folk-art wall located on Vindex Street in Winton, central western Queensland. Built over many years from the 1960s by local resident Arno Grotjahn using concrete embedded with discarded objects such as machinery parts, bottles, typewriters and household items, the wall is an example of outsider art. It stands on the edge of town near open Mitchell grass plains and is maintained as a free public attraction by Winton Shire.
The Collie Mural Trail is a large outdoor art trail in Collie, in Western Australia's South West region, about 200 kilometres south of Perth. It features more than 40 large-scale murals painted on buildings, walls and the Wellington Dam wall throughout the town and surrounds. Developed from 2015 to revitalise the former coal-mining town, the trail showcases works by local and international artists depicting local history, nature and community stories.
The Don Rhodes Mining Museum is an open-air museum on Wilson Street in Port Hedland, Western Australia. It displays large mining and railway equipment from the Pilbara iron ore industry and honours mining pioneer Donald Rhodes. Located near Marapikurrinya Park in the town centre, the museum preserves machinery, locomotives and artefacts that illustrate the development of mining in the region from the 1960s onwards.
The Elsey Homestead Replica is a heritage attraction in Mataranka, Roper Gulf region, Northern Territory, located within the grounds of Mataranka Homestead. It is a faithful reconstruction of the original Elsey Station homestead made famous by Jeannie Gunn's 1908 book We of the Never Never. Built to commemorate the pioneering pastoral history of the region, the replica displays period furnishings, photographs and memorabilia interpreting early 20th-century station life.
Jones Store is a heritage-listed former general store located in the historic township of Newcastle Waters in the Barkly Region of the Northern Territory, on the Stuart Highway. Built in 1934 by storekeeper Ted Jones to serve drovers, station workers and travellers on the overland stock route, it is a well-preserved example of outback commercial architecture. The building forms part of the Newcastle Waters Historic Township precinct, illustrating the region's pastoral and transport history.
The OTC Satellite Earth Station is a heritage-listed former satellite communications facility located at Browns Range, about 6 kilometres north of Carnarvon in Western Australia's Gascoyne region. Commissioned in 1966 by the Overseas Telecommunications Commission, it featured a 29.6-metre Cassegrain antenna that supported NASA's Gemini and Apollo missions, early Intelsat communications and television broadcasts. Decommissioned in 1987, the preserved dish and interpretive site illustrate Australia's role in global telecommunications and space tracking history.
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.
Split Rock is an Aboriginal rock art site located about 12 km south of Laura in Cook Shire, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Set within a sandstone escarpment in Quinkan Country, it features extensive galleries of Quinkan rock paintings in natural shelters. The site is one of the most accessible public rock art galleries near Laura and is notable for its well-preserved ancient paintings and cultural significance to Aboriginal people.
Stanley Heritage Walk is a self-guided walking trail through the historic fishing village of Stanley on Tasmania's far north-west coast in the Circular Head municipality. The walk links well-preserved 19th-century cottages, churches, hotels and former port buildings dating from the Van Diemen's Land Company settlement of 1826. Interpretive plaques explain the town's maritime and colonial history, with views of Bass Strait and The Nut volcanic plug forming a scenic backdrop.