4+ hour, 54+ min ago   (611+ words) Aside from wine tastings, Margaret River has plenty laid-back activities. Get outdoors and do some bird watching at the Capes Raptor Centre. The wildlife refuge has plenty of birds of prey flying around, and you can even get a private…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1123+ words) worldatlas.com Tasmania is known for its spectacular landscapes, but some of its greatest treasures are the towns where life naturally slows down. Visitors can climb The Nut above Stanley, cross Australia’s oldest continually used stone bridge in Richmond, explore…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (427+ words) When a festival is not in town, there is still plenty to do in Charters Towers. Tor's Drive-in shows current films in a classic outdoor setting, a rarity worth keeping. And the Zara Clark Museum brings the town's gold-rush past…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1263+ words) WorldAtlas There is nothing rushed about the towns that beautify the South Australian landscape. Robe is a surfer’s haven with a mellow vibe year-round. Penola is all about wine tastings and enjoying the pure country charm. Goolwa is the place…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (420+ words) Mount Beauty is named Mount Beauty, and in the town's entire history nobody has demanded a correction. It sits in the Australian Alps at the foot of Mount Bogong, Victoria's highest peak at 1,986 meters (6,516 feet), which serious hikers climb through…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (778+ words) WorldAtlas Between barrier reefs, expansive sandy beaches, and an abundance of wildlife, Australia is renowned for its natural beauty. But its small towns hold a different kind of appeal, where a single main street can carry a whole region's cultural…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1103+ words) WorldAtlas Many of Tasmania's downtowns still look like they did in the 1820s and 1830s. Travellers might encounter old bridges built by convicts, sandstone churches, and shopfronts that haven't changed in 200 years. Some towns stayed this way by accident. A highway or…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (1384+ words) WorldAtlas The drive out of Adelaide takes barely an hour before the noise drops away in towns like Normanville and Strathalbyn. South Australia keeps its best weekends small. A cellar door in the Coonawarra pours Cabernet from terra rossa soil…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (865+ words) WorldAtlas Robe shipped a fortune in wool out of Guichen Bay before the railways stole its trade. Hahndorf laid down its first German shopfront in 1839 and never tore it up. These South Australian towns kept their main streets exactly where…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1412+ words) WorldAtlas In South Australia the thing you remember is rarely the view. It is the people. The German settlers who built Hahndorf brought a habit of warmth that the town still keeps, and the old mining community of Burra welcomes…...