Attractions in Australia
Australia has 140 catalogued attractions across 8 states and territories. The most popular are Darling Harbour, Three Sisters, Scenic World, ranked by visitor ratings and review counts.
Darling Harbour
4.7Sydney, New South Wales
Three Sisters
4.6Katoomba, New South Wales
Scenic World
4.5Katoomba, New South Wales
Elizabeth Quay
4.6Perth, Western Australia
Twelve Apostles
4.7Princetown, Victoria
Cataract Gorge Reserve
4.7West Launceston, Tasmania
National Arboretum Canberra
4.7Yaouk, Australian Capital Territory
Loch Ard Gorge
4.8Port Campbell, Victoria
Geelong Waterfront
4.7Geelong, Victoria
The Farm Byron Bay
4.4Ewingsdale, New South Wales
Yagan Square
4.3Perth, Western Australia
Sydney Observatory
4.6Millers Point, New South Wales
Katoomba Falls
4.7Katoomba, New South Wales
Uluru
4.6Petermann, Northern Territory
Erskine Falls
4.6Lorne, Victoria
Gibson Steps
4.8Port Campbell, Victoria
Kuranda Scenic Railway
4.6Kuranda, Queensland
Canal Rocks
4.8Busselton, Western Australia
The Big Pineapple
3.6Woombye, Queensland
Stokes Hill Wharf
4.4Darwin City, Northern Territory
Crocosaurus Cove
4.3Darwin City, Northern Territory
Infinity
4.3Surfers Paradise, Queensland
The Bell Tower
4.3Perth, Western Australia
The Grotto
4.7Peterborough, Victoria
The Spit Gold Coast
4.8Main Beach, Queensland
Kies Family Wines - Cellar Door Barossa Valley
4.9Lyndoch, South Australia
Kings Canyon
4.7Petermann, Northern Territory
Whispering Wall
4.6Williamstown, South Australia
Crystal Cascades
4.7Redlynch, Queensland
Perth Cultural Centre
4.4Northbridge, Western Australia
The Perth Mint
4.3East Perth, Western Australia
Chinatown Adelaide South Australia
4.4Adelaide, South Australia
Brisbane Sign
4.7South Brisbane, Queensland
Gantheaume Point
4.6Broome, Western Australia
Jacob's Ladder
4.5West Perth, Western Australia
Willie Creek Pearl Farm
4.7Waterbank, Western Australia
Surfers Paradise Sign
4.6Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Mall's Balls
4.4Adelaide, South Australia
Brisbane City Hall
4.6Brisbane City, Queensland
ANZAC Hill
4.6Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Bendigo Tramways
4.6Bendigo, Victoria
The Arch
4.6Port Campbell, Victoria
Alice Springs Reptile Centre
4.5Gap, Northern Territory
Central Deborah Gold Mine
4.7Bendigo, Victoria
Sugarloaf Rock
4.8Naturaliste, Western Australia
Grand Pacific Drive
4.8Stanwell Tops, New South Wales
DNA Tower
4.4Kings Park, Western Australia
Great Ocean Walk
4.8Apollo Bay, Victoria
Newcastle Breakwater
4.8Newcastle East, New South Wales
Ellery Creek Big Hole
4.7Hugh, Northern Territory
Cape Byron Walking Track
4.8Byron Bay, New South Wales
Little Crystal Creek
4.7Crystal Creek, Queensland
National Carillon
4.6Parkes, Australian Capital Territory
Most Easterly Point of the Australian Mainland
4.8Byron Bay, New South Wales
Voyager Estate
4.6Margaret River, Western Australia
Château Tanunda
4.6Tanunda, South Australia
Empress Falls
4.9Wentworth Falls, New South Wales
Twelve Apostles Viewpoint
4.8Princetown, Victoria
Giant Sky Wheel
4.5Geelong, Victoria
Elizabeth Street Pier
4.5Hobart, Tasmania
The Melbourne Central Clock
4.4Melbourne, Victoria
Old Time Photos
4.5Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Barrack Street Jetty
4.6Perth, Western Australia
Quinninup Falls
4.5Wilyabrup, Western Australia
Seppelt Family Mausoleum
4.5Seppeltsfield, South Australia
The Obelisk
4.5Hill, New South Wales
Cairns Koalas & Creatures
3.7Cairns City, Queensland
Alice Springs School of the Air Visitor Centre
4.7Braitling, Northern Territory
Broome Port Jetty
4.0Minyirr, Western Australia
Ruined Castle
4.8Cedar Valley, New South Wales
Streeter's Jetty Broome
3.8Broome, Western Australia
Alexandra Fountain
4.6Bendigo, Victoria
Under The Clocks (Flinders Station)
4.6Melbourne, Victoria
Forrest Place
4.4Perth, Western Australia
Earth Sanctuary World Nature Centre
4.6Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Broome Bird Observatory
4.5Roebuck, Western Australia
The Great Ocean Walk
4.8Johanna, Victoria
Tomb of the Pharaohs
4.8Cairns City, Queensland
Zig Zag Reserve
4.6West Launceston, Tasmania
Skypoint Climb
4.6Benowa, Queensland
Welcome to Alice Springs Sign
4.6Arumbera, Northern Territory
Darwin Camel Rides
4.9Gardens, Northern Territory
Provenance Barossa
4.6Nuriootpa, South Australia
Mindeerup
4.7South Perth, Western Australia
The Wreck
4.7Byron Bay, New South Wales
Melbourne Laneways & Arcades Self-Guided Walking Tour
4.5Melbourne, Victoria
Serpentine Gorge
4.6Namatjira, Northern Territory
Apollo Bay
4.8Apollo Bay, Victoria
Fairy Falls
4.5Lamb Range, Queensland
The Big Townsville Sign
4.5South Townsville, Queensland
The Gables
4.7Gellibrand Lower, Victoria
Wollongong Fishing Harbour
4.7Wollongong, New South Wales
Canberra Times Fountain
4.5Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Dinosaur footprints at Gantheaume Point
4.1Minyirr, Western Australia
The great ocean road
4.9Princetown, Victoria
Perth Digital Tower
4.3Perth, Western Australia
Pier
4.6Geelong, Victoria
Nguthungulli Julian Rocks Nature Reserve
5.0Byron Bay, New South Wales
Bendigo Sign
4.9Bendigo, Victoria
Waterfront Viewpoint
4.8East Geelong, Victoria
Convict Lumber Yard
4.1Newcastle, New South Wales
Skyline Melbourne
4.5South Wharf, Victoria
Great Ocean Road end point
4.3Allansford, Victoria
Tip of Cairns
4.6Cairns City, Queensland
The Strand Jetty
4.5North Ward, Queensland
Roebuck Bay
4.6Broome, Western Australia
The Big Parcel
3.1Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Eden Valley
4.7Eden Valley, South Australia
Walker Street Steps
4.9Townsville City, Queensland
Beginning of Great Ocean Road
4.4Torquay, Victoria
Puckey's Boardwalk
4.6North Wollongong, New South Wales
Launceston City Walk
4.4Launceston, Tasmania
Geelong Revival Motoring Festival
4.6Geelong, Victoria
The Pass
4.7Byron Bay, New South Wales
Geelong Baywall Bollards
4.8Geelong West, Victoria
Perth Waterfront
4.8Perth, Western Australia
Lovers' bench
4.7Margaret River, Western Australia
Byron Bay Water Tank Art
4.7Byron Bay, New South Wales
Sydney Harbour
4.9Sydney, New South Wales
Big Lotus Flower
4.3Bendigo, Victoria
Palm Valley
4.7Byron Bay, New South Wales
Dimples Lane
4.2Bendigo, Victoria
Bendigo Electric Wonderland Festival
4.5Bendigo, Victoria
9 Zeros 9 Stories
4.3Broome, Western Australia
Alice Springs Discovery Walkway
2.3Ciccone, Northern Territory
Newcastle Self-Guided History Walking Tour
3.7Newcastle, New South Wales
Bendigo Self-Guided History Walk
4.3Bendigo, Victoria
Ross Creek
4.0Townsville City, Queensland
The strand.
5.0Townsville City, Queensland
Sydney Place Mural
5.0Adelaide, South Australia
Laneway Spaceman
4.0Bendigo, Victoria
Three Pearling Legends
3.5Broome, Western Australia
Cairns Self-Guided History Walk
5.0Cairns City, Queensland
The Great Ocean Road
1.0Anglesea, Victoria
Start of the Pearling Story
4.0Broome, Western Australia
Public Art - Chinatown Traders
5.0Broome, Western Australia
VD Studio
Flynn, Northern Territory
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Cairns City, Queensland
Townsville's Street Art Walking Trail
Townsville City, Queensland
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Broome, Western Australia
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About Attractions in Australia
This is the broad church of Australian landmarks — the attractions category gathers the country's most visited icons alongside the eccentric, the oversized and the proudly local. Here you will find the Sydney Opera House and Uluru sharing a catalogue with the Big Pineapple, frontier-era theme parks, scenic railways and town-square curiosities. What unites them is pull: these are the places that make travellers stop the car, book the ticket or plan the detour.
Australia's attraction culture is distinctive. Few countries celebrate the roadside "big thing" with such enthusiasm — giant bananas, prawns, rams and guitars that began as fibreglass advertising and became genuine landmarks through sheer affection. Alongside them sit attractions of world standing: UNESCO-listed buildings, reef departure points, alpine lookouts and urban icons photographed millions of times a year.
Because the category is broad, rankings matter more here than anywhere else. Our list is sorted by visitor ratings and review counts, so the attractions at the top are the ones real travellers rate highest — a filter that reliably separates the genuinely unmissable from the merely well-marketed. Each entry links to a full landmark page with its address, rating breakdown, city ranking, FAQs and nearby attractions, making it easy to turn a browse into an itinerary.
Use this category as a discovery engine: scan the national top list for the icons, then follow the city and state links to find what attractions sit along your actual route.
Our catalogue lists 140 attractions across 8 Australian states and territories. The most reviewed entries are Darling Harbour, Three Sisters and Scenic World — Darling Harbour alone carries 65,501 visitor reviews. Rankings throughout this page are driven by visitor ratings and review counts, so the attractions travellers genuinely rate highest appear first.
Geographically, Victoria leads this category with 34 attractions, followed by Western Australia with 29. The cities with the densest clusters are Bendigo, Broome and Perth — useful if you want to see several attractions in a single day. Each state and city link below filters this category to that area.
Among the lesser-known entries, Broome Bird Observatory, The Great Ocean Walk and Tomb of the Pharaohs hold strong ratings from smaller numbers of visitors — the quiet standouts that rarely make brochures but consistently impress the people who find them. They are worth the detour if one sits near your route.
Every entry links to a full landmark page with its address, directions, rating breakdown, city ranking and answers to common questions. The catalogue is refreshed periodically from visitor data, and each page carries its update date. To compare attractions against other landmark types, the categories index links all nineteen categories side by side.
Rankings based on visitor ratings and review counts. Last updated October 2026.