This historic manufacturing city lies in a spectacular valley in the western Blue Mountains. Lithgow is a place of Australian firsts, as the cradle of the country’s steel industry, and the home of its first mass production gun factory. You can get acquainted with Australian workmanship at a slew of museums, and discover some exciting …
This quiet lakeside community is a retirement haven on the South Coast of New South Wales. It’s not hard to understand the appeal of somewhere like Sanctuary Point when you glimpse St Georges Basin and its shoreline of beaches, parks, eucalypt forest and mangroves. Yet, what’s incredible is how much there is to see and …
The modern story of this city set deep in the NSW Outback begins in 1883 with the discovery of the world’s largest deposit of silver, zinc and lead. That vast orebody is so integral to Broken Hill’s identity that there’s a towering mullock heap in the middle of the city, and even the streets are …
An export powerhouse for Australia, Port Hedland in Western Australia‘s Pilbara region is one of the largest and busiest harbours in the world. The main cargo is iron ore, which is mined in mindboggling quantities in the ranges outside the town. This is then transported to the harbour via trains so long they’ll take several …
Blending staggering coastal scenery, awesome natural wonders and an origin story that demands investigation, the Western Australian town of Broome has a lot going for it. Broome’s modern story begins with the pearling industry in the 1870s. The local abundance of pinctada maxima oysters created a pearl-diving boom, as well as Australia’s first genuinely multicultural …
The little city of Colac has a first-class location, beyond the northern foothills of the Otway Ranges and right on the edge of the Western Victoria Volcanic Plains. This puts a real variety of scenery close by, from huge saline and freshwater lakes to volcanic craters, biodiverse rainforest, lush fern-bedded gullies, picture perfect farmland and …
The picture perfect city of Armidale is posted high in the Northern Tablelands, where there’s a soft climate and four distinct seasons. Growing in the Armidale’s urban parks are deciduous trees that put on a dazzling display of reds and yellows in autumn. East of Armidale the landscape becomes rugged and wild, and Waterfall Way …
Born in the early 20th century near the head of the Spencer Gulf, Whyalla developed fast in the post-war years with an integrated steelworks and shipyard. The Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP), the world’s largest mining group, was here at the very start. They founded Whyalla’s first settlement in 1901, at the terminus for a …
This fast-growing suburb is on a peninsula jutting out from the west side of Lake Macquarie. All along Lake Macquarie’s indented shoreline are parks and trails where you can observe the abundant wildlife, go fishing, watch the sunrise or just rest in the greenery and be cooled by the fresh breezes. On the ocean side …
A summer holiday favourite, Forster in NSW’s Mid North Coast is where the crystal clear Wallis Lake flows into the Pacific Ocean. The choice of things to do around Forster is almost overwhelming. There are at least ten sandy beaches within 20 minutes of the town, some blasted by the powerful Pacific surf and others …