Australia

Coast line
Australia, Oceania, Places

Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary

Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary is next to the small town of Aireys Inlet on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. The sanctuary covers 17,9 hectares and extends from Split Point between Castle Rock and Sentinel Rock in the township of Aireys Inlet. Split Point Lighthouse is located within the sanctuary. […]

Dead trees
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Merimbula

Merimbula is a town next to Merimbula Lake, located on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. One of its main attractions is the Merimbula Boardwalk. The boardwalk leads over the water of Merimbula Lake as well as mangrove beds, under eucalypt canopies and past Merimbula’s famous oyster farms. […]

Moonscape at Bombo Quarry
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Bombo Quarry

Over 70 years ago Bombo Quarry used to be, as the name may suggest, a stone quarry. Situated between Kiama Downs and Kiama the abandoned quarry became an insiders’ tip for photographers over the years as its basalt columns create a popular scenery. Next to it one can find Bombo […]

Wooden stair down to the beach
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Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse

Located on a headland east of Seal Rocks Village, New South Wales, Australia, Sugarloaf Point Lighthouse is the first lighthouse designed by architect James Barnet. Furthermore it is one of only two towers with an external stairway. Although the coast being illuminated by the lighthouse, 20 wrecks have occurred since […]

Ellenborough Falls
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Ellenborough Falls

Ellenborough Falls is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. At 200 metres, it is the second longest single drop waterfall in Australia. Only beaten by Wallaman Falls with a height of 268 metres. 641 steps, however,  allow a walk down to the bottom of […]

Beach
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Tacking Point Lighthouse

Tacking Point Lighthouse is located next to Port Macquire, New South Wales, Australia. It was built in 1879 and is therefore Australia’s third oldest lighthouse. Furthermore Tacking Point marks the end of the 9 kilometres long coastal walk from Town Beach to Lighthouse Beach.

Beach
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Smoky Cape Lighthouse

Smoky Cape Lighthouse is located on Smoky Cape, a headland in New South Wales, Australia. Completed in 1891 it is still active today. Its design, however, is quite unusual for its octagonal tower. It was designed this way because it was easier to cast the tower this way than a […]

Kangaroo
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Little Bay

Little Bay is located near South West Rocks in the state of New South Wales, Australia. There is a picnic area as well as secluded little beach nestled between granite cliffs. Another special thing about Little Bay is that often even families of the eastern grey kangaroo like to hang […]

Bench with a view
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Lennox National Surfing Reserve

Lennox National Surfing Reserve is located in the State of New South Wales, Australia. It is traditional land of the Nyangbai Bundjalung people. Lennox point, Flat Rock and Boulder Beach are three of the most easterly points of Australia. The quality of waves breaking along these points has been inspirational […]