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Johanna Beach on the Great Ocean Road, Victoria.

Johanna Beach, Great Ocean Road: one of Victoria’s great secret surf beaches

The Great Ocean Road in Victoria is known for having several amazing beaches. Bells Beach near Torquay is one of the world's great surfing beaches, while Loch Ard Gorge near Port Campbell offers dramatic rock formations. Meanwhile, beach towns such as Lorne, Apollo Bay and…

Queenscliff Beach in Sydney, New South Wales.

Queenscliff Beach, Sydney: surfing, ocean pool and the Manly Worm Tunnel

Queenscliff Beach in Sydney is both really easy to find and incredibly difficult to find. It's easy because it's basically a continuation of one of the most famous beaches in Australia. And it's difficult because most people are looking for a separate beach entirely. Queenscliff…

Anglesea Beach on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria.

Anglesea Beach, Great Ocean Road: surf lessons, swimming and what to do

Anglesea Beach is not generally regarded as the best on the Great Ocean Road. The likes of Bells Beach and Johanna Beach will always top it for surfing, while the likes of Childers Cove will win on the looks front. Anglesea Beach, however, is like…

Hovea Falls in John Forrest National Park near Perth, Western Australia.

Hovea Falls, John Forrest National Park: the best time to visit this Perth waterfall

In John Forrest National Park near Perth, Hovea Falls is best seen when there's water flowing in winter or spring. The 2.3km Hovea Falls walk will take you there. Hovea Falls in the John Forrest National Park, near Perth, is not your conventional waterfall. It…

Nandroya Falls near Innisfail, Queensland.

Nandroya Falls, Queensland: walks, swimming and camping at Wooroonooran National Park

Nandroya Falls, Queensland, is in the Palmerston section of Wooroonooran National Park. It is one of the highlights of the drive along the Palmerston Highway from Innisfail to Millaa Millaa in far north Queensland. To see Nandroya Falls, however, you are going to have to…

Myall Beach in Cape Tribulation, Queensland.

Myall Beach, Cape Tribulation: rainforest, horse riding and the Coral Sea

Myall Beach is one of the two main beaches in Cape Tribulation, Queensland. The other is Cape Tribulation Beach, a little further north. It can be visited on a day tour from Port Douglas or Cairns. Where is Myall Beach? Myall Beach is in the…

Burgess Beach in Forster, New South Wales, Australia.

Burgess Beach, Forster: the Mid North Coast’s best-kept secret

Burgess Beach, NSW, is something of a local secret. In Forster on the Mid North Coast, it isn't nearly as well known as other local favourites such as One Mile Beach, Forster Beach and Tuncurry Beach. You also have to put in a bit of…

Bushrangers Bay in Shellharbour, New South Wales.

Bushrangers Bay, NSW: snorkelling and diving at Bass Point Reserve

If you want to go to the beach, forget about Bushrangers Bay, NSW. This bay is part of the Bass Point Reserve, just to the south of Shellharbour in the Illawarra region. But you're not going to find golden sands here – just a rocky…

Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory.

Fogg Dam, Northern Territory: birdwatching, crocodiles and water lilies near Darwin

Fogg Dam near Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory was originally built as part of a failed rice-growing scheme. It quickly became a dry season refuge for wildlife as the floodplains dried out elsewhere, and it was turned into the Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve in…

Fortescue Falls in Karijini National Park, Western Australia.

Fortescue Falls, Karijini National Park: walks, swimming and how to get there

Fortescue Falls is one of the main attractions in Western Australia's remote Karijini National Park. It is the only permanent waterfall in the park. Fortescue Falls isn't a particularly high waterfall, and you can hardly call the drop spectacular either. But what it does do…