Australia

Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge (Photo: adventure2oz.wordpress.com)

1. New South Wales

      • Sydney (state capital and largest city in nation) – Sydney Opera House (a World Heritage Site) and Harbour Bridge
      • Blue Mountains National Park (a World Heritage Site)
      • Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Site
      • Mungo National Park (part of the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Site)
      • Lord Howe Island – a World Heritage Site

Daintree National Park (Photo: isolateyourself.wordpress.com)
Daintree National Park (Photo: isolateyourself.wordpress.com)

2. Queensland

      • Brisbane (state capital and third largest city in nation)
      • Great Barrier Reef (a World Heritage Site)
      • Daintree National Park (part of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site)
      • Fraser Island (a World Heritage Site; part of Great Sandy National Park)
      • Lawn Hill National Park (Riversleigh, part of the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites World Heritage Site)

Uluru
Uluru (Photo: www.tes.com)

3. Northern Territory

      • Darwin (territorial capital)
      • Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock and the Olgas; a World Heritage Site)
      • Karlu Karlu (Devil’s Marbles Conservation Reserve)
      • Kakadu National Park (a World Heritage Site)

The Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road
The Twelve Apostles, Great Ocean Road (Photo: www.visitmelbourne.com)

4. Victoria

      • Melbourne (state capital and national second city) – Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (a World Heritage Site)
      • Great Ocean Road
      • Port Campbell National Park (including The Twelve Apostles)
      • Wilsons Promontory National Park
      • Sovereign Hill in Ballarat

The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park
The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park (Photo: parks.dpaw.wa.gov.au)

5. Western Australia

      • Perth (state capital and fourth largest city in nation)
      • Purnululu National Park (a World Heritage Site; Bungle Bungle Range)
      • Nambung National Park (the Pinnacles)
      • Ningaloo Reef Marine Park (a World Heritage Site)
      • Shark Bay World Heritage Site

Indian Pacific Rail Line
Indian Pacific Rail Line (Photo: sightseeing-on.blogspot.com)

6. South Australia

      • Adelaide (state capital and fifth largest city in nation)
      • Indian Pacific Rail Line
      • Barossa Valley
      • Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island
      • Naracoorte Caves National Park (part of the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites World Heritage Site)

Port Arthur
Port Arthur (Photo: Wikipedia User:Martybugs)

7. Tasmania

      • Hobart (state capital)
      • Port Arthur (one of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Site)
      • Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area)
      • Freycinet National Park
      • Macquarie Island – a World Heritage Site (no permanent population)

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (Photo: theworldtravelingguide.wordpress.com)

8. Australian Capital Territory & Jervis Bay Territory

      • Canberra (national capital)
      • Jervis Bay

Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island (Photo: worldofwanderlust.com)
9. Australian island territories with a permanent population
      • Norfolk Island (including one of the Australian Convict Sites World Heritage Site)
      • Christmas Island – Home of Red Crab Migration
      • Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Note: Lord Howe Island (a World Heritage Site) is considered part of New South Wales


10. Australian island territories without a permanent population
      • Coral Sea Islands
      • Ashmore and Cartier Islands
      • Heard Island and McDonald Islands (a World Heritage Site)

Note: Macquarie Island (a World Heritage Site) is considered part of Tasmania


See also: Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory (no permanent population)