What Are Top 10 Best Places To Visit in Australia 2021?
Australia, officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia is a sovereign country that comprises the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and the numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and is the world's sixth-largest country as of the total area covered.
Australia is a famous tourist destination that offers a ton of fun activities and sports, it has perfect road trip destination spots that can be cherished along the way and still conserves Aboriginal Culture. This place is blessed with awesome weather and beaches to adore the beauty and serenity of nature. It even holds the largest Barrier Reef in the world and has a laid-back culture and organizes over-the-top festivals and gets mesmerized by the unbelievable beauty that its cities offer.
Places To Visit In Austalia In 2021:
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We have prepared a list of some places that should be visited if you are planning to visit Australia any time soon.
1. Sydney Opera House
This is an opera house shaped like huge shells or billowing sails and is located on Sydney's Bennelong Point and is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This structure is an iconic piece of architectural excellence and is stunning, with water surrounding the structure from three sides and the Royal Botanic Garden as a border to the south.
The famous Danish Architect, Jorn Utzon was entitled to the international competition but later withdrew from the competition because of some technical and financing problems. The construction of this iconic building was completed in 1973 at a cost that was 10 times the original proposed budget. By the time this structure was finished building, Utzon had already left the country unable to view and marvel over his creation.
Nowadays this place organizes a variety of performances, has dining options available in the restaurant present here, and offers the visitors to take a tour of this iconic building that encompasses theaters, studios, a concert hall, exhibition rooms, and a cinema. The actual glory of this place can be witnessed from a distance, instead of from inside. One of the best sites to take photograph the Opera House is from Mrs. Macquarie's Chair in the Royal Botanic Gardens, or people may also choose to hop aboard a harbor cruise or ferry to get yet another picturesque perspective of the place.
2. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
This place is visible from outer space and is the largest living structure on the whole planet. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park was established in 1975 to protect the fragile ecosystem prevailing in this area, which includes coral reefs that are over 3,000 and 600 continental islands, including the gorgeous Whitsunday group, 300 coral cays; and inshore mangrove islands. This place is regarded among one of the seven wonders of the natural world, and stretches for 2,300 kilometers along with the state of Queensland, along Australia's east coast. Diving and snorkeling availability offers a blissful experience to witness the astounding array of marine life that includes soft and hard corals and over 1600 species of tropical fishes, sharks, dugongs, dolphins, turtles, rays, and giant clams. If you are among those people who prefer to remain dry while also getting a glimpse of reefs may choose to view it from the viewing stations and glass bottom boats available in the place. Cairns, Port Douglas, and Airlie Beach are some of the spots on the mainland which can be visited to add some more fun to your trip.
3. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
This place is the most photographed natural wonders of the country and is located deep in Australia’s Red Centre, formerly known as Ayers Rock. The red megalith forms the centerpiece of the park, and is jointly managed by Parks Australia and the traditional landowners, the Aṉangu people; this place is also recognized as a World Heritage Area. Uluru, by name, means "shadowy place" and rises to a height of 348 meters from the surrounding plain, and its major bulk is hidden beneath the earth's surface. This place also has red dome-shaped rocks known as Kata Tjuta (the Olgas). This place is best to visit at the time of the sunset or dusk as it offers the sightseers to watch the Uluru and Kanta Tjuta transform in the shifting lights as the sun sets in the sky. Planning a trip to this site is best suited if joined a tour group led by Aboriginal guides and rangers.
4. Sydney Harbor Bridge
It is also among the famous tourist attractions in Australia, this is an impressive feat of construction and is the largest steel arch building in the world, its construction was completed in 1932, 40 years before the construction of Sydney Opera House. The Bridge is 134 meters above the harbor and covering a span of 500 meters, which connects Sydney's North Shore to the central business district. This bridge has two railway lines along with a separate and dedicated pedestrian path as well as eight lanes to efficiently manage road traffic and the direction of each lane can be further switched to accommodate the traffic flow.
The fun thing to do while in Sydney is to go for a guided ascent to the top of the bridge to enjoy the breathtaking views this place offers over the harbor and the city. To know more about the bridge's history and construction, one should visit the museum on the southeastern pier. The now-famous actor from the movie "Crocodile Dundee" used to work as a painter on the bridge before gaining so much popularity and international stardom.
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5. Blue Mountains National Park
This place is located at a distance of 81 kilometers west of Sydney and is recognized as UNESCO World Heritage and is a popular day trip from the city. This place is filled with a distinguishing blue haze because of the presence of Eucalyptus trees encompassing this area. This place stretches for 664,000 acres of land and houses dramatic gorges, waterfalls, aboriginal rock paintings with 140 kilometers of hiking trails. Three Sisters is a rock formation present in this area which is a famous tourist attraction made of sandstone, along with other highlights as Katoomba Scenic Railway which is the world's steepest railway route and takes you across the jungle allowing witnessing the dense forests and their beauty. The rail route takes you down the Jamison Valley through a cliff-side tunnel into an ancient rainforest, and the Skyway, Scenic Cableway, and Scenic Walkway. This place offers tremendous activities and opportunities to hike, abseil, rock climbing, mountain biking, and go horseback riding.
6. Melbourne
This is the second-largest city of Australia and is also a popular stop among the so many itineraries this country offers and proves to be a crucial place for culture-vultures. This city on Yarra River has much to offer in the form of various galleries, theatres, restaurants, shops, and the distinctive European feel makes this place a well-known spot among the tourists. This is a green city, with lots of parks, gardens, and open spaces that occupy approximately a third of its total area. Avail best discount deals with Hotels.com Promo Code.
Royal Botanic Gardens; Federation Square; the National Gallery of Victoria; and the Melbourne Cricket Ground, are the main tourist attraction of this place. Melbourne Cricket Ground is a place that offers cricket matches to be witnessed and enjoyed while in the winter it offers Australian Rules football to its viewers.
Royal Arcade on Bourke Street, as well as Chapel Street; the Melbourne Central Shopping Center; and Queen Victoria Market, are the areas which are hugely popular among the people for shopping availability, not only clothes and accessories but also is a prime location for the purchasing of fruits, vegetables, and even crafts. In the east, this place has beautiful Dandenong Ranges, and in the south, it has Mornington Peninsula, which is also a great away destination for day trips and seaside getaways among locals and the tourists coming to visit this city.
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7. Bondi Beach
This beach is a world-famous beach full of Bronzed bodies, blond sand, backpackers, and surfing options. This place is at a 15 minutes distance from the city center and is home to one of the oldest surf life-saving clubs in the world. This place also offers great spots for a seaside stroll or picnic, and these places get crowded with lots of tourists and locals at the time of Christmas and in New Year. Bondi to Bronte coastal walk offers great views of the sea that begins at the southern end of the beach and follows the coastline for six kilometers along the sandstone cliffs, you will find several shops, cafes, and restaurants along the trail along with other attractions like the Sunday market, Ocean pool, and skate park that offers the visitors to enjoy their time at their fullest and cherish every moment. The swimmers at Bondi have to take special precautions and must remain attentive as this area receives strong rip tides that often sweep unsuspecting swimmers out to the sea, thus take care and remain within the recommended flag line. They even started a TV show named Bondi Rescue just because of the status this place holds.
8. Daintree National Park
This place is believed to be the most ancient ecosystem on Earth and is listed as a Wet Tropics World Heritage Area of North Queensland. This place belonged to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji Aboriginal people and this place also holds a great spiritual significance. This park holds two main sections, Mossman Gorge that has fresh crystal clean water that gushes over its granite boulder as, and the second is the Cape Tribulation, that is regarded to be as one of the top tourist attraction of Australia, where the rainforest meets the famous reef along the beaches of the Coral Sea. This place is among the few place that offers a diverse, stunning, and richest ecosystem to exist together side by side, with the biodiversity of about 18,000 plant species flourishing in the park along with boundless animal species, cassowary, crocodile, giant blue Ulysses butterfly, and the secretive Bennett's tree kangaroo Ulysses butterfly, and the secretive Bennett's tree kangaroo. If you are interested to be a part of the wilderness safaris then the town of Port Douglas is the place where you should have for, it is located just in the south of the park and is the perfect spot for the same.
9. Great Ocean Road
This place was built during the period of the Depression, and stretches for 300 kilometers along Australia's southeast coast, from the surfing town of Torquay to the town of Allansford, near Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria.
Port Campbell National Park is a top attraction of this place; this place has wind and wave-sculpted rock formations that are named as Twelve Apostles, London Bridge, the Arch, and Loch Ard Gorge. This place looks like a puzzle when viewed from the helicopter, whipped by the striking combers of the Southern Ocean. Lorne and Otway National Park facilitates holiday resort options along the road, this area is densely populated with eucalyptus trees and fern-filled rain forests, hiking trails, and waterfalls.
10. Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park
This place acts as a treasure for nature lovers and acts as nirvana for them and is also a national tourism treasure. Effervescent lakes, serrated dolerite peaks, alpine heathland, and dense forests combine to form to give this place the glacier-carved wilderness. The highest and the park's most distinctive point is the 1,616-meter high Mount Ossa which is also the highest in Tasmania. This place is ideal for hiking and the best options are Weindorfer Walk, a six-kilometer loop through dense forests, and Lake Dove Walk, with a spectacular view of Cradle Mountain that is 1,545 meters high. The Summit of the Cradle Mountain is the place from which you can get great views of the central highlands. This place offers hike trails for experienced hikers too, that is 80 kilometers long and is known as Overland Track, which ranges from Cradle Valley to stunning Lake St. Clair that is also the deepest lake of Australia. You will encounter a lot of animal species like Tasmanian devils, wombats, wallabies, pademelons, and platypus.
By Jatin Shewaramani: Vouchers Portal AU