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SMH Traveller. For Anthony Dennis

Australia now a land of sweeping murals with latest silo art work

The latest addition to Australia's ever-growing collection of silo art celebrates the writer of one of our most iconic poems.

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Turn, turn, turn: Roundhouse Railway Museum in Junee.

The biggest turntable in Australia doesn't spin records

The 30.5-metre turntable was the largest in the southern hemisphere when it opened in 1947.

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Six of the best: Canberra museums

Immersive yourself in art, history and science at Canberra's best museums.

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Potato scallops or cakes?

Scallop or cake? The greatest cultural differences between states

Certain people – who are obviously wrong – call them potato cakes. That's just one of the many differences between our states.

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The rust-red domes of Kata Tjuta in the Red Centre.

We love a sunburnt country: The most inspirational places in Australia

While waiting for domestic travel to resume across our wide brown land, Brian Johnston looks to Dorothea Mackellar's "My Country" for inspiration.

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The Bay of Fires is part of the wukalina walk.

Banished, banned and broken, a unique Australian culture is making a comeback

The wukalina tour traces the east coast from Launceston to Hobart – a little on foot, but mostly by vehicle – indulging in art, architecture and Indigenous culture.

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Choose your body part ... then find out all the terrible things that can happen to it at the Museum of Human Disease.

Australia's most disturbing museum is not for everyone

If you can overcome your queasiness on a visit to the confronting Museum of Human Disease, you might actually end up feeling better about your life.

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The Quarantine Station at North Head, Manly.

Inside Sydney's dark, disease-ridden past

A new tour will shed light on the brutal but ultimately successful ways Sydney coped with past pandemics.

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An artist painting at Tiwi Design

Australia's remote Tiwi Islands can transform you

Who knew I was an artist? It took the people at the Tiwi Design Centre to find that talent, and I'd be no talent without theirs...

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See them before it's too late: Seven Indigenous rock art treasures

They've not always given the respect they deserve (as underlined by the recent destruction of a 46,000 year old habitation site in the Pilbara), but they are well worth the long trip.

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Changuu Island, Zanzibar.

Ten of the world's most fascinating quarantine sites

The practice of quarantine has a long and often brutal history that spans the globe.

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Festival goers attend the Coachella Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club.

Fast trains, slow bars: The 11 things from overseas I miss the most

During these times of lockdowns and travel bans, I miss specific things. I miss specific places.

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