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10 Natural Wonders Of The World That Will Blow You Away

10 Natural Wonders Of The World That Will Blow You Away

<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Everyone is obsessed by the natural wonders of the world and they&&num;8217&semi;ll travel around the planet to see them&comma; but Australia has enough natural wonders to make up its own list&period; Some things you&&num;8217&semi;ll see there won&&num;8217&semi;t exist anywhere else on earth&period; Take a look at some of the attractions you must eventually experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Fraser Island<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">As soon as you set foot on Fraser Island you&&num;8217&semi;ll officially be standing on the <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000080&semi;"><span lang&equals;"zxx"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1155cc&semi;">biggest sand island in the world<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span>&comma; but that isn&&num;8217&semi;t the only wonderful thing about it&period; You can drive around the outer edges in a 4WD&comma; but inside the middle of the island you&&num;8217&semi;ll find fresh water lakes&comma; natural sandblows&comma; and animals like the dingo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>The Three Sisters<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Three Sisters get there name because of the trio of rock formations sitting bedside each other in the Blue Mountains&period; The beginning of the mountain range lies a little outside Sydney&comma; so when anyone visits New South Wales and has the urge to hike the most beautiful trails in the region they&&num;8217&semi;ll pack their bags and head towards The Three Sisters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-12743 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;12&sol;2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"10 Natural Wonders Of The World That Will Blow You Away" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>The Whitsundays<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000080&semi;"><span lang&equals;"zxx"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tourismwhitsundays&period;com&period;au&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1155cc&semi;">The Whitsundays<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span> should really be called The Whitmondays&comma; because Captain Cook messed up and named the collection of tropical islands before realizing he had crossed the international dateline&period; There is a huge industry built around the ocean throughout the 74 islands&comma; as it offers wonderful diving and snorkeling sites&period; You can even go out whale watching and you&&num;8217&semi;ll be likely to see them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Shark Bay<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you want to visit one of the oldest living life forms in the entire world&comma; Shark Bay is the place you&&num;8217&semi;ll find them&period; They look like domes and were formed by microbes before humans walked the planet&period; The name doesn&&num;8217&semi;t do the place justice&comma; because instead of being a body of water filled with sharks it&&num;8217&semi;s actually a World Heritage Site covering a whopping 5&period;5 million acres&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-12745 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;12&sol;3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"10 Natural Wonders Of The World That Will Blow You Away" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"426" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Kakadu National Park<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Australia has lots of awesome national parks&comma; but <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000080&semi;"><span lang&equals;"zxx"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;whc&period;unesco&period;org&sol;en&sol;list&sol;147"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1155cc&semi;">Kakadu National Park<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span> sits up in the Northern Territory with an eye-watering 7&comma;400 square miles of pure beauty&period; The indigenous creatures might include kangaroos&comma; bandicoots&comma; and flying foxes&comma; but you have to be very careful when exploring the region as it&&num;8217&semi;s also home to 2 different species of dangerous crocodiles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Daintree Rainforest<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">If you&&num;8217&semi;re in Queensland and you keep heading as far north as possible&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll eventually stumble into <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000080&semi;"><span lang&equals;"zxx"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;daintreerainforest&period;net&period;au&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1155cc&semi;">Daintree Rainforest<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span>&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s the largest continuous rainforest in the country&comma; and if you get lost you&&num;8217&semi;ll never get out as it&&num;8217&semi;s 2600 square kilometers of dense forest&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s home to lots of endangered species&comma; including the Bennett&&num;8217&semi;s tree kangaroo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Horizontal Falls<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Although you might think they&&num;8217&semi;re waterfalls because of the name&comma; the Horizontal Falls are actually very fast tidal flow passing through two gorges in close proximity to each other&period; The direction of the flow swaps around depending on the tide&comma; and the Kimberly attraction is the only place in the world where you&&num;8217&semi;ll find anything like it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-12746 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;12&sol;4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"10 Natural Wonders Of The World That Will Blow You Away" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Katherine Gorge<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Another stunning attraction on the west coast is the Katherine Gorge&comma; which is the collectible name of 13 independent gorges next to each other&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll be able to explore them inside the Nitmiluk National Park&comma; and with lots of falls and rapids over 23 million years old it&&num;8217&semi;s something you don&&num;8217&semi;t want to miss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Heart Reef<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Great Barrier Reef is one of the most breathtaking things you&&num;8217&semi;ll ever see&comma; but one area everyone seems to love is <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000080&semi;"><span lang&equals;"zxx"><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;queensland&period;com&sol;attraction&sol;hardy-reef"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;1155cc&semi;">Hardy Reef<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span>&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s where you&&num;8217&semi;ll find Heart Reef&comma; a unique reef shaped exactly like a heart&period; The underwater scenery around the reef is perfect for scuba diving and snorkeling&comma; but to get the best view of the reef you should do so from the air&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-12747 size-Correct-Size" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;12&sol;5-640x301&period;jpg" alt&equals;"10 Natural Wonders Of The World That Will Blow You Away" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"301" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Wolfe Creek Crater<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The weirdest thing about Wolfe Creek Crater isn&&num;8217&semi;t its vast size&comma; which measures 853 metres wide by 61 metres deep&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s the fact they&&num;8217&semi;ve found meteoric rock there&period; They think it smashed into the earth over 2 million years ago&comma; and it&&num;8217&semi;s still one of the biggest on the planet&period; You&&num;8217&semi;ll be able to view the crater from the rim if you&&num;8217&semi;re brave enough&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>The List Could Go On Forever<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"western" style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In all honesty&comma; you could keep writing about natural wonders in Australia for a very long time&period; There are so many of them and they&&num;8217&semi;re hugely popular&comma; but if you ever find yourself travelling Down Under you already have 10 to get you started&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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