Where to go in Australia: neighborhood breakdowns, Sydney Trains / Opal Network, Melbourne V/Line transit links, and daily budgets in AUD (A$).
Built around the glittering coves of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), Australia's largest city pairs Jørn Utzon's white-sail Opera House and the 6 km Bondi-to-Coogee clifftop walk with A$9.35 weekend Opal ferry caps and the eucalyptus canyons of the Blue Mountains just 2 hours west by train.
Australia's cultural, sporting, and specialty-coffee capital rewards exploration through its bluestone CBD laneways, 19th-century shopping arcades, free world-class galleries, and one of Earth's greatest coastal drives along the Great Ocean Road to the Twelve Apostles.
Stretching 2,300 km along the Queensland coast, the world's largest coral reef system meets the world's oldest living tropical rainforest (180-million-year-old Daintree) at Cape Tribulation, while further south the 74 Whitsunday Islands frame silica-white Whitehaven Beach.
Rising 348 meters out of the rust-red desert spinifex plains of Australia's spiritual heartland, the sacred Anangu sandstone monolith of Uluru and the 36 conglomerate domes of Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) shift from ochre to glowing crimson at sunrise and sunset.
Queensland's riverfront capital enjoys 280+ days of sunshine a year, subtropical South Bank lagoons, CityCat river ferries, and Australia's best public transit deal: every single Translink bus, train, tram, and ferry across Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast costs a flat 50 cents (A$0.50 / $0.33 USD)!
Sunniest of all Australian state capitals, Perth pairs Kings Park's towering boab trees and Swan River vistas with Victorian maritime heritage in Fremantle, smiling quokkas on car-free Rottnest Island, and the world-renowned Cabernet and surf beaches of Margaret River 3 hours south.
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