Famous things in Australia include:
- Uluru/Ayers Rock, the world's second largest monolith
- Mt Augustus, the world's largest monolith
- Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island
- the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef (actually a series of reefs) and the only living organism visible from space
- Kata-tjuta/the Olgas - bald rock domes in central Australia
- the Pinnacles - a vast desert of upright sandstone formations, weathered over time into weird shapes
- the Three Sisters, a famous landmark in the Blue Mountains
- Chambers Pillar, a stark, upright pillar in northern South Australia, rising up suddenly from the desert landscape
- the Twelve Apostles, off the southern Victorian coastline - a series of sandstone cliffs and rock formations that are gradually eroding away (three have collapsed in the last few years)
- Wave Rock, a 14m high granite rock cliff face near Hyden, Western Australia, weathered into a perfect wave formation
- Lake Eyre, 15m below sea level in the South Australian outback
- Nullarbor Plain, a huge, treeless plain crossing South Australia and western Australia
- Kakadu, in the Northern Territory
- Standley Chasm, central Australia
- the Macdonnell Ranges of central Australia, with their unique wavelike formations
- Undara Lava tubes in far north Queensland
- Wilpena Pound, a huge meteorite crater in South Australia's Flinders Ranges
- Mt Kosciuszko, Australia's highest mainland mountain
- Warrumbungles, a unique mountain range in northern New South Wales
- Whitsundays, a group of islands off Queensland's central coast
- Natural Arch in the Gold Coast hinterland
- Kiama blowhole, central NSW coast
- Tasman Arch, Tasmania
- Tessellated Pavement, Tasmania
- many, many caves scattered throughout Australia, some for just tourists and others for serious spelunkers - Narracoorte, Buchan, Abercrombie, Jenolan, Wellington
- Daintree Rainforest of far north Queensland
- Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame at Longreach (western Queensland)
- Sydney Opera House
- Sydney Harbour Bridge
- The Australian War Memorial, Canberra
- Port Arthur, an old convict prison in Tasmania
- Ettamogah Pub, an odd, misshapen pub near Albury, NSW, and with a replica on Queensland's Sunshine Coast
- the town of Coober Pedy in South Australia where, due to people living underground, it is characterised by a moonscape appearance, with holes and domes of mullock heaps everywhere
- The Great Ocean Road, a winding road of historical and engineering significance, cut out of the rock face overlooking the Southern Ocean
- Old Melbourne Gaol
- Fremantle Gaol and the Round House
- the lighthouse at Cape Byron, Australia's easternmost point
- the Dingo fence and Rabbit-proof fence