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The Maize Maze is seasonal (mid February to the end of April), and is re-made every year in a different design (unicorn, wizard, kangaroo. . . ). Experience the befuddlement among the slashed stalks!
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Horticultural Marvels, Mazes | Edited by
Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects
Sometimes, abandoned man-made structures turn into dangerous eyesores, rotting away slowly before returning to nature or being torn down. But other times, like when abandoned ships are re-purposed... »
Fascinating Fauna, Curious Caves, Bioluminescent Spots, Incredible Ruins | Edited by wythe
Begun 82 years ago, this science experiment keeps on going, ever so slowly
Begun in 1927 by Professor Thomas Parnell, this experiment was meant to reveal the surprising properties of an everyday material: pitch. Pitch is the name of a number of hard tar-like substances... »
Instruments of Science | Edited by Dylan, michelle and others
A collection of outdoor mystical statues paying homage to Aborigines and ecological stewardship
A mere hour from Melbourne, in the Dandenong Ranges, one finds a landscape of huge pine trees and beautiful fern gullies. In one of such gullies, a man's life-work and dreams live on.
Born in... »
Outsider Art | Edited by Clinton
Australia's largest traditional hedge maze featuring the Great Gnome Hunt
Though the Ashcombe maze bears the look of a Victorian era hedge maze, and is in fact the "oldest" traditional hedge maze in Australia it dates back only to the 1970s. However, in the last 30... »
Mazes | Edited by
The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors
The museum includes typical wax figures of famous people, although many of these movie stars, scientists, explorers, villains and world leaders are Australian. Frankenstein, Dracula, and a few... »
Museums and Collections, Crime and Punishment | Edited by Sam E
One man's artistic vision is a small town government's legal battle
Tony Phantastes had a vision. In the middle of a small Australian town he was going to create an artistic wonderland to document the history of Australian land-use practices and to commemorate his... »
Unusual Monuments, Incredible Ruins, Outsider Architecture | Edited by
A Giant Rocking Horse in Adelaide, Australia
Just north of Adelaide, Australia, the Toy Factory showcases the world's largest rocking horse, at 18 meters high.
Santa's workshop down under, the Toy Factory manufactures wood toys of all... »
Purveyors of Curiosities | Edited by M Rebekah Otto
A castle hand built by a Spanish dreamer in the Australian tropical jungle
Technically, José Paronella was on his honeymoon with his wife Margarita, but his trip from Spain to Australia in 1925 was also the beginning of years of labor and the creation of a dream estate... »
Architectural Oddities | Edited by M Rebekah Otto and michelle
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground
Coober Pedy is a mining town in South Australia, which calls itself the "Opal mining capital of the world". The town's name comes from the Aboriginal term for "boy's waterhole," but the joke is... »
Odd Accommodations, Eccentric Homes, Subterranean Sites | Edited by
