Top 20 Places in Australia For Your Bucket List

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If there are two questions I’m always asked, it’s what are the top places in Australia to visit? And what experiences should be on my Australia bucket list? Well, if you’re asking yourselves those questions, you’ve come to the right place.

As Australians, we’ve traveled our own backyard extensively and have even completed an 18-month road trip around Australia. We know how to travel in Australia pretty well, but even we struggled to narrow down all the top places for an Australia bucket list to just 20 places.

Australia is home to miles and miles of gorgeous coastline, mysterious islands, the world-famous Great Barrier Reef, the majestic outback desert, glamorous cities, vast swamps and wetlands, and unique wildlife you won’t find anywhere else.

With all this to explore, it’s unsurprising that visiting Australia has been on most people’s bucket list. Everyone should come down under at least once in their lifetime.

But if you only have one chance to see the best places in Australia, these would be my top suggestions for seeing the best of what our country has to offer.

20 Best Places in Australia to Add to Your Bucketlist

Let’s begin our list of the best places in Australia to add to your bucket list. These destinations should not be skipped off any itinerary if you want to see the best of the country.

1. Whitsunday Islands, Queensland

Ahh The Whitsundays. If heaven had a place on Earth, it would be here.

There are 74 islands that make up The Whitsundays and it’s most famous for its turquoise blue…