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A Week to Spare: Unmissable Stops Melbourne to Cooktown's Hidden Gems

1. Beechworth's Golden Echoes

Beechworth, Australia

This beautifully preserved gold rush town holds the very courthouse where Australia's most infamous bushranger, Ned Kelly, was tried.

2. Nundle's Living Gold Rush

Nundle, Australia

This small, picturesque village is one of the few places in Australia where you can still try your luck at panning for gold in active goldfields.

3. Trial Bay Gaol's Secret History

South West Rocks, Australia

Overlooking the stunning coastline, this imposing colonial gaol, built by prisoners, later served a surprising role as an internment camp for German residents during WWI.

4. Eungella's Platypus Paradise

Eungella National Park, Australia

Venture into Australia's largest and most diverse sub-tropical rainforest, where a misty cloud forest provides one of the most reliable spots to witness wild platypus.

5. Cania Gorge's Ancient Art & Cliffs

Cania Gorge National Park, Australia

Discover a hidden world of towering sandstone cliffs, deep gorges, and significant Aboriginal rock art sites, carved by millennia of water and wind.

6. Undara's Volcanic Labyrinth

Undara Volcanic National Park, Australia

Descend into the breathtakingly vast lava tubes, remnants of an ancient super-volcano that created some of the longest and largest lava tube systems on Earth.

7. Chillagoe's Karst Kingdom

Chillagoe-Mungana Caves National Park, Australia

Explore a surreal landscape of limestone karsts and intricate cave systems, once a 400-million-year-old coral reef, now revealing both natural wonders and mining history.

8. Granite Gorge's Tame Wallabies

Mareeba, Australia

At this unique nature park, you can hand-feed a colony of wild, yet incredibly tame, rock wallabies that freely roam among ancient granite boulders.

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