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Learn how to create the best Australian holidays with your kids.

The best best Australian holidays that you can have with kids need to be designed in such a manner that they are kid friendly. This is because kids do not like to do the things that adults do and may not like to just trek or participate in some water sports. Here are some of the great places that you can visit when you are in Australia so that you enjoy the best Australian holidays ever.

- Heron Island – At this kid friendly location kids are allowed free boarding and food. In addition to all the fun that they can have at the place, there is also educational experience that they can benefit from. This program is designed in consultation with the University of Queensland Research Station. The great thing is that you can enjoy the reef and the beach as the kids explore sea life.
- Sydney Olympic Park – A place that is not called an Olympic Park for no reason, this is a place that locals and tourists like to visit alike. Here they can enjoy gymnastics, mini golf, print making, biking, archery, skateboarding, water playgrounds and more.
- Hayman Island – A great location for kids where they can enjoy beach cricket and Reef Ranger Programs designed especially for them. If you are travelling to Australia around the month of January, make sure that you visit this place.
- Ballina Lakeside Holiday Park – A fun filled time is what you will have at the Ballina Lakeside Park if you want to combine the best of both worlds. Children can have all the fun that they want as adults relax and rejuvenate without any worries.

View of Sydney Opera House at night with lighting in Australia
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The Sydney Opera House is situated in Sydney, Australia. The opera house was made a part of the UNESCO, World Heritage Site in 2007 and is said to be the world’s most distinct 20th century buildings. It is also considered one of the most famous performing art centers in the world. The Sydney Opera House was built by an architect Jorn Utzon and also received the Pritzker prize in the year 2003. The synopsis of the quotation that was written on it said that the opera house is one of the masterpieces designed by this architect and will be considered the icon of the 20th century not only for this city but also for the country & continent of Australia.

Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House at Night – Panorama View
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The Sydney Opera House is located on the Sydney Harbor, which is very close to the Sydney Bridge. The opera house serves as a venue for art performing center rather than just the opera theater. To name a few, it became a major presenting venue for Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Sydney Symphony. It is maintained and administered by the Sydney Opera House Trust.

The interior of Concert Hall, which is the home of Sydney Symphony with 2,679 seats
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The opera house has a concert hall with a seating capacity of 2,679 seats, the Opera Theater with a seating capacity of 1507 seats, a drama theater that can accommodate 544 seats, a play house, a studio, Utzon Room and a Forecourt. The opera house covers a total are of 4.5 acres. It is 605 feet long, 388 feet wide and is made up of concrete frame, precast and ribbed roof. Its construction got completed in the year 1973.

Sydney Opera House very dark at night
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View of Sydney Opera House during the Day
Photo by: Corey Leopold, Creative Commons

Blue Mountains is the mountain area nearest to Sydney, part of The Great Dividing Range that stretches up the east Australia. The mountains got their name because of the blue fumes that rise from the million of the eucalyptus trees in the area.

Once thought of as impassable land, today is the attraction with amazing scenery of ravines and canyons, and three established mountain resorts.
The place is perfect for walking, climbing and abseiling.
At the top of the range there is a plateau into wich the rivers have carved deep valleys, at an altitude of more than 1000m (3300ft)

Top tourist attraction of North Island’s Rotorua Lake offers more than 1,200 geothermal areas, hotsprings,lakes and geysers, all situated on a vulcanic plateau.  It is a home of 1/3 New Zealand’s Maoris and is highly important among their community. Due to Maori legend, the best known love story where the couple overcame their problems and lived happily ever after, you can also make your wish come true visiting a Wishing Rock on Mokoia Island.

Asking for  Whakarewarewa – be sure to note the name earlier – you will end up in the middle of huge bubble muddy pools, similar to those you usually see in horror movies. Steam rising from cracks in the rocks accompanied by geyser eruptions will definitely boost your senses, that will most probably explode in front of the 30 meter high Pohutu geyser!

To get a feeling of what it looks like to be living in a place like that the Maori village is a must! You will remain astonished with their home made cooking specialties from natural steam ovens. And you wouldn’t believe the heating system they use! To see the web of steam pipes below the surface is just extraordinary…

This is a part of some of the most beautiful coastline in Tasmania situated on the Freycinet Peninsula as a part of the Freycinet National Park.

The granite mountains of the peninsula descend to the blue coves, the most beautiful of which is the Wineglass Bay. It got the name due to it’s perfect shape, marked by the amazingly white sandy beach.

The Coles Bay at north of the park is another inlet marked by three pink granite rocks well known as The Hazards, that rise to 300m (1000ft) high from the sea level.

There are many walking trails in the area but with very little drinking water , so be sure to carry enough with you. One of the walking tracks including the lookout point over Wineglass bay should take as long as five hours; still, if you’re not so interested in walking, it’s recommended taking a cruise or hiring a boat for your own personal way of experiencing this special part of Australia.

WHAT IS IT
Perfectly shaped, stunningly beautiful part of Australian coast
WHAT TO DO THERE
Take one or a few of numerous walking tracks along the coast and granite mountains
WHAT IS SPECIAL
The Hazards – 300 m (1000ft) high pink granite rocks

HOW DO I GET THERE
Roadway from the town of Hobart

A charming countryside with eucalyptus forests, old farms, small villages and beautiful gardens. The area is famous for a number of  little wineries scattered around and probably the best of the region. Many tourists visit the area which is also getting famous for its excellent restaurants many of which attached to the wineries itself.

The restaurant at Yering Station, constructed on the site of  the first vineyard in the area has glass walls to enjoy the view of the valley.

On the Upper Yara River is the town of Warburton which is a starting point of the Upper Yara Track that follows a trail all the way to the Baw Baw National Park, and can be walked in parts or all the way in a couple of days trek.

WHAT IS IT KNOWN FOR
A number of the best wineries and excellent restaurants in Victoria.

WHAT TO SEE
Be sure to check out the Maroondah Reservoir Lookout and the Cathedral Mountain.

WHAT TO DO
Walk the Upper Yara Track.

HOW TO GET THERE
By road from Melbourne.