If you’re looking for a fascinating mix of maritime history, wildlife encounters, and industrial scenery, the Port River Dolphin and Shipwreck Cruise is one of Adelaide’s most unique adventures. Departing from the heart of historic Port Adelaide, this leisurely cruise offers the chance to glide along the Port River and explore the rich tapestry of South Australia’s maritime heritage, while watching for the resident pod of wild Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins that call the river home.

Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel Nestled beneath Mount Gibraltar near Mittagong in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales is a Victorian-era single-track railway tunnel that today houses racks of cultivated exotic fungi. The Mittagong Mushroom Tunnel (sometimes called the Mount Gibraltar tunnel) is a surviving piece of 19th-century railway engineering that has had at least three distinct lives: as part of the early Main South railway, as a wartime defence/storage facility, and as a commercial mushroom farm and visitor attraction.

Photographs of Bristol Beaufighter night fighters operated by No. 307 (Polish) Squadron of the Royal Air Force during World War Two

Photographs of the Handley Page Harrow bomber transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force during World War 2.

Launched on  on 14 June 1942, Roma was the third Littorio-class battle ship of the Regia Marina she was sunk 9 Sep 1943 by German bombers

Photographs of the WW2 Italian aircraft carrier Aquila (Eagle). Converted from an ocean liner but not complete when Italy signed the armistice

Photographs of the Italian Regia Marina battleship Vittorio Veneto Fought at Cape Matapan and other battles. Scrapped in 1948

Bon Accord Mine Museum Burra The Bon Accord Mine Museum in Burra, South Australia, is a heritage attraction that offers visitors a window into the working and social life of one of the town’s historic mining sites. While the nearby Burra Mine is better known, the Bon Accord site preserves a smaller but equally important chapter in the region’s rich copper-mining history.

Photographs of Scharnhorst, a German battleship of World War Two. Sank HMS Glorious and was sunk by HMS Duke of York

Sydney Central Station Clock Tower The Sydney Central Station Clock Tower is one of the city's most recognisable heritage landmarks. It forms the north-western corner of Central Railway Station, which itself was built on the site of the former Devonshire Street Cemetery. The main Central Station building officially opened on 4 August 1906, but at that time the clock tower and the top two floors were not yet built.

HNoMS Eidsvold was a coastal defence ship in the Royal Norwegian Navy. sunk by German torpedoes in Narvik harbour during the German invasion of Norway.

HMS Roberts was a monitor built for the Royal Navy in the Second World War. She was used for shore bombardment in the Mediterranean, North Africa and Europe

Photographs of the British Royal Navy monitor HMS Prince Rupert that served during the First World War

HMS Erebus was a British Royal Navy monitor warship that served in both the first and second World Wars, being scrapped in 1946

Photos of Arado Ar 196 floatplanes operated by the Soviet Border Guard following their capture. Thirty Seven were operated up to 1955.

HMS Raglan was a First World War Royal Navy Abercrombie-class monitor, which was sunk during the Battle of Imbros in January 1918.

Photographs of SMS Ostfriesland the second vessel of the Helgoland class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy

Photos of the German battlecruiser SMS Von Der Tann of the High Seas Fleet. Photos from construction to scrapping after being scuttled

Photos of the German Imperial Navy battleship SMS Helgoland of the First World War She saw action at the Battle of Jutland and against Russia

SMS Baden was a Bayern-class dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy built during WW I. Launched in October 1915 and completed in March 1917

SMS Bayern was the lead ship of her class of battleships in the German Kaiserliche Marine She was launched in February 1915 and entered service in July 1916

Photos of the Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV bomber of the Royal Air Force operated in the early years of the Second World War

Burra Mine South Australia The Burra Mine, often referred to as the “Monster Mine,” is one of the most important historic mining sites in Australia. Situated at Burra in South Australia, it was once among the largest copper mines in the world and played a vital role in the economic survival of the fledgling colony of South Australia. Between the mid-1840s and the 1870s, the mine drew thousands of workers—many of them skilled Cornish miners—and transformed Burra into a thriving industrial hub.