Things to Do in Australia: City Guides & Audio Tours

Australia is a vast continent‑island known for its ancient Indigenous cultures, dramatic landscapes and vibrant cities. From the red centre to tropical rainforests and coastal metropolises, it offers a wealth of experiences for every traveller. Neywo provides a free audio guide covering 29 cities, 856 narrated places and 35 walking tours across the country.

Australia’s human story stretches back between 50,000 and 65,000 years, when the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians arrived from Southeast Asia. Over 250 distinct Aboriginal languages were spoken at the time of British settlement, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples add a further Melanesian heritage. The continent is the world’s flattest and driest inhabited land, yet its environments range from desert interiors to tropical coasts, with temperate zones in the south and snow‑capped highlands in the southeast. This isolation has produced a unique assemblage of plants and animals found nowhere else. Modern Australia is home to almost 29 million people, with most living along the eastern seaboard. Canberra serves as the national capital, while Sydney and Melbourne each exceed five million residents. The country’s parliamentary democracy, constitutional monarchy and federal system have remained stable since Federation, and postwar migration has layered Indigenous traditions, British‑Irish roots and multicultural influences into its art, food and sport.

Best cities to visit in Australia

Adelaide

Adelaide features 68 narrated places, including the Art Gallery of South Australia, the South African War Memorial, Carrick Hill and the South Australian Museum.

Canberra

Canberra offers 49 narrated sites such as the National Library of Australia, the National Gallery of Australia, Parliament House and the Australian War Memorial.

Coober Pedy

In Coober Pedy you can explore the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul and the Serbian Orthodox Church, two of its narrated highlights.

Darwin

Darwin’s six narrated places cover the Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Stokes Hill, St Mary’s Star of the Sea Cathedral and Burnett House.

Geelong

Geelong presents 12 narrated spots, notably the Geelong Art Gallery, the National Wool Museum, Christ Church and Fenwick Street Baptist Church.

Melbourne

Melbourne leads with 219 narrated locations, including the National Gallery of Victoria, Labassa, the Royal Exhibition Building and the Immigration Museum.

Broken Hill

Broken Hill provides four narrated attractions: the Synagogue of the Outback Museum, Sacred Heart Cathedral, the Wesley Uniting Church and the Broken Hill Mosque.

Mudgee

Mudgee’s single narrated site comprises St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church together with its presbytery, convent and hall.

Orange

Orange highlights two narrated places: the Strand Theatre and the Uniting Church and Kindergarten Hall.

Sydney

Sydney offers 216 narrated points, headlined by the Sydney Opera House, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the 2000 Summer Olympics cauldron and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Wollongong

Wollongong’s two narrated sites are St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral and Flagstaff Hill Fort.

Brisbane

Brisbane features 114 narrated locations, such as the Commissariat Store, Cleveland Point Lighthouse, Albert Bridge and Fort Lytton.

Bundaberg

Bundaberg’s sole narrated place is St Andrews Uniting Church.

Cairns

Cairns presents six narrated spots, including St Monica’s Old Cathedral, St Monica’s War Memorial Cathedral, the Wet Tropics of Queensland and Haycock Island.

Gold Coast

The Gold Coast offers nine narrated places, topped by the Q1 Tower, the Australian Outback Spectacular and venues linked to the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay’s nine narrated sites include Duggan Conservation Park, Ghost Hill and locations within the Fraser Coast Region.

Palm Cove

Palm Cove highlights five narrated areas such as Tom McDonald Park, Silver Crescent Park, Palm Beach and sites associated with the Yirrganydji people.

Deloraine

Deloraine provides five narrated places, notably the Dairy Rivulet, Magnetic Hills, Pumicestone Hill and Deloraine High School.

Hobart

Hobart offers 27 narrated locations, including Richmond Gaol, the Museum of Old and New Art, the Military Museum of Tasmania and the Maritime Museum of Tasmania.

Launceston

Launceston features eight narrated sites, such as the Duck Reach Power Station, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Franklin House and the Launceston Synagogue.

Albany

Albany’s eight narrated places include the Albany Co‑operative Society Building, Albany Town Hall and the Albany Convict Gaol.

Australind

Australind’s single narrated site is the Leschenault Estuary Eco Museum.

Broome

Broome presents three narrated locations: Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral, the Anglican Church of the Annunciation and related sites.

Bunbury

Bunbury offers two narrated spots, namely Cardwell and University Waterhole.

Busselton

Busselton’s two narrated places are St Mary’s Church and a local waterhole.

Esperance

Esperance’s sole narrated site is the town itself.

Fremantle

Fremantle provides 26 narrated places, headlined by Fremantle Prison, E Shed Markets, the Engine Museum and the Western Australian Maritime Museum.

Mandurah

Mandurah features 14 narrated sites, including Dalrymple Park, Greenhouse Park, Jack Coyle Park and Lantern Park.

Perth

Perth offers 34 narrated locations, such as St John’s Lutheran Church, the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Western Australian Museum and St John’s Pro‑Cathedral.

Explore Australia with Neywo

Neywo’s free audio guide lets you discover Australia at your own pace, with no group and no schedule. The app includes 35 walking tours that lead you through 856 narrated places across 29 cities, and narration is available in 11 languages. Simply download Neywo, select a tour, and let the stories play automatically as you reach each point of interest. It’s an effortless way to engage with the country’s deep history, striking landscapes and lively urban centres wherever you go.