The best places to travel in Australia, according to TIME's top 100
The world's greatest places have been unveiled by TIME magazine and three Aussie spots made the top 100.
To compile the 2024 list, TIME solicited nominations of places - including hotels, cruises, restaurants, attractions, museums, parks, and more - from its international network of correspondents and contributors, as well as through an application process.
Last year's list featured 50 cities, this year there are 100 establishments that stand out to visit and stay at.
Here are the best places Australia had to offer.
Sun Ranch, Coopers Shoot, NSW
Among the world's greatest places to stay is Sun Ranch in Coopers Shoot, New South Wales.
Located about 12km from Byron Bay, the 55-acre Eden is a 1970's California style estate with absolute luxury.
Fashion designer Jamie Blakey and hotelier Julia Ashwood are the masterminds behind Sun Ranch, a luminous former cattle ranch they've regenerated with 15,000 new endemic trees and plants.
It has been welcoming guests since November 2023. "A choose-your-own-adventure spirit pervades," according to TIME editors.
wukalina Walk, Tasmania
Another of the world's greatest places can be found in Tasmania. The wukalina walk is a three-night, four-day Aboriginal owned and operated guided walk.
Nestled within wukalina (Mt William National Park) and larapuna (Bay of Fires), wukalina Walk offers a rare opportunity to learn about Tasmanian Aboriginal culture.
Guides share their perspectives on topics ranging from Tasmania's dark history of dispossession and the impacts of colonisation, to traditional use of medicinal plants and the importance of cultural burning practices in a region prone to bushfires.
wukalina Walk's inclusion in this year's awards marks the first time Tasmania has made the acclaimed list.
Western Australia
According to TIME editors, gone are the days of the standard east coast road trip, taking in sights like the Great Barrier Reef or the Great Ocean Road.
Instead they've slated the opposite coast as a "more eco-friendly" alternative, thanks to its "electric vehicle highway".
There are 98 stations of a new electric vehicle highway slated to be live by the end of the year (the majority live now) and spaced an average 160 kilometres apart. They'll connect the capital of Perth to Kununurra in the far north and to Eucla near the border of South Australia.
