Travel website names top 50 small towns in Australia

To encourage local and foreign tourists in Australia to go beyond the usual landmarks and vacation spots, Discount My Flights Australia, a travel agency in Stapylton, drew a list of the top 50 small towns in the country. It lists charming destinations to encourage travelers to go beyond the beaten paths.

These less-traveled roads lead to shops, eateries, pubs, historical sites and sceneries from the four corners of Australia. It includes exotic locations – such as Kangaroo Island in South Australia and Sorell in Tasmania – known for its desirable climate, unique histories and exotic sceneries.

The list of Australia’s Top 50 Small Towns is the result of a month-long contest as the travel agency searched for nooks and crannies Down Under for alluring towns, culture-rich places, good food, local wines, World Heritage sites, picturesque scenes, funky shops and tree-lined streets which it arranged by region.

It has entries both from the heavily populated states of New South Wales and Victoria, and the farther ones such as Tasmania and Western Australia which feature coastal sceneries that are out of this world, rugged wilderness and small town hospitality. In suggesting these small towns, Discount My Flights Australia points out that tourists who limit themselves to the capital cities and its attractions, such as the Opera House in Sydney and beaches of Melbourne, “are missing out on what truly makes the country tick.”

In Western Australia, which has five entries, Mandurah is on top of the list. Compared to a modern Venice, the town offers pristine beaches, blue manna crabs and wild dolphins. For water sports enthusiasts, the place to see is the Peel-Harvey Estuary where visitors could go canoeing, kayaking, jet-skiing, boating, house boating, dolphin cruises, fishing and crabbing.

Dinner Plain is one of the 14 towns listed in the state of Victoria. The whole town’s architecture has been influenced by the cattlemen’s huts of High Country Victoria and blends into the Alpine National Park’s surrounding snow gums.

One town the agency suggest to visit when in New South Wales is Dorrigo which has a lot of spectacular waterfalls and National Parks which are World Heritage sites such as the Gondwana Rainforests. Gondwana has several outdoor activities such as white water rafting, canyoning/abseiling, bush walking and self-drive scenic tours.

For the complete list of the 50 towns, visit https://www.discountmyflights.com.au/traveltreks/australias-top-50-small-towns/

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