Picture Trails: Geography and environment
Art & culture
Geography & Environment
History & society
Sport & physical education
Archived picture trails
Australian animals
Animals that hop, a Tasmanian Tiger and bear-like creatures living in trees!
View many of the unusual creatures unique to Australia in this trail.
Built Environment
Understanding and valuing our built heritage invites a sense of pride and ownership. Well designed cities, landscapes and buildings are an important aspect of a healthy society and a legacy for generations to come.
Forests and logging
Celebrating the initiative of the early pioneers, the forests and logging trail illustrates how foundations were laid for the development and management of the forest and parks industries.
Historic public buildings
The architecture of historic public buildings reflects the economic and social perspectives of their time. These buildings provide our communities with their unique identities.
Lighthouses and beacons
Safeguarding the Australian coastline, lighthouses and beacons stand to attention, a distant memory of days when ships once navigated the shores by their lights.
Outback house
Timed to coincide with ABC TV's Outback House series, the Outback House Picture Trail reveals the landscape, industry, personalities, conditions and lifestyles of Australians who pioneered in our rural landscape 150 years ago...
Sugar industry
Sugar has been a major industry for Australia since it was first grown in 1865. View the how, who and where of the sugar industry in Australia in this trail.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Relive the building of Australia’s famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. Meet the engineers, builders and politicians behind its construction, witness the lavish opening in 1932 and see how it has become one of Australia’s most beloved and celebrated icons.
Theatres and concert halls
Few of the original grand cinema buildings erected in Australia in the 1920s and 1930s still stand. However, you can still have a box office seat on this trail and sigh over the decorative cornices, stuccoed parapets and theatre organs of yesteryear.
Top end
The northern part of the Northern Territory is often referred to as Australia's Top End. Explore the people, places, landscape and history of this area of the Northern Territory.
Western Australia
Australia’s western state is home to beautiful beaches, sunsets, rugged landscapes and diverse cultures. View images about the state's past, present and personalities!