Norfolk Island

A long pale-sand beach on the north-western coast of Norfolk Island, backed by dunes and pandanus palms, with a steep offshore drop-off that creates powerful surf breaks and cooler clearer water than the southern beaches.

A seventeen-hectare botanical garden on the coast south of Kingston, established in the early twentieth century around natural springs, showcasing Norfolk Island native plants alongside introduced species with a waterfall cascade at its heart.

Norfolk Island's most popular beach, a sheltered coral reef lagoon on the southern coast where turquoise water and pale sand make for safe swimming and rewarding snorkelling.

A UNESCO World Heritage convict settlement on the southern coast of Norfolk Island, begun in 1788, where Georgian stone ruins stand amid rolling pasture with little visible change from the 1840s.

The highest point on Norfolk Island at 319 metres, offering a 360-degree panoramic view of the entire island coastline and the surrounding Pacific from a walking track through secondary forest.

A managed stand of Araucaria heterophylla, the endemic Norfolk Island Pine, above Kingston and throughout the island national parks — the iconic tree whose silhouette appears on the Norfolk Island flag and defines the island visual identity.