Throughout the course of my life, I have chased jobs that have allowed me to travel and work all over Australia. I really have enjoyed almost everywhere I have been but some places just stand out in your mind. Some places are a stand out because they are awe inspiringly beautiful or unique and sometimes just because they were a special experience to you personally at that time in your life.

I've decided to collate a list of some of my favourite places and experiences I have come across during my travels in Australia for a bit of inspiration for your to start building your holiday itinerary.

This is just a small drop in the ocean of amazing places and doesn't include some of Australias more remote destinations (because many of them are still on my list).

When you picture the outback it probably looks something like the road into Delhousie springs does most of the year. Barren, dry and unique coloured soil make the drive in a true to the imagination outback experience. But it gets better because at the end of the road sits a remote campground with access to a real life desert oasis - a natural outback hot spring you can swim in!

Dusk was a special time to swim, with birds perched in the surrounding trees it was the perfect way to soak away a day of driving. Just watch out for the mozzies.

The spring is an important resource for thousands of native species so make sure you swim sunscreen and chemical free.

How to visit: Accessible by 4WD from Mt Dare through Witjira National Park in South Australia, incorporate it into a 4wd trip or side visit on your drive from the top to the bottom of Australia. Travel Outback Australia have a great guide on their website with a good overview of how to get there and what to expect.

I spend 2 months exploring Kakadu in the 2017 wet season (which had massive rainfall) after a job in northern Australia didn't work out and so I have a really strong appreciation for how alive the Kakadu National Park is as I got to watch the park change over time.

I love the Yellow Waters cruise, especially at sunrise and sunset for enjoying the beautiful landscapes of billabong and flood plains as well as spotting wildlife.

Alternatively, you can also look to do the quieter Guluyambi cruise on the East Alligator river in the North of the park.

You can read my comprehensive guide to visiting in the wet season here.

In Australia there are thousands of Indigenous art sites but with many so remote there are only so many places that are easily accessible to the public.

Hopefully, in time, the growth of First Nations tourism businesses will enable more sites to be visited on guided tours (there are loads of amazing and award winning Indigenous run tours all over Australia that are high on my bucket list such as Jarramali Tours in QLD).

However, Kakadu has some of the most easily accessible galleries of Art, which are easily visited on short self guided bushwalks. This means people of all abilities can access art sites in the park.

My favourite walk is a quieter alternative called the Nanguluwurr art site walk, which is a 3.4km return walk through the woodlands. Because you have to walk several km's to visit, there is far fewer people and it is a really special experience sitting in the cooler shade of the overhang staring up at art that tells stories from modern to times back thousands of years. It's places like this help people understand why Indigenous Australians have such a strong connection with their country.

Kakadu is a 2.5 hour drive from Darwin airport which has flights from around Australia You can read more articles about visiting Kakadu here.

The Gibb River Road was a bucket list experience for me (as it is for many Australians) as I had wanted to see it's amazing landscapes ever since first reading about it in a 4wd magazine.

Driving along its, dirt roads and parallel to its famous ranges, swimming the palm lined tropical hot Zebadee hot springs, bushwalking to waterfalls and lookouts and seeing the landscapes from a helicopter meant it definitely lived up to the hype for me. And visiting very early in the dry season meant quieter campgrounds and swimming holes.

You can read the full story here

Again, sometimes things are famous for a reason and sunset at Cable Beach is often a spectacular affair with brightly colours streaking the sky and a huge orange sun slowely dropping behind the horizon. You can pack a picnic and watch from the beach or grassy area, ride a camel (though I personally no longer ride animals to ensure I'm ethically aligned with my values) or settle in for beers, cocktails and pizza on the sunset bar and grill deck at Cable Beach Club Resort.

Broome is accessible from the eastern states on flights via Perth (or directly some days of the week in the high season) and cable beach is about a 10 minute drive from the town centre. It's also a great spot to start or end a west coast or Kimberley road trip with a comfy bed.

One of my favourite one day walks in Australia so far this track climbs up into the ranges. I was lucky enough to visit after rain which made this walk a very unique experience to normal because I walked through a ground blanketed in outback wild flowers. But one of the many constants with this walk is the epic views of the Ormiston Pound when you crest the range at the lookout. From here you get to climb down and tramp across the valley and finished walking through the Gorge itself past towering rockwalls.

i still haven't made it to the end of this stupid walk. lol. It's actually gorgeous, with the track meandering through cool gorges, crossing swimming hooes, spider climbing the cleft between. A boulder and wall, clambering over giant rocks and finally ending at a magical place that I've never quite made it to because the first time my friend broke her toe and the second visit we were fast running out of daylight to safely traverse back through the walk. So while the walk itself is an exciting adventure the 'end' view is an illusive experience that's going to require a third visit and probably losing the 40kg of weigh I've gained so I can spider climb that swimming hole boulder in my bathers again!!!!