Palm Beach, New South Wales, Sydney

Palm beach is bounded by Broken Bay to the north the Tasman Sea (within the South Pacific Ocean) to the east Whale Beach Avalon and Clareville to the south and Pittwater to the west. Barrenjoey Headland which is in the north of the suburb is part of Kuring gai Chase NationalPark. The headland at the northernmost point rises quite sharply from the beach to over 100 metres (330 ft) above sea level and features an operational lighthouse. The narrow sandy isthmus or tombolo linking the south side of the headland to the rest of Palm Beach had extensive fencing and shrub planting undertaken during the 1980s to combat sand erosion.


Palm Beach Seaplanes operate seaplane services from Palm Beach to Rose Bay in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs Cottage Point and Berowra Waters. Palm Beach Water Airport is located at the north and of Governor Phillip Drive and Golf Drive just south of the headland. The Palm Beach Ferry runs a service from a wharf in the town centre to Ettalong Great Mackerel Beach Currawong Beach Coasters Retreat and The Basin. alm Beach and Hawkesbury River Cruises runs a ferry service from Palm Beach wharf to Patonga . Barrenjoey Road provides access by bus or car. Bus routes servicing Palm Beach are operated by State Transit. Routes 190 and L90 go to from city Railway Square.

Nielsen Park, Australia

Nielsen Park is a highly modified landscape that reflects three phases of occupation pre settlement landscape a modified landscape seen as both a natural and planned picturesque landscapearound Greycliffe House and a public landscape for recreation that includes a number of support structures. In addition the Steel Point fortifications add a further layer to the use and appearance of  the park. Nielsen Park has had its pre settlement landscape dramatically altered by extensive clearing and modifying of landforms and vegetation but also by replanting and regenerating a form of natural bushland on recent years of the overall impression that areas of the landscape appear similar to that which existed prior to European settlement. However the areas of nativ vegetation that now exist do not reflect the form of the historic native landscape has taken place during the NPWS management of the site and contrasts to the Trust management that focused on the recreational aspects of the place.

Popular and Great Mountains National Park

The Alum Cave Bluffs trail to the summit of Mount LeConte provides numerous views of the Great Smoky Mountains: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a major tourist attraction in the region.Over 11.3 million recreational visitors (tourists) a an additional 11 million non recreational visitors traveled to or through the park in 2016. The recreational figure represents nearly twice as many tourists as the Grand Canyon which recived nearly 6 million visitors the same year. surrounding towns notable Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge Sevierville and Townsend Tennessee and Cherokee Sylva Maggie Valley and Bryson City North Caroline receive a significant portion of their income from tourist associated with the park. The two main visitors centers inside the park are Sugar lands Visitors Center near the Gatlinburg entrance to the park and Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee North Carolina at the eastern entrance to the park.