We asked our readers what Australian icon or landmark holds a special meaning for them, and the response was overwhelming. Here’s what they said.

Rae Dutton –  Ayers Rock (Uluru). I climbed it in my twenties. Everyone there that day was completely respectful and we just took photos. Such a shame people are no longer allowed to experience that.

Darryl Wilkes –  Being a Sydneysider, the Harbour Bridge and Opera House of course.

Lynette Miller –  The Blue Mountains. I have relatives up there so been going since my brother and I were kids love it always stunning.

Kathryn Potter –  The Australian Standing Stones in Glen Innes, NSW.

Tony Smith –  The domes of the Bungle Bungles in Purnululu National Park. Breathtaking and Spiritual.

Val Derksen –  Richmond, Tasmania.

Margie Buckingham –  The Australia Rock at Narooma.

Janita Hill –  Coorong and River Murray Mouth. Feeling of belonging.

Irene Loring –  Rottnest and  Port  Hedland.

Marian Monaghan –  Pildappa Rock on Eyre Peninsula.

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