Golfing in Sabah offers numerous courses across the state, each with stunning scenery and challenging play. Scenic Dalit Bay Golf & Country Club, the historic Kudat Golf Club, the Jack Nicklaus-designed Borneo Golf & Country Club, and the prestigious Sabah Golf & Country Club are all near Kota Kinabalu. Visit their websites for more information.

On Corso Manthoné lies the house where the controversial poet Gabriele D’Annunzio was born on 12 March 1863. It is now a museum with a collection of his letters and documents. A follower of Mussolini, D’Annunzio helped shape the dictator’s philosophy and wrote poetry inspired by the Abruzzo region.

It is an engineering marvel, the world's steepest steam-operated railway. This is Tasmania's West Coast Wilderness Railway, and it is 28 tonnes of special. Today, passengers are moved by the same locomotives that began the run from Queenstown back in 1896. They take a comfortable 16-kilometre run through the wildlands, uphill through spectacular landscapes and down to a place called Dubbill Barrill, with stops for a little gold panning and sightseeing. These locos were originally built to move copper ore for the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, delivering the mine's deep riches out of a massive, landlocked deposit at Queenstown to the port of Strahan, and from there, to the world. And every passenger is greeted by one of the line's original workhorses, a 28 tonne steam locomotive that's ready to roll — and guaranteed to raise a smile.

Nothing extremely thrilling can be said about this statue, which, located in front of the northern gate of the Diocletian Palace, rises up celebrating bishop Grgur (Gregory of Nin) who firmly opposed the Pope and introduced the Croatian language into Catholic services. You may want to stop by though: its well-polished big toe is said to bring good luck for those who rub it.