Where is the best non-touristy place to visit in Australia?

"the real Australia"...!!! do you realise how vast and enormous and how diverse is our land from tropical islands to deserts and cosmopolitan cities we have it all so which particular part would be "best non-touristy"...!!!

Anywhere out of the capital cities will offer views and experiences of the "real" Australia relatively uncluttered with tourists. To be more specific it would help to know what your mode of transport would be, as distances can be vast, and what season you'll be coming in, as temperatures range widely depending on which part of Australia you'll be in.

Sylvia, if you don't mind digging a hole for a toilet, using a stream the wash, a tent to sleep in, and really rough it, go where i went, the Kimberlies. There your see Australia untouched.

There aren't 'too many' tourists anywhere. The time of year you are coming makes a big difference to where you should go. Perhaps consider the NSW South coast for somewhere not many tourists visit, or Tasmania is brilliant and hugely underrated. Australia is very diverse, with mountains, beaches, rainforests, islands, deserts, big cities, and more. You need to develop some idea of what sorts of areas you would like to see, because you certainly can't see them all.

Do a home stay with an Australian family in Western Sydney.

Wollongong, Kiama and Berry (they're all an hour or two apart)

Try Kalgoorlie or Coolgardie in Western Australia. Originally founded on gold mining. Nobody goes there, its in the bush and its the real Australia. Or the Kakadu Park in the Northern Territory . Meet 'Crocodile Dundee' and hid best mate 'Wally;. Maybe a 'salty' will bite yer leg off.

What do you want to do? Australia is such a HUGE place, and there is soooooo much stuff to do... What time of year are you coming? What sort of non-touristy experience do you want (meeting people or seeing / doing stuff)? I have several ideas but it's hard to tell unless there is more specifics... Depending on the time of year, there are humpback whales that go up and down the east coast... There are plenty of places you can go to see them (either from land or go out on a boat). Hervey Bay is about as far north as they go. Fraser Island is just near there. Both are probably a bit visited (although I am not sure I would use "touristy"), but you could spend some time going through a few places up there (eg Maryborough is the home of the lady who wrote Mary Poppins) drop through the Sunshine Coast (places like Caloundra and Mooloolaba are very "family friendly" and a lot of locals go on holiday there). Parts of northern NSW are lovely. The Gold Coast is VERY touristy. Byron Bay is pretty touristy but is probably worth dropping into (and you can see whales in season). But there are a lot of lovely towns (eg Bangalow) which are pleasant to drop through. Maybe drive Sydney to Brisbane. You can do the odd "touristy" thing (eg stop at Byron or nearby beach places for your young one to play on the beach) or Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the southern end of the Gold Coast (probably the less touristy end) and you can see a lot of Australian animals eg kangaroos and koalas and echidnas and even get photos of / with them. Maybe a NSW trip. Go into Sydney for a few days then drive out to Katoomba (well visited but there is some stuff here eg the Three Sisters, the railway etc) and then go out to say Dubbo (nice zoo) and then down through Parkes, Forbes and Cowra and back to Sydney. You get a lot of smaller towns... You could do that from almost any capital city...

you want non-touristy the logan area near Brisbane is about non-touristy as you can get in Australia