While the Hunter and Central Coast were the real winners with the most travel secrets in NSW, the number one spot listed was a stay at Collette Dinnigan’s Airbnb coastal getaway at Milton, while Montague Island was listed as number 56 as “a stay on your own island”.

Australia’s best-selling travel magazine, Australian Traveller, reveals NSW is the state with the most secret-yet-amazing places Aussies are yet to discover, in a special collector’s edition of the magazine, on sale April 2.

The list was compiled by the Australian Traveller team after interviewing hundreds of well-known and well-travelled Australians. It reveals their favourite secret places, with many surprises…

NSW amazing places you haven’t been to (yet):

1. A stay at Collette’s place (Milton)

5. Halcyon House (Cabarita)

6. The back road of the Hunter (Hunter)

7. A bushland loungeroom (Hunter)

8. The alcoholic (but organic!) picnic trail (Hunter)

9. Designer sleep-ins with a famous chef (Hunter)

10. Games among the gums (Hunter)

12. Sydney’s heavenly retreat (Pittwater)

19. The secret garden escape (Oberon)

22. Byron glamour with kids (Byron)

23. The last paradise (Lord Howe Island)

36. Trip the land organic (Bellingen)

37. The Pacific Highway detour (Ashby Heights)

38. The fruitful valley (Tweed Valley)

40. Maclean (Clarence River)

43. Fabulous accommodation (Central Coast)

44. Hardy’s Bay (Central Coast)

45. Secret beaches to try (Central Coast)

46. Secret Gardens (Central Coast)

47. The 10th most beautiful theatre in the world (Central Coast)

49. A secret shrouded in light (Seal Rocks)

56. Your own island (Montague Island)

66. The (bargain) designer stay (Blackheath)

67. Modern luxury with heritage-listed ghosts (Joadja)

68. The fabulous (traffic-free) city weekend (Newcastle)

80. Barefoot beach break among the gumtrees (Fingal Bay)

90. Jindabyne’s hot side (Jindabyne)

95. The National Trust village (Carcoar)

NSW was the state with the most amazing places with 28 hidden gems on the list.

Places like Collette Dinnigan’s Airbnb coastal getaway at Milton and the BBC’s ‘10th most beautiful cinema in the world’ at Avoca Beach were just two of the 28 to make the list.

“It was totally unexpected for the most populated state, NSW, to dominate the list. You would be forgiven for thinking there are no more secrets,” says Australian Traveller founder Quentin Long.

“It just shows you we are forever underestimating our country and just how wonderful and lucky we are. It’s special projects like this that remind us just how many more experiences there are right on our doorstep in NSW, let alone the rest of the country, left to explore.” he says

This issue is on sale from today Thursday, April 2.