Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef fought off stiff competition from 440 top sites around the world to join the 28 finalists in the New7Wonders of Nature campaign.
The Australian icons face stiff competition from overseas - New Zealand's Milford Sound, the Maldives, Brazil's Iguazu Falls, America's Grand Canyon and South Africa's Table Mountain are all in the running.
With the end of the competition only two months away Tourism Australia is pulling out all the stops in a bid to win, with the hope that it will boost tourism.
“Being home to two of the world’s seven natural wonders would reinforce our message that ‘There’s Nothing Like Australia’ to the rest of the world,” Andrew McEvoy from Tourism Australia said.
“While many of the world’s most remarkable destinations are also in the running, we know that Australia’s candidates are truly phenomenal, highly worthy and stand a very strong chance - we just need the public to take action and vote.”
Tourism Australia has even launched a Facebook application to generate support for the landmarks, inviting Aussies to share stories and images as well as vote.
The competition will be fierce, with some of the world's most stunning locations making the cut.
“So many breathtakingly beautiful, natural places are still quite unknown to many," New7Wonders Founder and President Bernard Weber said. "From waterfalls to fjords, rainforests to mountain peaks, freshwater lakes to volcanoes, we are discovering together the incredible beauty and variety of our planet.”
There is already a list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
Launched in 2007, the winners of the New7Wonders campaign will be announced on November 11.
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