The Rough Guide to Australia,9781858287232

The Rough Guide to Australia

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Edition: 5th
ISBN13: 9781858287232
ISBN10: 1858287235
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-12-03
Publisher(s): DK Publishing, Inc.
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Summary

With fresh journalistic writing and reams of information on what to see and do, this guide takes readers from the big cities to the countryside. Includes candid reviews on restaurants and accommodations for all budgets. 83 maps. Full-color insert. Two-color throughout.

Table of Contents

colour section i
Country map ii
Where to go vii
When to go x
Things not to miss xiv
basics 9(68)
Getting there from Britain and Ireland
11(5)
Getting there from the US and Canada
16(4)
Getting there from New Zealand
20(1)
Getting there from Southeast Asia
21(1)
Visas and red tape
22(2)
Insurance
24(1)
Travellers with disabilities
25(3)
Costs, money and banks
28(2)
Health
30(3)
Information and maps
33(3)
Getting around
36(10)
Accommodation
46(4)
Food and drink
50(5)
Mail, phones and the internet
55(3)
The media
58(1)
Opening hours, holidays and festivals
59(2)
Outdoor activities
61(3)
Sport
64(2)
Women - and sexual harassment
66(2)
Gay and lesbian Australia
68(2)
Police, prejudice and trouble
70(1)
Work
71(3)
Directory
74(3)
guide 77(1064)
Sydney and around
79(156)
Highlights
80(3)
History
83(4)
Transport
87(6)
Accommodation
93(12)
The City
105(36)
The Harbour
141(5)
Ocean beaches
146(10)
Botany Bay
156(2)
Eating and drinking
158(10)
Entertainment, nightlife and culture
168(7)
Gay and lesbian Sydney
175(7)
Shopping
182(12)
Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park
194(1)
Hawkesbury River
195(4)
The Central Coast
199(2)
Newcastle
201(5)
Lower Hunter Valley
206(6)
Parramatta and Penrith
212(1)
Blue Mountains
213(11)
Kanangra Boyd National Park
224(1)
Royal National Park
225(2)
Wollongong
227(1)
Kiama
228(2)
Southern Highlands
230(3)
Travel details
233(2)
New South Wales and ACT
235(102)
Highlights
236(5)
Canberra
241(22)
Snowy Mountains
263(22)
Port Macquarie
285(10)
Coffs Harbour
295(9)
Byron Bay
304(9)
Lismore
313(5)
New England Plateau
318(10)
Lord Howe Island
328(7)
Norfolk Island
335(6)
Bathurst
341(3)
Mugdee and the wine country
344(4)
Dubbo
348(3)
Warrumbungle National Park
351(2)
Namoi Valley
353(7)
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
360(3)
Wagga Wagga
363(2)
Murray River
365(3)
Bourke
368(4)
Broken Hill
372(11)
Mutawintje National Park
383(1)
Cameron's Corner
383(3)
Travel details
386
Southeast Queensland
337(120)
Highlights
388(4)
Brisbane
392(21)
Moreton Bay
413(8)
Surfers Paradise
421(6)
South Stradbroke Island
427(2)
Coolangatta
429(3)
Springbrook National Park
432(1)
Lamington National Park
433(3)
Mount Barney, Main Range & Mount Mistake
436(1)
Glasshouse Mountains
437(2)
Noosa
439(5)
The Cooloola Coast
444(3)
Hervey Bay
447(3)
Fraser Island
450(5)
Travel details
455(2)
Tropical Queensland and the Reef
457(94)
Highlights
458(3)
Bundaberg
461(3)
Great Barrier Reef
464(3)
Agnes Water and 1770
467(1)
Gladstone and nearby islands
467(3)
Rockhampton
470(3)
The Capricorn Coast
473(3)
Mackay
476(3)
Cape Hillsborough National Park
479(1)
Eungella National Park
480(2)
Airlie Beach
482(4)
Whitsunday Islands
486(5)
Bowen
491(1)
Townsville
492(7)
Magnetic Island
499(6)
Hinchinbrook Island
505(2)
Mission Beach
507(6)
Cairns
513(11)
Atherton Tablelands
524(8)
Port Douglas and Mossman
532(2)
The Daintree
534(2)
Cape York Peninsula
536(8)
Torres Strait Islands
544(3)
Travel details
547(4)
Outback Queensland
551(50)
Highlights
552(3)
Darling Downs
555(6)
Carnarvon National Park
561(4)
Charleville
565(1)
Cunnamulla and Currawinya National Park
566(1)
Quilpie
567(1)
Birdsville
568(2)
Blackdown Tablelands
570(1)
Emerald
571(1)
The Gemfields
572(5)
Winton
577(4)
Charters Towers
581(3)
Cloncurry
584(1)
Mount Isa
585(5)
Camooweal
590(1)
Lawn Hill National Park
591(2)
Gulf of Carpentaria
593(6)
Travel details
599(2)
Northern Territory
601(84)
Highlights
602(4)
Darwin
606(17)
Kakadu National Park
623(8)
Arnhemland
631(3)
Litchfield National Park
634(2)
Adelaide River and the Daly River region
636(1)
Pine Creek and around
637(1)
Katherine
638(3)
Nitmiluk National Park
641(1)
Victoria Highway
642(4)
Mataranka
646(3)
Borroloola and the Gulf Country
649(2)
Tennant Creek
651(5)
Alice Springs
656(11)
MacDonnell Ranges
667(10)
Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon)
677(2)
Ayers Rock (Uluru)
679(4)
Travel details
683(2)
Western Australia
685(94)
Highlights
686(4)
Perth
690(10)
Fremantle
700(12)
Bunbury
712(3)
Margaret River
715(2)
Tall Timber Country
717(3)
Albuny
720(3)
The Rainbow Coast
723(4)
Esperance
727(5)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
732(8)
Geraldton
740(1)
Hutt River Province
741(1)
Kalbarri
741(3)
Shark Bay
744(4)
Monkey Mia
748
Carnarvon
747(3)
Exmouth
750(3)
Port Hedland
753(5)
Karijini (Hammersley Range) National Park
758(3)
Broome
761(6)
The Dampier Peninsula and Cape Leveque
767(1)
The Kimberley
768(5)
Bungle Bungles (Purnululu National Park)
773(5)
Travel details
778(1)
South Australia
779(106)
Highlights
780(4)
Adelaide
784(28)
Adelaide Hills
812(4)
Barossa Valley
816(7)
Fleurieu Peninsula
823(6)
Yorke Peninsula
829(2)
Kangaroo Island
831(7)
Coorong National Park
838(1)
Southern Ports Highway
839(2)
Mount Gambier
841(1)
Coonawarra wine region
842(3)
The Riverland
845(9)
Clare Valley
854(4)
Port Augusta
858(2)
Mount Remarkable National Park
860(2)
Eyre Peninsula
862(3)
Ceduna and the Nullabor Plain
865
Coober Pedy
749(124)
Flinders Ranges National Park
873(3)
The Strzelecki Track
876(2)
Lake Eyre
878(1)
The Birdsville Track
878(1)
The Oodnadatta Track
879(1)
Dalhousie Hot Springs
880(2)
Travel details
882(3)
Melbourne and around
885(72)
Highlights
886(2)
Melbourne
888(53)
Mornington Peninsula
941(4)
Phillip Island
945(4)
Yarra Valley and the Dandenongs
949(3)
Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula
952(4)
Travel details
956(1)
Victoria
957(86)
Highlights
958(4)
Great Ocean Road
962(20)
Bendigo
982(3)
Castlemaine
985(3)
Maryborough
988(1)
Daylesford
989(1)
Ballarat
990(6)
Hamilton
996(2)
Ararat
998(1)
Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park
999(6)
The Wimmera
1005(1)
The Mallee
1005(2)
Mildura
1007(4)
Swan Hill
1011(2)
Echuca
1013(5)
Wilsons Promontory National Park
1018(3)
Gippsland Lakes
1021(3)
Buchan and the Snowy River Loop
1024(2)
Croajingolong National Park
1026(8)
Rutherglen
1034(1)
Victorian Alps
1035(6)
Travel details
1041(2)
Tasmania
1043(98)
Highlights
1044(9)
Hobart
1053(21)
Bruny Island
1074(1)
Mount Field National Park
1075(4)
Port Arthur
1079(3)
Maria Island National Park
1082(1)
Freycinet Peninsula
1083(6)
Launceston
1089(11)
Tamar Valley
1100(3)
Deloraine
1103(2)
Walls of Jerusalem National Park
1105(1)
Bass Strait Islands
1106(5)
Devonport
1111(7)
Stanley
1118(3)
Arthur River
1121(3)
Queenstown
1124(2)
Strahan
1126(5)
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
1131(3)
Franklin Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
1134(2)
South West National Park
1136(4)
Travel details
1140(1)
contexts 1141(50)
A history
1143(10)
Australia's indigenous peoples
1153(6)
Wildlife
1159(4)
Australian film
1163(6)
Australian music
1169(7)
Books
1176(11)
Australian English
1187(4)
index + small print 1191(15)
Full index
1192(11)
Twenty Years of Rough Guides
1203(1)
Rough Guide credits
1204(1)
Publishing information
1204(1)
Help us update
1204(1)
Acknowledgements
1205(1)
Readers' letters
1205(1)
Photo credits
1206

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