- Paperback: 408 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet; 1 edition (4 May 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1741799910
- ISBN-13: 978-1741799910
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,117,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Experience The Best of Australia
Make the most of your trip abroad – Lonely Planet’s full color Discover guides highlight the best a country has to offer while still providing an authentic and memorable experience.
Full Color Throughout
Full of color images and maps – makes planning as inspiring as the journey itself
Color-coded navigation
Easy-To-Use Structure
Easy-to-use tools include: color-coded chapters, color thumb tabs, dynamic color spreads on major highlights and
Easy-to-read planning sections throughout
Highlights
Special front-of-book chapter on the top 25 can’t-miss experiences
Features the must-see attractions and unbeatable experiences
Focuses on key cities and regions
Itineraries
Country-wide itineraries take you step by step though the country – broken out by interest, theme and length of trip
Region-specific itineraries help you plan more deeply for the regions you are most interested in
Local Experts
Major attractions include insights from local experts on what not to miss
Make the most of your trip abroad – Lonely Planet’s full color Discover guides highlight the best a country has to offer while still providing an authentic and memorable experience.
Full Color Throughout
Full of color images and maps – makes planning as inspiring as the journey itself
Color-coded navigation
Easy-To-Use Structure
Easy-to-use tools include: color-coded chapters, color thumb tabs, dynamic color spreads on major highlights and
Easy-to-read planning sections throughout
Highlights
Special front-of-book chapter on the top 25 can’t-miss experiences
Features the must-see attractions and unbeatable experiences
Focuses on key cities and regions
Itineraries
Country-wide itineraries take you step by step though the country – broken out by interest, theme and length of trip
Region-specific itineraries help you plan more deeply for the regions you are most interested in
Local Experts
Major attractions include insights from local experts on what not to miss
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Covers a lot of different areas briefly, if looking for more detail on the different places then may be better to purchase a guide on the specific areas visiting, but as a general guide to Australia it's okay. Also my view of some of the places visited differed to those of the person writing the reviews - some I liked more, some less.
Useful as a reasonable size reference book but would suggest in planning trip obtain reviews from different sources for balanced views on areas planning to visit. Found internet useful to supplement information in book.
Useful as a reasonable size reference book but would suggest in planning trip obtain reviews from different sources for balanced views on areas planning to visit. Found internet useful to supplement information in book.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Heading off to Melbourne and Sydney this winter I was looking for a book to help me understand about the history, as well as places to go and enjoy.This one almost gave me that, but I am certain there must be better books out there so I would not recommend it.
Format:Paperback
When you're looking for a guide about Australia, you don't want half of it to be focused on Melbourne and Sydney... You want it to be focused on National Parks, nature, wildlife, roadtrips, and yes a couple of cities. But this guide feels like in Australia, the must-sees are actually : Sydney, Melbourne, and the wine country... Who goes to Australia to sample some wines, I mean seriously ? Plus a lot of stuff is actually about touristic attractions, prepaid tours, there's nothing about freedom. When you write a book about Australia, there should a section about roadtrips, informations about roads, suggested routes to take, scenic drives to experience... Appart from the Great Ocean Road and the Pacific Drive, nothing.
Besides, they merged Southern Australia and the Northern Territory into just one section. They hardly mention great stuff like Eyre Peninsula, Lake Eyre, or the Simpson Desert. Western Australia is also highly underestimated, and in Victoria there's hardly anything about the semi-arid north-west...
I might also add that the suggested tours are highly optimistic. They expect you to visit a city, a park, and take a 1000 km flight in the same day, there's no detail at all about the timing, very disappointing. Moreover, those tours don't take the climate into account : you can't do Darwin, Alice Springs and Adelaide in the same time of year, it's ridiculous... Either you do it in winter and it'll be cold and rainy in the South, either in summer and it'll be tropical wet mayhem in the North... Most people don't realize it's risky to do the great barrier reef in summer because it's the wet season : it's hardly even mentionned in here, only a couple of lines at the end of the book...
Besides, they merged Southern Australia and the Northern Territory into just one section. They hardly mention great stuff like Eyre Peninsula, Lake Eyre, or the Simpson Desert. Western Australia is also highly underestimated, and in Victoria there's hardly anything about the semi-arid north-west...
I might also add that the suggested tours are highly optimistic. They expect you to visit a city, a park, and take a 1000 km flight in the same day, there's no detail at all about the timing, very disappointing. Moreover, those tours don't take the climate into account : you can't do Darwin, Alice Springs and Adelaide in the same time of year, it's ridiculous... Either you do it in winter and it'll be cold and rainy in the South, either in summer and it'll be tropical wet mayhem in the North... Most people don't realize it's risky to do the great barrier reef in summer because it's the wet season : it's hardly even mentionned in here, only a couple of lines at the end of the book...
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