The Rough Guide to Australia, now in its seventh edition, is the ultimate guide to the continent. The guide opens with a full-colour section bursting with the best attractions and activities on offer throughout the country, from watching the Melbourne Cup to trekking through the Kimberley. The main chapters of the guide, arranged by region, provide detailed coverage of all the attractions from glamorous Sydney to the rugged grandeur of the Red Centre. Critical reviews are given of all the best places to stay, eat and drink and accurate maps pinpoint the locations of the listings. There are practical tips on activities, from sailing the Whitsundays to four-wheel driving around Fraser Island and getting the most out of Sydney's Mardi Gras. Finally, in the Contexts section, there are lively and informed articles on history, wildlife, cinema and Aboriginal culture.
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The Rough Guide to Australia is one of the most impressive additions to the already prestigious Rough Guide series, and weighing in at over a thousand pages, it's also one of the most physically imposing. But anything short of this would hardly be appropriate to this most breathtaking of continents, and it has to be said that the team of contributors have covered the country in the most thorough and masterly of fashions. The maps are always a speciality of this series, but the prospect of exploring even the remotest corners of Australia is rendered more than achievable by the cartography on offer here.
What the guide sets out to do, however, has something in common with all the series: to inspire us to visit the country by some of the most tempting photography (along with the text) -- and the latter is a particular asset here. Of course, there is so much to explore in Australia that it is difficult to know where to begin. But such sections as that on the Gold Coast Hinterland will inspire the more fit explorer to tackle the rugged (and less readily accessible) walking tracks and hiking trails, taking in the beech forests and waterfalls.
But the guide will also have you wishing to experience Marine Mountain, a volcanic plateau near the Gold Coast which still has pockets of rainforest, and once was the haunt of the Wangeriburra Aborigines.
As all of this implies, the experience that Australia has to offer is a million miles away from more restricted horizons. If your taste is for nightlife, that's also comprehensively covered here, and (once again), the received opinion that Australia is a philistine country is thoroughly trounced by the detailed coverage of the highly impressive venues for the arts. Let’s face it, this is quite likely to be the only guide to Australia that you will ever need. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
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This guide book is the best I've read. The advice was invaluable and I trusted the recommendations, especially when it came to accommodation. It very quickly became my travelling companion and I followed its advice as much as I could. Don't leave home without it!
79 of 84 people found the following review helpful
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this book was easy to use, very useful when I was travelling on my gap year and the reason that I managed to make it safely round oz. it guided me to some of the best places to stay and warned me off a few that I tried anyway and then realised the wisdom in their words after I had made my mistake. Buy this book if you are travelling oz, heed its words, take its advice but also don't be afraid to do a little experimenting of your own as I found many a gem of place to stay/ eat and see that were not included in the book - but then you cant expect them to know everything, it is only a rough guide but a very nice one to have by your side when you feel like you are on the other side of the world, it lends a big helping hand in making your travels that bit simpler. Buy.
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this book gives all the details anybody would need who is traveling to australia plenty of advice to everywhere worth visiting. the book apeals more to the indpendant traveller rather than families.it has advice on where to stay eat and party it is an essential guide if you are travelling to oz i give this book a big thumbs up.
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Rough Guide to Australia
I originally borrowed this from our local library and found it so informative that I decided to buy it. Read more
Published 22 days ago by Jill, Hampshire
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Really useful
You can't beat a Rough Guide in your bag when travelling. This was indispensable in Sydney and Queensland, providing invaluable infomation on accommodation, restaurants etc. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mark Maffey
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great book for knowledge of this fantastic place
this book is a great source of reference on this fantastic place, it is full of information on its past and of its present
Published 4 months ago by Mr. P. Ross
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Great guide
Great guide with plenty of detail. Was a real help in planning my time in Australia. Only a little bit of a shame that is was a 2011 version and I would be travelling late 2012.
Published 8 months ago by LB
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Mmm!
I don't find this very straight forward to use. A detailed index to move around the information would be better. The tables and maps are useless. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sheenochka
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Perfect for trip
Bought this as my son is going to travel around Australia for two years. He says it is an excellent book, full of information and all you need to explore the sites of Australia. Read more
Published 9 months ago by sueg
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just what you need
great book , have checked out where we are going and the best way of getting there.Rough guide's give you alot of detail.
Published 10 months ago by Anthony Till
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This is an ideal book for those about to embark on a trip down under. The book gives a wide range of in-depth information to help make planning your visit a lot easier.
Published 15 months ago by Snowman
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Rough guide to Australia
A fine book. Gets into fine detail about Australian cities and landscape. Recommended and a must for anyone wishing to visit this fine country.
Published 15 months ago by Mr. R. Murray Mrs Murray
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Easy to use
As with all Rough Guides, easy to use, accurate and good value for money. I used the section on Melbourne most and it was spot on. Amazon price is great too.
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