Australia Rough Guides
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The Rough Guide to Australia is the definitive guide to the country. Features include:
• Full-colour section introducing Australia’s highlights.
• Detailed coverage of every region, from the spectacular coastline of Western Australia to the cosmopolitan cities of Sydney and Melbourne.
• Up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink, for every budget.
• Practical tips on everything from sailing in the Whitsundays to four-wheel driving around Fraser Island and getting the most out of Sydney's Mardi Gras.
• Informed and lively background on history, wildlife, cinema and Aboriginal culture.
• Maps and plans for every region.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

COLOUR SECTION
Country map
Where to go
When to go
Things not to miss

BASICS
Getting there from Britain and Ireland
Gettting there from the US and Canada
Getting there from New Zealand
Getting there from Southeast Asia
Visas and red tape
Insurance
Travellers with disabilities
Costs, money and banks
Health
Information and maps
Getting around
Accommodation
Food and drink
Mail, phones and the internet
The media
Opening hours, holidays and festivals
Outdoor activities
Sport
Women – and sexual harassment
Gay and lesbian Australia
Police, prejudice and trouble
Work
Directory

GUIDE
1 SYDNEY AND AROUND
Highlights
History
Transport
Accommodation
The City
The Harbour
Ocean beaches
Botany Bay
Eating and drinking
Entertainment, nightlife and culture
Gay and lesbian Sydney
Shopping
Ku-Ring-Gai Chase
National Park
Hawkesbury River
The Central Coast
Newcastle
Lower Hunter Valley
Parramatta and Penrith
Blue Mountains
Kanangra Boyd National Park
Royal National Park
Wollongong
Kiama
Southern Highlands
Travel details

2 NEW SOUTH WALES and ACT
Highlights
Canberra
Snowy Mountains
Port Macquarie
Coffs Harbour
Byron Bay
Lismore
New England Plateau
Lord Howe Island
Norfolk Island
Bathurst
Mugdee and the wine country
Dubbo
Warrumbungle National Park
Namoi Valley
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area
Wagga Wagga
Murray River
Bourke
Broken Hill
Mutawintje National Park
Cameron’s Corner
Travel details

3 SOUTHEAST QUEENSLAND
Highlights
Brisbane
Moreton Bay
Surfers Paradise
South Stradbroke Island
Coolangatta
Springbrook National Park
Lamington National Park
Mount Barney, Main Range & Mount Mistake
Glasshouse Mountains
Noosa
The Cooloola Coast
Hervey Bay
Fraser Island
Travel details

4 TROPICAL QUEENSLAND AND THE REEF
Highlights
Bundaberg
Great Barrier Reef
Agnes Water and 1770
Gladstone and nearby islands
Rockhampton
The Capricorn Coast
Mackay
Cape Hillsborough
National Park
Eungella National Park
Airlie Beach
Whitsunday Islands
Bowen
Townsville
Magnetic Island
Hinchinbrook Island
Mission Beach
Cairns
Atherton Tablelands
Port Douglas and Mossman
The Daintree
Cape York Peninsula
Torres Strait Islands
Travel details

5 OUTBACK QUEENSLAND
Highlights
Darling Downs
Carnarvon National Park
Charleville
Cunnamulla and Currawinya
National Park
Quilpie
Birdsville
Blackdown Tablelands
Emerald
The Gemfields
Winton
Charters Towers
Cloncurry
Mount Isa
Camooweal
Lawn Hill National Park
Gulf of Carpentaria
Travel details

6 NORTHERN TERRITORY
Highlights
Darwin
Kakadu National Park
Arnhemland
Litchfield National Park
Adelaide River and the Daly River region
Pine Creek and around
Katherine
Nitmiluk National Park
Victoria Highway
Mataranka
Borroloola and the Gulf Country
Tennant Creek
Alice Springs
MacDonnell Ranges
Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon)
Ayers Rock (Uluru)
Travel details

7 WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Highlights
Perth
Fremantle
Bunbury
Margaret River
Tall Timber Country
Albuny
The Rainbow Coast
Esperance
Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Geraldton
Hutt River Province
Kalbarri
Shark Bay
Monkey Mia
Carnarvon
Exmouth
Port Hedland
Karijini (Hammersley Range)
National Park
Broome
The Dampier Peninsula and Cape Leveque
The Kimberley
Bungle Bungles
(Purnululu National Park)
Travel details

8 SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Highlights
Adelaide
Adelaide Hills
Barossa Valley
Fleurieu Peninsula
Yorke Peninsula
Kangaroo Island
Coorong National Park
Southern Ports Highway
Mount Gambier
Coonawarra wine region
The Riverland
Clare Valley
Port Augusta
Mount Remarkable
National Park
Eyre Peninsula
Ceduna and the Nullabor Plain
Coober Pedy
Flinders Ranges National Park
The Strzelecki Track
Lake Eyre
The Birdsville Track
The Oodnadatta Track
Dalhousie Hot Springs
Travel details

9 MELBOURNE AND AROUND
Highlights
Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula
Phillip Island
Yarra Valley and the Dandenongs
Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula
Travel details

10 VICTORIA
Highlights
Great Ocean Road
Bendigo
Castlemaine
Maryborough
Daylesford
Ballarat
Hamilton
Ararat
Grampians (Gariwerd)
National Park
The Wimmera
The Mallee
Mildura
Swan Hill
Echuca
Wilsons Promontory
National Park
Gippsland Lakes
Buchan and the Snowy River
Loop
Croajingolong National Park
Rutherglen
Victorian Alps
Travel details

11 TASMANIA
Highlights
Hobart
Bruny Island
Mount Field National Park
Port Arthur
Maria Island National Park
Freycinet Peninsula
Launceston
Tamar Valley
Deloraine
Walls of Jerusalem
National Park
Bass Strait Islands
Devonport
Stanley
Arthur River
Queenstown
Strahan
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park
Franklin Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park
South West National Park
Travel details

CONTEXTS
A history
Australia’s indigenous peoples
Wildlife
Australian film
Australian music
Books
Australian English

INDEX + SMALL PRINT
Full index
Twenty Years of Rough Guides
Rough Guide credits
Publishing information
Help us update
Acknowledgements
Readers’ letters
Photo credits