Lonely Planet New South Wales

by Not Available (NA)

• ISBN13: 9780864427069
• ISBN10: 0864427069
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

Discover superb beaches, arid outback plains, ancient Aboriginal sites and Sydney's bright lights with this definitive guide to New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.-- 80 regional and town maps-- a tippler's tour of the best wine regions in the state-- notes on more than 60 national parks, including Kosciuszko and the Blue Mountains-- hundreds of places to stay, from camp sites and hotels to country B&Bs-- action attractions: cycling, bushwalking, climbing, surfing, and swimming

Table of Contents

The Authors	8	(2)
This Book	10	(1)
Thanks	11	(1)
Foreword	12	(3)
Introduction	15	(2)
Facts About New South Wales	17	(20)
History	17	(6)
Geography	23	(1)
Climate	23	(1)
Ecology & Environment	24	(1)
Flora	25	(1)
Fauna	26	(4)
National Parks	30	(1)
State Forests	30	(1)
Government & Politics	30	(1)
Economy	31	(1)
Population & People	31	(1)
Arts	31	(3)
Society & Conduct	34	(2)
Religion	36	(1)
Facts for the Visitor	37	(30)
Highlights	37	(1)
Suggested Itineraries	38	(1)
Planning	38	(1)
Tourist Offices	39	(1)
Visas & Documents	40	(1)
Embassies & Consulates	41	(1)
Customs	42	(1)
Money	43	(2)
Post & Communications	45	(2)
Internet Resources	47	(1)
Books	47	(1)
Films	48	(1)
Newspapers & Magazines	48	(1)
Radio & TV	49	(1)
Photography & Video	49	(1)
Time	49	(1)
Electricity	49	(1)
Weights & Measures	50	(1)
Laundry	50	(1)
Health	50	(1)
Women Travellers	51	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	51	(1)
Senior Travellers	51	(1)
Travel with Children	51	(3)
Useful Organisations	54	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	54	(2)
Emergencies	56	(1)
Legal Matters	56	(1)
Business Hours	56	(1)
Public Holidays & Special Events	57	(1)
Activities	58	(2)
Work	60	(1)
Accommodation	60	(2)
Food	62	(2)
Drinks	64	(1)
Entertainment	64	(1)
Spectator Sports	64	(1)
Shopping	65	(2)
Getting There & Away	67	(7)
Air	67	(4)
Land	71	(2)
Sea	73	(1)
Getting Around	74	(8)
Air	74	(1)
Bus	74	(1)
Train	74	(1)
Car	75	(4)
Motorcycle	79	(1)
Bicycle	79	(1)
Hitching	80	(1)
Local Transport	81	(1)
Organised Tours	81	(1)
Sydney	82	(78)
Orientation	82	(1)
Information	83	(6)
Sydney Harbour	89	(3)
The Rocks	92	(3)
Sydney Harbour Bridge	95	(1)
Sydney Opera House	96	(1)
Circular Quay	97	(1)
Macquarie Place & Around	98	(1)
City Centre	98	(1)
Darling Harbour & Pyrmont	99	(4)
Macquarie Street	103	(1)
Royal Botanic Gardens	103	(1)
The Domain	104	(1)
Art Gallery of NSW	104	(1)
Australian Museum	105	(1)
Hyde Park & Around	105	(1)
Kings Cross & Around	105	(3)
Inner East	108	(2)
Eastern Suburbs	110	(1)
Inner West	110	(2)
Inner South	112	(1)
Bondi Beach	112	(1)
North Shore	112	(2)
Manly	114	(2)
Sydney Olympic Park	116	(1)
Beaches	116	(1)
Parks & Gardens	117	(1)
Activities	117	(3)
Organised Tours	120	(1)
Special Events	121	(1)
Places to Stay	122	(12)
Places to Eat	134	(13)
Entertainment	147	(4)
Spectator Sports	151	(2)
Shopping	153	(2)
Getting There & Away	155	(1)
Getting Around	156	(4)
Around Sydney	160	(40)
Greater Sydney	160	(1)
Botany Bay	160	(1)
Wildlife Parks	161	(1)
Parramatta	162	(2)
Royal National Park	164	(1)
Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park	165	(2)
Hawkesbury River	167	(2)
Macquarie Towns Area	169	(1)
Penrith & Around	170	(1)
Macarthur Country	171	(1)
Blue Mountains	172	(5)
Glenbrook to Katoomba	177	(1)
Katoomba	178	(3)
Blackheath & Around	181	(1)
Megalong Valley	182	(1)
Mt Victoria	182	(1)
Hartley Historic Site	183	(1)
Jenolan Caves	183	(1)
Bells Line of Road	184	(1)
Lithgow	184	(1)
Around Lithgow	185	(1)
Southern Highlands	185	(1)
Mittagong & Bowral	186	(1)
Wombeyan Caves	187	(1)
Berrima	188	(1)
Bundanoon & Around	188	(1)
Morton National Park	189	(1)
Kangaroo Valley	189	(1)
Illawarra Coast	190	(1)
Wollongong & Around	190	(4)
Central Coast & Lake Macquarie	194	(3)
Gosford & Around	197	(1)
Terrigal & Around	198	(1)
The Entrance & North	198	(1)
Lake Macquarie	199	(1)
Hunter Valley	200	(17)
Newcastle	202	(4)
Maitland	206	(1)
Lower-Hunter Wineries	207	(4)
Singleton	211	(1)
Upper-Hunter Wineries	211	(1)
Muswellbrook	211	(1)
Scone	212	(1)
Merriwa	213	(1)
The Bucketts Way	213	(2)
Barrington Tops National Park	215	(1)
Woko National Park	215	(1)
Dungog	215	(2)
North Coast	217	(59)
Lower North Coast	218	(1)
Port Stephens	218	(2)
Bulahdelah & Around	220	(1)
Myall Lakes National Park	221	(1)
Seal Rocks	221	(1)
Forster-Tuncurry	222	(1)
The Manning Valley	223	(3)
Port Macquarie	226	(4)
Wauchope	230	(1)
Mid-North Coast	231	(1)
Macleay Valley	231	(2)
Nambucca Heads	233	(2)
Around Nambucca Heads	235	(2)
Bellingen	237	(1)
Around Bellingen	238	(1)
Dorrigo	238	(1)
Dorrigo National Park	239	(1)
Coffs Harbour	239	(5)
Coffs Harbour to Grafton	244	(2)
Far North Coast	246	(1)
Grafton	246	(3)
Clarence River Valley	249	(2)
Bundjalung National Park	251	(1)
New Italy Museum	251	(1)
Evans Head	251	(1)
Broadwater National Park	251	(1)
Ballina	251	(2)
Around Ballina	253	(1)
Byron Bay	254	(7)
Brunswick Heads	261	(1)
The Tweed Coast	261	(1)
Tweed Heads	262	(2)
Far North Coast Hinterland	264	(2)
Lismore	266	(2)
The Channon	268	(1)
Nightcap National Park	268	(1)
Nimbin	269	(1)
Around Nimbin	270	(1)
Bangalow	270	(1)
Mullumbimby	271	(1)
Whian Whian State Forest	272	(1)
Uki	272	(1)
Mt Warning National Park	272	(1)
Murwillumbah	273	(1)
Border Ranges National Park	274	(2)
New England	276	(20)
Tamworth	278	(4)
Walcha	282	(1)
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park	282	(1)
Werrikimbe National Park	283	(1)
Uralla	283	(1)
Gostwyck	283	(1)
Armidale	284	(3)
Around Armidale	287	(1)
New England National Park	287	(1)
Cathedral Rock National Park	287	(1)
Guy Fawkes River National Park	287	(1)
Guyra	287	(1)
Glen Innes	288	(1)
Gibraltar Range & Washpool National Parks	289	(1)
Nymboida National Park	289	(1)
Tenterfield	290	(1)
Bald Rock National Park	291	(1)
Boonoo Boonoo National Park	291	(1)
Casino	291	(1)
The Fossickers Way	291	(1)
Nundle	291	(1)
Manilla	292	(1)
Barraba	293	(1)
Bingara	293	(1)
Inverell	294	(1)
Around Inverell	295	(1)
Central West	296	(30)
Bathurst	298	(3)
Around Bathurst	301	(1)
Bathurst to Mudgee	302	(1)
Mudgee	303	(3)
Gulgong	306	(1)
Orange	307	(3)
Around Orange	310	(2)
Wellington	312	(1)
Around Wellington	312	(1)
Dubbo	313	(3)
Parkes	316	(1)
Forbes	317	(2)
Condobolin & Around	319	(1)
North of Condobolin	319	(1)
Cowra	320	(1)
Around Cowra	321	(1)
West Wyalong & Around	322	(1)
Young	323	(1)
Cootamundra	324	(2)
North-West	326	(13)
Gunnedah	326	(2)
Boggabri & Around	328	(1)
The Newell Highway	328	(1)
Gilgandra	328	(1)
Coonabarabran	329	(1)
Warrumbungle National Park	330	(1)
The Pilliga Scrub	331	(1)
Narrabri	331	(1)
Australia Telescope	332	(1)
Mt Kaputar National Park	332	(1)
Wee Waa	332	(1)
Moree	332	(1)
Boggabilla & Goondiwindi	333	(1)
The Castlereagh Highway & Westwards	333	(1)
Warren	333	(1)
The Macquarie Marshes	334	(1)
Coonamble	334	(1)
Walgett	335	(1)
Around Walgett	335	(1)
Brewarrina	336	(1)
Lighting Ridge	336	(3)
Far West	339	(19)
Bourke	340	(3)
Around Bourke	343	(1)
Darling River	344	(1)
Bourke to Tibooburra	344	(1)
Corner Country	345	(1)
The Barrier Highway	346	(3)
The Cobb Highway	349	(1)
White Cliffs	349	(1)
Mootwingee National Park	350	(1)
Broken Hill	350	(5)
Silverton	355	(1)
Menindee	355	(1)
Kinchega National Park	356	(1)
Mungo National Park	356	(2)
The Riverina	358	(28)
Murrumbidgee River	360	(1)
Wagga Wagga	360	(3)
Around Wagga Wagga	363	(1)
Morgan Country	364	(2)
Junee	366	(1)
Temora	367	(1)
Narrandera	368	(1)
Leeton	369	(2)
Griffith	371	(3)
Around Griffith	374	(1)
Lake Cargelligo	374	(1)
Hillston	375	(1)
Willandra National Park	375	(1)
Hay	376	(1)
Balranald	377	(1)
The Southern Riverina	378	(1)
Corowa	378	(1)
Mulwala	379	(1)
Tocumwal	379	(1)
Jerilderie	380	(1)
Deniliquin	381	(2)
Around Deniliquin	383	(1)
Barham & Around	384	(1)
Wentworth	384	(2)
South-East	386	(34)
Monaro Tableland	386	(2)
Braidwood	388	(2)
Around Braidwood	390	(1)
Lake Eucumbene	390	(1)
Cooma	391	(4)
Nimmitabel	395	(1)
Bombala	395	(1)
South-East Forests National Park	396	(1)
Jindabyne	396	(2)
Around Jindabyne	398	(1)
Kosciuszko National Park	399	(2)
Skiing & Ski Resorts	401	(3)
The Alpine Way	404	(1)
West of the Snowies	405	(1)
Tumut	405	(2)
Around Tumut	407	(1)
Bago State Forest	408	(1)
Tumbarumba	408	(1)
Around Tumbarumba	409	(1)
Khancoban	409	(1)
The Hume Highway	410	(1)
Goulburn & Around	410	(2)
Yass	412	(1)
Around Yass	412	(1)
Gundagai	413	(1)
Holbrook & Around	414	(1)
Albury	415	(3)
Around Albury	418	(2)
South Coast	420	(27)
Kiama to Ulladulla	421	(1)
Kiama & Around	421	(1)
Berry	421	(2)
Nowra	423	(3)
Around Nowra	426	(1)
Jervis Bay	426	(1)
Jervis Bay to Ulladulla	427	(1)
Ulladulla	427	(2)
Far South Coast	429	(1)
Murramarang National Park	430	(1)
Batemans Bay	430	(3)
Deua National Park	433	(1)
Batemans Bay to Narooma	433	(1)
Narooma	434	(1)
Around Narooma	435	(2)
Wadbilliga National Park	437	(1)
Wallaga Lake National Park	437	(1)
Bermagui	437	(1)
Mimosa Rocks National Park	438	(1)
Bega	438	(2)
Around Bega	440	(1)
Tathra	440	(1)
Merimbula	441	(2)
Around Merimbula	443	(1)
Eden & Around	443	(2)
Ben Boyd National Park	445	(1)
Nadgee Nature Reserve	446	(1)
Mt Imlay National Park	446	(1)
Australian Capital Territory	447	(25)
Canberra	447	(21)
Around Canberra	468	(3)
Queanbeyan	471	(1)
Eastern Islands	472	(13)
Lord Howe Island	472	(4)
Norfolk Island	476	(9)
INDEX	485	(1)
Text	485	(10)
Boxed Text	495