Lonely Planet East Coast Australia: Classic Overland Route

by Campbell, Verity; Cruttenden, Peter; Daly, Kate; Rowthorn, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781740590129
• ISBN10: 1740590120
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications

Summary

-- the best to sec and do from Melbourne to the Daintree, from enjoying vibrant city life to lazing on empty beaches
-- in-depth information for all budget ranges
-- complete coverage of the Great Barrier Reef -- diving, snorkelling, sailing and more

Table of Contents

The Authors	8	(9)
This Book	9	(1)
Foreword	10	(1)
Introduction	11	(1)
Facts About East Coast Australia	12	(27)
History	12	(7)
Geography	19	(1)
Geology	19	(1)
Climate	20	(1)
Ecology & Environment	20	(2)
Flora	22	(1)
Fauna	23	(5)
National Parks & Reserves	28	(1)
Government & Politics	29	(1)
Economy	29	(2)
Population & People	31	(1)
Arts	32	(4)
Religion	36	(1)
Language	37	(2)
Facts for the Visitor	39	(33)
Highlights	39	(2)
The Route	41	(1)
Suggested Itineraries	41	(1)
Planning	42	(1)
Tourist Offices	43	(1)
Visas & Documents	43	(1)
Embassies & Consulates	44	(1)
Customs	45	(1)
Money	45	(2)
Post & Communications	47	(2)
Internet Resources	49	(1)
Books	50	(1)
Newspapers & Magazines	50	(1)
Radio & TV	50	(1)
Video Systems	51	(1)
Photography & Video	51	(1)
Time	51	(1)
Electricity	51	(1)
Weights & Measures	51	(1)
Health	51	(4)
Women Travellers	55	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	55	(1)
Disabled Travellers	56	(1)
Travel With Children	56	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	57	(1)
Emergencies	58	(1)
Business Hours	58	(1)
Public Holidays & Special Events	58	(2)
Activities	60	(2)
Work	62	(2)
Accommodation	64	(2)
Food	66	(1)
Drinks	67	(1)
Entertainment	67	(1)
Spectator Sports	68	(2)
Shopping	70	(2)
Getting There & Away	72	(7)
Air	72	(5)
Land	77	(1)
Sea	77	(1)
Onward Travel within Australia	77	(2)
Getting Around	79	(10)
Air	79	(1)
Bus	80	(1)
Train	81	(1)
Car	81	(4)
Motorcycle	85	(1)
Bicycle	86	(1)
Hitching	87	(1)
Boat	87	(1)
Organised Tours	88	(1)
Melbourne	89	(24)
History	89	(1)
Orientation	89	(2)
Information	91	(3)
City Centre	94	(1)
Southbank	95	(2)
Arts Precinct	97	(1)
King's Domain	97	(1)
Carlton & Parkville	98	(2)
Special Events	100	(1)
Places to Stay	100	(2)
Places to Eat	102	(2)
Entertainment	104	(2)
Spectator Sports	106	(2)
Getting There & Away	108	(1)
Getting Around	108	(2)
Around Melbourne	110	(1)
Dandenong Ranges	110	(2)
Mornington Peninsula	112	(1)
Southeast Victoria	113	(40)
Melbourne to Sale	115	(1)
Western Port	115	(2)
Phillip Island	117	(3)
Kilcunda & Powlett River	120	(1)
Bunurong Marine Park	120	(1)
Wonthaggi	120	(1)
Cape Paterson	120	(1)
Inverloch	121	(1)
Venus Bay Area	122	(1)
Inland Route to Leongatha	123	(1)
Koonwarra	123	(1)
Grand Ridge Road	123	(1)
Foster	124	(1)
Wilsons Promontory NP	124	(3)
Corner Inlet & Nooramunga Marine & Coastal Parks	127	(1)
Toora	127	(1)
Port Welshpool	128	(1)
Port Albert	128	(1)
Ninety Mile Beach	129	(1)
Yarram	130	(1)
Tarra Bulga NP	130	(1)
Melbourne to Sale via West Gippsland	130	(5)
Sale	135	(1)
Sale to Nowa Nowa	136	(1)
Stratford	136	(1)
Mitchell River NP	137	(1)
Bairnsdale	138	(1)
Paynesville & Raymond Island	139	(1)
Bruthen	139	(1)
Metung	140	(1)
Lakes Entrance	141	(2)
Lake Tyers	143	(1)
Burnt Bridge Reserve	143	(1)
Nowa Nowa	143	(1)
Nowa Nowa to the NSW Border	143	(1)
Buchan	143	(2)
Snowy River NP	145	(1)
Orbost	146	(1)
Errinundra NP	146	(1)
Marlo	146	(1)
Cabbage Tree Palms Walk	147	(1)
Bemm River	147	(1)
Lind NP	148	(1)
Cann River	148	(1)
Coopracambra NP	148	(1)
Drummer Creek Rainforest Walk	149	(1)
Alfred NP	149	(1)
Genoa	149	(1)
Mallacoota & Area	149	(4)
South Coast New South Wales	153	(31)
Victorian Border to Eden	154	(1)
Eden	155	(2)
Eden To Pambula	157	(1)
Pambula	158	(1)
Pambula to Narooma	158	(1)
Bega	158	(1)
Bega to Cobargo	159	(1)
Cobargo	160	(1)
Pambula to Tilba Tilba via The Coast Road	160	(4)
Tilba Tilba & Central Tilba	164	(1)
Eurobodalla NP	164	(1)
Narooma	165	(1)
Montague Island Nature Reserve	166	(1)
Narooma to Batemans Bay	167	(1)
Moruya	167	(1)
Moruya to Batemans Bay via Malua Bay	168	(1)
Mogo	168	(1)
Batemans Bay	168	(3)
Batemans Bay to Nowra	170	(1)
Murramarang NP	171	(1)
Ulladulla	171	(2)
Milton to Jervis Bay	173	(1)
Jervis Bay	173	(2)
Nowra	175	(1)
Fitzroy Falls	176	(1)
Nowra to Botany Bay	177	(1)
Berry	177	(1)
Gerringong	177	(1)
Kiama	178	(1)
Kiama to Wollongong	179	(1)
Wollongong	180	(2)
Wollongong to Botany Bay	182	(1)
Botany Bay	183	(1)
Sydney	184	(38)
Orientation	184	(2)
Information	186	(1)
Sydney Harbour	187	(1)
The Rocks	187	(4)
Sydney Harbour Bridge	191	(1)
Sydney Opera House	191	(1)
Circular Quay	191	(1)
Macquarie Place Area	192	(1)
City Centre	192	(1)
Darling Harbour	193	(1)
Macquarie Street Area	194	(1)
Parks	195	(1)
Kings Cross	196	(1)
Inner East	197	(1)
Eastern Suburbs	197	(1)
Southern Beaches	197	(1)
Inner West	198	(1)
North Shore	199	(1)
Manly	199	(1)
Northern Beaches	200	(1)
Swimming	200	(1)
Surfing	201	(1)
Diving	201	(1)
Organised Tours	201	(1)
Special Events	202	(1)
Places to Stay	202	(4)
Places to Eat	206	(3)
Entertainment	209	(3)
Spectator Sports	212	(1)
Getting There & Away	213	(1)
Getting Around	214	(3)
Around Sydney	217	(1)
Blue Mountains	217	(5)
Central Coast New South Wales	222	(28)
Sydney to Newcastle	223	(1)
Sydney to Gosford	223	(2)
Gosford	225	(1)
Gosford to Lake Macquarie via Terrigal	225	(1)
Newcastle	226	(5)
Lower Hunter Valley Wineries	231	(3)
Newcastle to Taree	234	(1)
Port Stephens Area	234	(3)
Tea Gardens & Hawks Nest	237	(1)
Myall Lakes NP	238	(1)
Bulahdelah	238	(1)
Bulahdelah to Taree via The Coast Road	239	(2)
Taree	241	(1)
Wingham & Tinonee	242	(1)
Taree to Port Macquarie	243	(1)
Harrington & Crowdy Head	243	(1)
Crowdy Bay NP	244	(1)
Kew to Port Macquarie via The Coast Road	244	(1)
Port Macquarie	244	(5)
Wauchope	249	(1)
North Coast New South Wales	250	(47)
Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour	251	(1)
Kempsey	251	(1)
Crescent Head	252	(1)
Hat Head NP	253	(1)
South West Rocks	253	(2)
Bowraville	255	(1)
Nambucca Heads	256	(2)
Urunga	258	(1)
Waterfall Way	259	(3)
Mylestom	262	(1)
Sawtell	262	(1)
Coffs Harbour	263	(5)
Coffs Harbour to Grafton	268	(1)
Woolgoolga	268	(1)
Yuraygir NP	269	(1)
Grafton	270	(3)
Grafton to Ballina	272	(1)
Ulmarra	273	(1)
Maclean	273	(1)
Yamba & Angourie	273	(2)
Bundjalung NP	275	(1)
Evans Head	275	(1)
Broadwater NP	276	(1)
Ballina	276	(2)
Ballina to Byron Bay	278	(1)
Ballina to Byron Bay via Lismore	278	(4)
Bangalow	282	(1)
Byron Bay	283	(8)
Byron Bay to Tweed Heads	291	(1)
Mullumbimby	291	(1)
Brunswick Heads	292	(1)
Murwillumbah	292	(2)
Mt Warning NP	294	(1)
Brunswick Heads to Tweed Heads via The Coast Road	295	(1)
Tweed Heads	295	(2)
Gold Coast	297	(21)
Coolangatta	299	(3)
Coolangatta to Helensvale	301	(1)
Burleigh Heads	302	(2)
Broadbeach	304	(1)
Surfers Paradise	304	(6)
Southport & Main Beach	310	(2)
Southport to Helensvale	312	(1)
Coolangatta to Helensvale via Pacific Highway	313	(1)
Springbrook NP	313	(2)
Helensvale to Beenleigh	315	(1)
Theme Parks	315	(1)
Tamborine Mountain	316	(1)
Oxenford to Beenleigh	317	(1)
Brisbane	318	(26)
History	318	(1)
Orientation	318	(1)
Information	318	(2)
City Centre	320	(1)
Queensland Cultural Centre	321	(1)
Galleries	321	(1)
South Bank Parklands	321	(2)
Mt Coot- Tha Reserve	323	(1)
Brisbane Forest Park	324	(1)
Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary	324	(1)
Activities	324	(1)
Organised Tours	324	(1)
Special Events	325	(1)
Places to Stay	325	(5)
Places to Eat	330	(2)
Entertainment	332	(2)
Spectator Sports	334	(1)
Getting There & Away	335	(2)
Getting Around	337	(1)
Moreton Bay Islands	338	(1)
North Stradbroke Island	338	(4)
Moreton Island	342	(2)
Sunshine Coast	344	(23)
Brisbane to Landsborough	346	(1)
Brisbane to Caboolture	346	(1)
Caboolture	346	(1)
Bribie Island	347	(1)
Caboolture to Landsborough	348	(2)
Landsborough to Pomona	350	(1)
Caloundra	350	(2)
Maroochy	352	(2)
Maroochy to Coolum Beach	354	(1)
Coolum Beach & Peregian Beach	354	(1)
Noosa	355	(6)
Cooloola Coast	361	(3)
Landsborough to Cooroy via the Bruce Highway	364	(2)
Cooroy	366	(1)
Pomona	366	(1)
Fraser Coast	367	(23)
Gympie	368	(1)
Gympie to Maryborough	369	(2)
Maryborough	371	(1)
Hervey Bay & Fraser Island	372	(1)
Hervey Bay	372	(5)
Fraser Island	377	(5)
North of Maryborough	382	(1)
Howard	382	(1)
Childers	382	(1)
Burrum Coast NP	383	(1)
Bundaberg Area	383	(1)
Bundaberg	383	(4)
Lady Musgrave & Lady Elliot Islands	387	(1)
Around Bundaberg	387	(3)
Capricorn Coast	390	(18)
Childers to Gin Gin	391	(1)
Gin Gin	391	(1)
Discovery Coast	392	(2)
Miriam Vale to Gladstone	394	(1)
Gladstone	394	(2)
Southern Reef Islands	396	(1)
Gladstone to Rockhampton	397	(1)
Rockhampton	397	(4)
Rockhampton to Byfield	401	(1)
Rockhampton to Yeppoon	401	(1)
Yeppoon	401	(2)
Great Keppel Island	403	(2)
Yeppoon to Byfield	405	(1)
Rockhampton to Mackay	406	(1)
The Caves to Sarina	406	(2)
Whitsunday Coast	408	(28)
Sarina	410	(1)
Sarina Beach & Grasstree Beach	410	(1)
Sarina to Mackay	410	(1)
Mackay	411	(4)
Mackay's Northern Beaches	415	(1)
Cumberland Islands	416	(1)
Eungella & Eungella NPs	416	(2)
Mackay to Proserpine	418	(2)
Proserpine	420	(5)
Whitsundays Area	420	(5)
Airlie Beach	425	(4)
Around Airlie Beach	429	(1)
Long Island	430	(1)
Hook Island	431	(1)
South Molle Island	432	(1)
Daydream Island	432	(1)
Hamilton Island	433	(1)
Hayman Island	434	(1)
Lindeman Island	435	(1)
Whitsunday Island	435	(1)
Northern Whitsunday Islands	435	(1)
Other Whitsunday Islands	435	(1)
North Coast Queensland	436	(31)
Bowen	437	(2)
Bowen to Townsville	439	(1)
Cape Upstart NP	439	(1)
Bowling Green Bay NP	439	(1)
Townsville	439	(9)
Magnetic Island	448	(5)
Townsville to Mission Beach	453	(1)
Saunders Beach	453	(1)
Rollingstone & Balgal Beach	454	(1)
Paluma Range NP	454	(1)
Paluma	455	(1)
Ingham	455	(1)
Around Ingham	455	(1)
Palm Islands	456	(1)
Ingham to Cardwell	457	(1)
Cardwell	457	(2)
Hinchinbrook Island	459	(2)
Cardwell to Tully	461	(1)
Tully	461	(1)
Mission Beach	462	(3)
Family Islands	465	(2)
Far North Coast Queensland	467	(42)
Mission Beach to Cairns	469	(1)
Mission Beach to Innisfail	469	(2)
Innisfail	471	(1)
Wooroonooran NP	472	(1)
Bramston Beach & Eubenangee Swamp NP	472	(1)
Babinda	473	(1)
Frankland Islands NP	473	(1)
Innisfail to Gordonvale via the Atherton Tableland	474	(3)
Yarrabah Aboriginal Community & Around	477	(1)
Cairns	477	(11)
Islands off Cairns	488	(1)
Cairns to Cooktown	488	(1)
Machans Beach	489	(1)
Holloways Beach	489	(1)
Yorkeys Knob	489	(1)
Kuranda	489	(2)
Trinity Beach	491	(1)
Clifton Beach	491	(1)
Palm Cove	491	(1)
Ellis Beach	492	(1)
Port Douglas	492	(4)
Mossman	496	(1)
Mossman to Daintree Village	497	(1)
Daintree Village	497	(1)
Cape Tribulation Area	498	(5)
Cape Tribulation to Cooktown -- The Coast Road	503	(1)
Cairns to Cooktown -- The Inland Route	503	(1)
Cooktown	504	(3)
Lizard Island Group	507	(2)
The Alternative Route	509	(22)
Inland South Coast New South Wales & Canberra	509	(1)
Cooma	509	(1)
Kosciuszko NP	509	(2)
Canberra	511	(5)
Canberra to Sydney	516	(1)
Inland Central & North Coast New South Wales	516	(1)
Maitland	517	(1)
Singleton	517	(1)
Upper Hunter Wineries	517	(1)
Scone	517	(1)
Tamworth	518	(1)
Armidale	519	(1)
The Waterfall Way	519	(1)
Glen Innes	520	(1)
Tenterfield	520	(1)
Inland Queensland	521	(1)
Girraween NP	521	(1)
Stanthorpe	521	(1)
Warwick	522	(1)
Toowoomba	522	(2)
Bunya Mountains NP	524	(1)
Kingaroy	524	(1)
Kingaroy to Monto	525	(1)
Monto	525	(1)
Biloela	525	(1)
Biloela to Springsure	526	(1)
Springsure	526	(1)
Emerald	526	(1)
Gemfields	526	(1)
Clermont	527	(1)
Charters Towers	527	(1)
Undara Volcanic NP	528	(1)
Undara to Ravenshoe	529	(1)
Ravenshoe	529	(1)
Atherton	530	(1)
Mareeba	530	(1)
Mareeba to Cairns	530	(1)
GLOSSARY	531	(3)
INDEX	534	(1)
Text	534	(9)
Boxed Text	543