The Rough Guide to Australia

by Daly, Margo; Dehne, Anne; Leffman, David; Scott, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781858287232
• ISBN10: 1858287235
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-03
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

With fresh journalistic writing and reams of information on what to see and do, this guide takes readers from the big cities to the countryside. Includes candid reviews on restaurants and accommodations for all budgets. 83 maps. Full-color insert. Two-color throughout.

Table of Contents

colour section	i
Country map	ii
Where to go	vii
When to go	x
Things not to miss	xiv
basics	9	(68)
Getting there from Britain and Ireland	11	(5)
Getting there from the US and Canada	16	(4)
Getting there from New Zealand	20	(1)
Getting there from Southeast Asia	21	(1)
Visas and red tape	22	(2)
Insurance	24	(1)
Travellers with disabilities	25	(3)
Costs, money and banks	28	(2)
Health	30	(3)
Information and maps	33	(3)
Getting around	36	(10)
Accommodation	46	(4)
Food and drink	50	(5)
Mail, phones and the internet	55	(3)
The media	58	(1)
Opening hours, holidays and festivals	59	(2)
Outdoor activities	61	(3)
Sport	64	(2)
Women - and sexual harassment	66	(2)
Gay and lesbian Australia	68	(2)
Police, prejudice and trouble	70	(1)
Work	71	(3)
Directory	74	(3)
guide	77	(1064)
Sydney and around	79	(156)
Highlights	80	(3)
History	83	(4)
Transport	87	(6)
Accommodation	93	(12)
The City	105	(36)
The Harbour	141	(5)
Ocean beaches	146	(10)
Botany Bay	156	(2)
Eating and drinking	158	(10)
Entertainment, nightlife and culture	168	(7)
Gay and lesbian Sydney	175	(7)
Shopping	182	(12)
Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park	194	(1)
Hawkesbury River	195	(4)
The Central Coast	199	(2)
Newcastle	201	(5)
Lower Hunter Valley	206	(6)
Parramatta and Penrith	212	(1)
Blue Mountains	213	(11)
Kanangra Boyd National Park	224	(1)
Royal National Park	225	(2)
Wollongong	227	(1)
Kiama	228	(2)
Southern Highlands	230	(3)
Travel details	233	(2)
New South Wales and ACT	235	(102)
Highlights	236	(5)
Canberra	241	(22)
Snowy Mountains	263	(22)
Port Macquarie	285	(10)
Coffs Harbour	295	(9)
Byron Bay	304	(9)
Lismore	313	(5)
New England Plateau	318	(10)
Lord Howe Island	328	(7)
Norfolk Island	335	(6)
Bathurst	341	(3)
Mugdee and the wine country	344	(4)
Dubbo	348	(3)
Warrumbungle National Park	351	(2)
Namoi Valley	353	(7)
Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area	360	(3)
Wagga Wagga	363	(2)
Murray River	365	(3)
Bourke	368	(4)
Broken Hill	372	(11)
Mutawintje National Park	383	(1)
Cameron's Corner	383	(3)
Travel details	386
Southeast Queensland	337	(120)
Highlights	388	(4)
Brisbane	392	(21)
Moreton Bay	413	(8)
Surfers Paradise	421	(6)
South Stradbroke Island	427	(2)
Coolangatta	429	(3)
Springbrook National Park	432	(1)
Lamington National Park	433	(3)
Mount Barney, Main Range & Mount Mistake	436	(1)
Glasshouse Mountains	437	(2)
Noosa	439	(5)
The Cooloola Coast	444	(3)
Hervey Bay	447	(3)
Fraser Island	450	(5)
Travel details	455	(2)
Tropical Queensland and the Reef	457	(94)
Highlights	458	(3)
Bundaberg	461	(3)
Great Barrier Reef	464	(3)
Agnes Water and 1770	467	(1)
Gladstone and nearby islands	467	(3)
Rockhampton	470	(3)
The Capricorn Coast	473	(3)
Mackay	476	(3)
Cape Hillsborough National Park	479	(1)
Eungella National Park	480	(2)
Airlie Beach	482	(4)
Whitsunday Islands	486	(5)
Bowen	491	(1)
Townsville	492	(7)
Magnetic Island	499	(6)
Hinchinbrook Island	505	(2)
Mission Beach	507	(6)
Cairns	513	(11)
Atherton Tablelands	524	(8)
Port Douglas and Mossman	532	(2)
The Daintree	534	(2)
Cape York Peninsula	536	(8)
Torres Strait Islands	544	(3)
Travel details	547	(4)
Outback Queensland	551	(50)
Highlights	552	(3)
Darling Downs	555	(6)
Carnarvon National Park	561	(4)
Charleville	565	(1)
Cunnamulla and Currawinya National Park	566	(1)
Quilpie	567	(1)
Birdsville	568	(2)
Blackdown Tablelands	570	(1)
Emerald	571	(1)
The Gemfields	572	(5)
Winton	577	(4)
Charters Towers	581	(3)
Cloncurry	584	(1)
Mount Isa	585	(5)
Camooweal	590	(1)
Lawn Hill National Park	591	(2)
Gulf of Carpentaria	593	(6)
Travel details	599	(2)
Northern Territory	601	(84)
Highlights	602	(4)
Darwin	606	(17)
Kakadu National Park	623	(8)
Arnhemland	631	(3)
Litchfield National Park	634	(2)
Adelaide River and the Daly River region	636	(1)
Pine Creek and around	637	(1)
Katherine	638	(3)
Nitmiluk National Park	641	(1)
Victoria Highway	642	(4)
Mataranka	646	(3)
Borroloola and the Gulf Country	649	(2)
Tennant Creek	651	(5)
Alice Springs	656	(11)
MacDonnell Ranges	667	(10)
Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon)	677	(2)
Ayers Rock (Uluru)	679	(4)
Travel details	683	(2)
Western Australia	685	(94)
Highlights	686	(4)
Perth	690	(10)
Fremantle	700	(12)
Bunbury	712	(3)
Margaret River	715	(2)
Tall Timber Country	717	(3)
Albuny	720	(3)
The Rainbow Coast	723	(4)
Esperance	727	(5)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder	732	(8)
Geraldton	740	(1)
Hutt River Province	741	(1)
Kalbarri	741	(3)
Shark Bay	744	(4)
Monkey Mia	748
Carnarvon	747	(3)
Exmouth	750	(3)
Port Hedland	753	(5)
Karijini (Hammersley Range) National Park	758	(3)
Broome	761	(6)
The Dampier Peninsula and Cape Leveque	767	(1)
The Kimberley	768	(5)
Bungle Bungles (Purnululu National Park)	773	(5)
Travel details	778	(1)
South Australia	779	(106)
Highlights	780	(4)
Adelaide	784	(28)
Adelaide Hills	812	(4)
Barossa Valley	816	(7)
Fleurieu Peninsula	823	(6)
Yorke Peninsula	829	(2)
Kangaroo Island	831	(7)
Coorong National Park	838	(1)
Southern Ports Highway	839	(2)
Mount Gambier	841	(1)
Coonawarra wine region	842	(3)
The Riverland	845	(9)
Clare Valley	854	(4)
Port Augusta	858	(2)
Mount Remarkable National Park	860	(2)
Eyre Peninsula	862	(3)
Ceduna and the Nullabor Plain	865
Coober Pedy	749	(124)
Flinders Ranges National Park	873	(3)
The Strzelecki Track	876	(2)
Lake Eyre	878	(1)
The Birdsville Track	878	(1)
The Oodnadatta Track	879	(1)
Dalhousie Hot Springs	880	(2)
Travel details	882	(3)
Melbourne and around	885	(72)
Highlights	886	(2)
Melbourne	888	(53)
Mornington Peninsula	941	(4)
Phillip Island	945	(4)
Yarra Valley and the Dandenongs	949	(3)
Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula	952	(4)
Travel details	956	(1)
Victoria	957	(86)
Highlights	958	(4)
Great Ocean Road	962	(20)
Bendigo	982	(3)
Castlemaine	985	(3)
Maryborough	988	(1)
Daylesford	989	(1)
Ballarat	990	(6)
Hamilton	996	(2)
Ararat	998	(1)
Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park	999	(6)
The Wimmera	1005	(1)
The Mallee	1005	(2)
Mildura	1007	(4)
Swan Hill	1011	(2)
Echuca	1013	(5)
Wilsons Promontory National Park	1018	(3)
Gippsland Lakes	1021	(3)
Buchan and the Snowy River Loop	1024	(2)
Croajingolong National Park	1026	(8)
Rutherglen	1034	(1)
Victorian Alps	1035	(6)
Travel details	1041	(2)
Tasmania	1043	(98)
Highlights	1044	(9)
Hobart	1053	(21)
Bruny Island	1074	(1)
Mount Field National Park	1075	(4)
Port Arthur	1079	(3)
Maria Island National Park	1082	(1)
Freycinet Peninsula	1083	(6)
Launceston	1089	(11)
Tamar Valley	1100	(3)
Deloraine	1103	(2)
Walls of Jerusalem National Park	1105	(1)
Bass Strait Islands	1106	(5)
Devonport	1111	(7)
Stanley	1118	(3)
Arthur River	1121	(3)
Queenstown	1124	(2)
Strahan	1126	(5)
Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park	1131	(3)
Franklin Lower Gordon Wild Rivers National Park	1134	(2)
South West National Park	1136	(4)
Travel details	1140	(1)
contexts	1141	(50)
A history	1143	(10)
Australia's indigenous peoples	1153	(6)
Wildlife	1159	(4)
Australian film	1163	(6)
Australian music	1169	(7)
Books	1176	(11)
Australian English	1187	(4)
index + small print	1191	(15)
Full index	1192	(11)
Twenty Years of Rough Guides	1203	(1)
Rough Guide credits	1204	(1)
Publishing information	1204	(1)
Help us update	1204	(1)
Acknowledgements	1205	(1)
Readers' letters	1205	(1)
Photo credits	1206