Australia: The Rough Guide, First Edition

by Rough Guides, Margo Daly, Anne Dehne

Well researched and impeccably written, the Rough Guides are a great choice for anyone seeking to be an informed, prepared traveler. Due to the fantastic essays, the Rough Guides are as much fun for armchair travelers as they are for those actually on the road. Each edition comes with detailed maps, in-depth essays on the history and culture of each destination, a wide range of lodging options, and recommendations for off-the-beaten-path places to visit. The special attention paid to the writing is a boon for travelers, most of whom find themselves reading the guide cover to cover instead of just looking up their specific itineraries.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Australia, Reference

806 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 1993

About the author

Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips. Since November 2017, Rough Guides has been owned by APA Publications UK Ltd, the parent company of Insight Guides.
With the company's personalised trip service encompassing over eighty destinations, and 200 guidebooks covering 180 destinations, Rough Guides is a multi-faceted travel platform, with global sales of 100 million guidebooks since their inception.

Reviews

[Carol, She's so Novel ꧁꧂ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aaarrgghh! Lost my review!

It was pretty brief though.

Full of helpful information & well set out, this book is too unwieldy to take with us when we visit The Land of Oz next month. I only read the introduction & NSW section.

[Mojca · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a Very interesting and useful guide a little less well known than others. Advantages: tips and places to visit that are a bit different from the mega-frequented places.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a really nice companion on our trip. It had all the information we were looking for and some nice maps. It has also been helpful as we plan our next trip to Oz ;)

Taking it to Oz with us...I figure I can read most of it on the 14 hour flight there!!!

[Gemma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just what I needed during my trip, lots of recommendations, lots of detail and covered every area I went to, and also discovered new places I wouldn't have known about otherwise.

[Jmolentin]

Used it for our 6 month trip around OZ.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great tips, lots of information -- I found it to be superior to the Lonely Planet guides.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best Australian guidebook that I read in planning an upcoming trip back to a place I loved, but haven't been to for 35 years.

[Mad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of accommodation, activities, and accessibility of places to visit in Australia.

[Hollie]

it's big. it's a whole continent.

[Laura]

Read Sydney and Melbourne sections only