Australia: a Travel Survival Kit

Lonely Planet - Travel Survival Kit

by Lonely Planet, Mark Armstrong, John Chapman

This is the eighth edition of Lonely Planet's "Australia", published as part of their "Travel Survival Kit" series. It covers the whole country from the top end to the tip of Tasmania, including Sydney and Melbourne, the Red Centre, Queensland rainforests and miles of beaches. The guide contains information needed for a visit on any budget: getting there and getting around (by bus, train, plane or four-wheel drive); history and culture; accommodation; local cuisine; places and times to visit; prices to pay; flora and fauna; language tips; health and safety advice; and maps. It includes a full-colour introduction to Aboriginal art and an extensive colour section on Australian flora and fauna. Notes on bush tucker, pub grub and modern cuisine are included, as are listings for surfing, white-water rafting, bushwalking and cycling. This book also contains a guide to Australian vernacular.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Australia, Nonfiction

1002 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1982

About the author

OUR STORY
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.