The Rough Guide to Australia 6

by Margo Daly, Rough Guides, Anne Dehne

"The Rough Guide to Australia" is the definitive handbook to this vast and varied continent, covering every town, national park, rainforest, marine park, desert and island from Broome to Ballarat and Carnarvon to Cairns. A 24pp full colour introduction includes '48 Things Not To Miss', a selection of brilliant photography showing the country's highlights, from diving the Great Barrier Reef to hot-air ballooning over Uluru. In-depth and entertaining coverage is given to all the attractions, both the world famous sights and the lesser known local's favourites. There are refreshingly opinionated reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink, to suit all pockets from student-loans to expense accounts. "The Rough Guide" is also particularly renowned for its informed background on history, film, Aboriginal culture, and Australia's unique flora and fauna. Finally there are over 100 maps and plans for every region and town, all showing the location of recommended accommodation, bars and restaurants.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Australia, Reference, Guidebook

1248 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 1993

Reviews

[She's So Novel! ꧁꧂]

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]

4 stars

[Sophie Crane]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Catherine Woodman]

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]

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