Lonely Planet Australia (Lonely Planet Australia) - Softcover

Harding, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1740590651 ISBN 13: 9781740590655

Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications, 2002

Synopsis

Nowhere's as diverse as down under. From Uluru to Kakadu, from city lights to starry nights, this bestselling guide is the key to the heart of Australia.

• it's a big country, but with 160 maps we've got it covered
• spectacular colour field guide to Australia's native animals
• surf, dive or sail; hike, bike or ski – we'll show you how
• hundreds of accommodation options, from bush camping to five-star resorts
• full-colour guide to Aboriginal art

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Destination: Australia

Australia is an intriguing enigma not only to people elsewhere in the world, who look at a map and see this curiously chunky bit of terra firma floating way down in the southern hemisphere, but also to the locals, who can spend years making leisurely explorations and still feel they've only begun to comprehend the full nature of their own mammoth back yard. It's not just Australia's size that defies the exhaustion of travel possibilities - Australia also has a sublime, time-bending quality that can't be overruled by any itinerary.

In a city, you'll experience an urban blur of fashion-festooned boutiques, plate-clattering restaurants and vivacious humankind, but suddenly be mesmerized in a gallery or lose yourself in one long fluid moment inside a wine glass. In the interior, you might be surrounded by noise in a beer-washed pub or hear the thump of rocks under your 4WD, only to be transfixed by a slow, silent swirl of outback dust or an outrageously beautiful sunset. Some roads are so long and straight that no matter how fast you go, it's as if you're barely moving. Around the coast, you'll be tasting the foam of ocean surf or pedalling furiously down a mountain, then end up diving down into a coral garden, taking an endless breath in the depths of a rainforest, or slowly realizing you have an entire beach to yourself.

Only one thing is consistent: every traveler in Australia faces the same wondrous dilemma - where to begin...

About this edition

• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1740590651
• ISBN 13: 9781740590655
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 944