Frommer's Australia is packed with all the facts, tips, and descriptions you need to have perfect vacation:Completely updated every year, Frommer?s Australia features gorgeous full-color photos of the Outback vistas, curious wildlife, and white-sand beaches that await you.Our authors have lived in and written about Australia for years, so they?re able to provide valuable insights and advice. They?ll steer you away from the touristy and the inauthentic and show you the real heart of the land Down Under. Let them take you to exciting cities, Aboriginal homesteads, Barossa Valley vineyards, and natural wonders, from the Wet Tropics Rainforest to Uluru to the Great Barrier Reef. You?ll travel Australia like a pro using their candid advice and in-depth knowledge of the culture.Also included are accurate regional and town maps, up-to-date advice on finding the best package deals, a free color fold-out map, and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!
Author(s): Lee Mylne, Marc Llewellyn, Ron Crittall, Lee Atkinson
Edition: 17
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 772
FROMMER'S AUSTRALIA 2011......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
LIST OF MAPS......Page 9
THE TOP TRAVEL EXPERIENCES......Page 13
THE BEST OUTDOOR ADVENTURES......Page 17
THE BEST PLACES TO VIEW WILDLIFE......Page 18
THE BEST OF THE OUTBACK......Page 20
THE BEST DIVING & SNORKELING......Page 21
PLACES TO......Page 23
THE BEST PLACES FOR ABORIGINAL CULTURE......Page 24
THE BEST OF SMALL-TOWN AUSTRALIA......Page 25
THE BEST MUSEUMS......Page 26
THE BEST LUXURY ACCOMMODATIONS......Page 27
THE BEST MODERATELY PRICED ACCOMMODATIONS......Page 28
THE BEST ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATIONS......Page 29
THE BEST BED & BREAKFASTS......Page 30
THE BEST RESTAURANTS......Page 31
THE BEST MODERATELY PRICED RESTAURANTS......Page 32
LOOKING BACK AT AUSTRALIA......Page 34
THE LAY OF THE LAND......Page 39
AUSTRALIA IN POPULAR CULTURE......Page 44
EATING & DRINKING IN AUSTRALIA......Page 47
CHAPTER 3: PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO AUSTRALIA......Page 49
WHEN TO GO......Page 50
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS......Page 53
GETTING THERE & GETTING AROUND......Page 55
MONEY & COSTS......Page 67
STAYING HEALTHY......Page 69
SPECIALIZED TRAVEL RESOURCES......Page 70
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM......Page 73
SPECIAL INTEREST & ESCORTED TRIPS......Page 76
ACTIVE VACATIONS......Page 78
STAYING CONNECTED......Page 83
TIPS ON ACCOMMODATIONS......Page 85
CHAPTER 4: SUGGESTED ITINERARIES......Page 88
INLAND ODYSSEY: SYDNEY TO MELBOURNE......Page 99
CHAPTER 5: SYDNEY......Page 105
ORIENTATION......Page 106
GETTING AROUND......Page 113
WHERE TO STAY......Page 123
WHERE TO DINE......Page 139
WHAT TO SEE & DO IN SYDNEY......Page 156
HARBOR CRUISES & ORGANIZED TOURS......Page 177
STAYING ACTIVE......Page 179
SHOPPING......Page 181
SYDNEY AFTER DARK......Page 186
CHAPTER 6: NEW SOUTH WALES......Page 193
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS......Page 194
THE HUNTER VALLEY......Page 209
PORT STEPHENS......Page 216
NORTH ALONG THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY......Page 218
SOUTH ALONG THE PRINCES HIGHWAY......Page 230
THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS......Page 239
OUTBACK NEW SOUTH WALES......Page 241
CHAPTER 7: BRISBANE......Page 248
ORIENTATION......Page 249
GETTING AROUND......Page 253
WHERE TO STAY......Page 255
WHERE TO DINE......Page 261
EXPLORING BRISBANE......Page 263
RIVER CRUISES & ORGANIZED TOURS......Page 267
ENJOYING THE GREAT OUTDOORS......Page 268
THE SHOPPING SCENE......Page 270
BRISBANE AFTER DARK......Page 271
BRISBANE’S MORETON BAY & ISLANDS......Page 274
CHAPTER 8: QUEENSLAND & THE GREAT BARRIER REEF......Page 280
EXPLORING THE GREAT BARRIER REEF......Page 284
CAIRNS......Page 293
PORT DOUGLAS......Page 312
THE NORTH COAST......Page 323
THE WHITSUNDAY COAST & ISLANDS......Page 339
THE CAPRICORN COAST......Page 352
ECO-ADVENTURES ON FRASER ISLAND......Page 361
THE SUNSHINE COAST......Page 365
THE GOLD COAST......Page 374
THE GOLD COAST HINTERLAND: BACK TO NATURE......Page 384
OUTBACK QUEENSLAND......Page 389
CHAPTER 9: THE RED CENTRE......Page 398
EXPLORING THE RED CENTRE......Page 400
ALICE SPRINGS......Page 401
ROAD TRIPS FROM ALICE SPRINGS......Page 414
KINGS CANYON......Page 417
ULURU– KATA TJUTA NATIONAL PARK......Page 419
EXPLORING THE TOP END......Page 429
DARWIN......Page 433
KAKADU NATIONAL PARK......Page 447
KATHERINE......Page 457
CHAPTER 11: PERTH & WESTERN AUSTRALIA......Page 461
PERTH......Page 465
SIDE TRIPS FROM PERTH......Page 497
MARGARET RIVER & THE SOUTHWEST......Page 505
THE SOUTH COAST......Page 516
THE GOLDFIELDS......Page 528
THE CORAL COAST......Page 534
THE KIMBERLEY......Page 543
CHAPTER 12: ADELAIDE & SOUTH AUSTRALIA......Page 561
ADELAIDE......Page 562
THE ADELAIDE HILLS......Page 579
THE BAROSSA......Page 582
THE FLEURIEU PENINSULA......Page 587
KANGAROO ISLAND......Page 591
THE EYRE PENINSULA......Page 599
OUTBACK SOUTH AUSTRALIA......Page 606
THE COORONG......Page 612
ORIENTATION......Page 614
GETTING AROUND......Page 619
WHERE TO STAY......Page 622
WHERE TO DINE......Page 630
SEEING THE SIGHTS......Page 637
ENJOYING THE GREAT OUTDOORS......Page 644
SHOPPING......Page 646
MELBOURNE AFTER DARK......Page 648
SIDE TRIPS FROM MELBOURNE......Page 654
BALLARAT: GOLD-RUSH CITY......Page 671
THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD......Page 676
THE MURRAY RIVER......Page 681
THE HIGH COUNTRY......Page 687
THE NORTHWEST: GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK......Page 692
GIPPSLAND & WILSONS PROMONTORY......Page 694
CHAPTER 15: CANBERRA......Page 697
ORIENTATION......Page 698
WHERE TO STAY......Page 703
WHERE TO DINE......Page 705
SEEING THE SIGHTS......Page 708
CANBERRA AFTER DARK......Page 713
EXPLORING TASMANIA......Page 715
HOBART......Page 719
PORT ARTHUR......Page 731
FREYCINET NATIONAL PARK......Page 735
LAUNCESTON......Page 737
CRADLE MOUNTAIN & LAKE ST. CLAIR......Page 742
THE WEST COAST......Page 744
FAST FACTS: AUSTRALIA......Page 747
INDEX......Page 752
ACCOMMODATIONS INDEX......Page 766
RESTAURANT INDEX......Page 769
