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The Rough Guide to Tasmania 1 (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

James Stewart

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Editorial Review:

The Rough Guide to Tasmania covers all the excitement that’s crammed into this island state, tucked away on the far side of Australia. Long-known for its adventure activities, Tasmania has grown up into a sophisticated and contemporary destination, and the Rough Guide is your ticket to the most adventuresome and most sophisticated pockets. It features comprehensive coverage of every national park, accommodation from free bush-camps to luxury boutique hotels and where to eat, from burger joints to world-class seafood restaurants. With 35 maps and plans, The Rough Guide to Tasmania will steer you through a bonanza of adrenalin-fuelled activities, as well as how and where to relax, with all the nitty-gritty in between. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Tasmania.

From Alice to Ocean: Alone Across the Outback

Robyn Davidson, Rick Smolan

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Alice to Ocean 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book while on a visit to Australia in 1990 and read it on the flight home! I was completely entranced by this woman's tenacity and determination to complete her often difficult but life expanding trek ALL ALONE! I had lost this book in a fire in 1993 and felt like I had lost a friend - I am soooo happy to see it is back in print! The incredible photos that accompany the journey are worth every penny!

Lovely, lovely book 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The combination is a winner because of:
* the stunning page and a half photo spreads of Australian desert and scenes showing Robyn's trek with the camels
* engaging narration by Robyn that shows you the beauty, fear, boredom, and other feelings that accompany her on the months of solitude crossing 1700 miles of outback Australia
The photographer represented National Geographic, and the photos have that look the magazine readers expect. Interesting panoramas, the light playing on the spinifex, the wrinkled face of an Aboriginal tracker, the otherworldly red dirt, the camels silhouetted against the skyline.
Robyn represented only herself and undertook the trek for reasons even she did not understand. Seeing her develop and expand her thinking during the days and weeks and months on the track makes this a fascinating book.

Editorial Review:

Excerpts from Tracks, the author's best-selling account of her heroic journey across Australia, are complemented by photographs by the creator of the Day in the Life of Australia and a CD containing sounds of the outback. 50,000 first printing.

Surfing Australia: A Guide to the Best Surfing Down Under (Periplus Action Guides)

Mark Thornley, Veda Dante, Peter Wilson

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

excellent, accurate and up to date! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

Being an Aussie and wanting to get out there amonst it all, this book says it all. Being one of five kids that all surf in different areas and using different modes of transport on the water this book has it all for all of us and this book is what they will all get for chrissy this year!!

Not a bad way to go! 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I spent 4 months driving from west Oz to northern New South Wales, and the coastline was pretty well covered. But not so much that you can't find your own spots not listed. A great guide for the first time visitor.

An excellent resource. 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Good pictures, solid review of breaks. An excellent complement to the Surf Report.

Rad Book 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This book is so rad. The pictures are awesome. It's just a great book

Still Cruising- A Family Travels the World: Australia to Asia, Africa and America

Liza Copeland

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

The copelands did what many of us can only dream of - one gloomy Canadian Winter they decided to pack up, rent out their home, buy a boat and go traveling. Liza, her husband Andy and their young children left their regular lifestyle to go sailing on their 40' boat 'Bagheera' for two years. They found their new life so exhilarating they stayed away for six years, completing a circumnavigation of the world and visiting 82 countries. STILL CRUISING is the sequel to the bestselling JUST CRUISING. Here their journey continues from Australia to Indonesia, Singapore, Malyasia, Thailand, The Andaman Islands, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, Chagos, the Seychelles, down the East African coast to Madagascar, around the Cape of Good Hope, then back through the Caribbean and Cuba to Florida.

Often sailing to remote and little known destinations, STILL CRUISING recounts some of the Copeland's richest, most exotic cruising and traveling adventures, including their greatest challenges at sea. It also includes a 'How-to' section and glossary.

Waterproof Australia Map by ITMB (Travel Reference Map)

International Travel Maps and Books

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Editorial Review:

Folded waterproof road and travel map in color. Scale 1:3,600,000. Distinguishes roads ranging from motorways to other roads (untarred). Legend includes tracks, trails, railways, car gerry routes, coral reefs, restricted areas, Aboriginal lands, national parks/nature reserves, swamps, small nature reserves, fishing areas, caves, beaches, points of interest, ruins, Aboriginal settlements, castles/palaces, international airports, airports, airstrips. Map includes inset map of Sydney and extensive index.

Big Twitch: One Man, One Continent, a Race Against Time-A True Story about Birdwatching

Sean Dooley

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Big Twitch 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Australian birder Sean Dooley describes his Big Year, an effort to break the record for the most birds seen in Australia (and environs) in a year.

I loved this birding memoir. Dooley is a lively, humorous, engaging writer, and his Australian slang makes his voice particularly come alive, at least for this American reader. He conveys a passion for his pursuit and a concern for wildlife and the environment without sanctimony.

Clearly, there are scads of awesome birds in Australia, and undoubtedly they have the best common names of any birds anywhere. The species list at the back of the book is an entertainment in itself.

I am at a loss, however, to explain Mr. Dooley's difficulty in finding women who bird. Maybe it's a cultural thing?

Definitely recommended, especially for American readers to whom the language and most of the species will be engagingly exotic.

Editorial Review:

As a self-proclaimed twitcher—a birdwatching extremist who travels around the country trying to catch a glimpse of as many species of birds as possible—the author took a year off in 2002 with the goal of seeing 700 birds and thereby breaking the national record for most birds seen in one year. In this amusing memoir, he recounts his quest, including how he spent all of his inheritance from the untimely death of his parents to make his dream a reality. Populated by unusual characters and interesting species of birds, this part confessional–part travelogue for both bird nerds and the general population follows the author as he works out what it means to be normal despite his unusually avid compulsion toward twitching.

Sydney & New South Wales (Regional Guide)

Justine Vaisutis

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Editorial Review:

Swandive at Bondi or `go glamour' at Tamarama: swim with the cool kids at Sydney's superb beaches, p63.

Explore lunar plains, outback dunes, sun-soaked coasts and moss-cloaked rainforests, p41.

Follow your nose: we've sniffed out the best coffee, loveliest wine and freshest produce, p45.

1800 hours of research by six Australian travel writers (geologists, journos, architects and novelists).

One leading environmental scientist and climate change expert, Tim Flannery.

130 words in local `lingo': tell the difference between a larrikin, a dag and a shark biscuit (you'll meet them all at one pub).

500 divine national parks: trek, mountain-bike, 4WD and camp, eco-style.

Fodor's Exploring Australia, 7th Edition (Exploring Guides)

Fodor's

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Fodor's Exploring Guides are the most up-to-date, full-color guidebooks available. Covering destinations around the world, these guides are loaded with photos; essays on culture and history, architecture and art; itineraries, walks and excursions; descriptions of sights; and practical information. Fodor's Exploring Australia, 7th Edition gives you great tips on dining and lodging for all budgets as well as tips on basics such as getting there and getting around and when to go and what to pack

Culture Smart! Austrailia: A Quick Guide to Customs & Etiquette

Barry Penney

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

The Fine Five 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.

The book is great: just what I was looking for. The direct text is what the overseas visitor or migrant need to be presented about this amazing country

Editorial Review:

Culture Smart! is a new series of travel guides written for the traveler on the go. Each volume is a quick, accurate guide to customs and etiquette.

Outstanding features of CULTURE SMART! * All the essential cultural and etiquette points are covered, making you confident in a variety of situations. * You will know what to expect in each particular culture. * You will learn how to behave in specific social and business situations. * Essential attitudes and values are clearly explained. * You will find each topic a quick, easy read due to the concise writing style. * Laid out in a clear and easy-to-read format. * Each book has the same look, page count, and organization for reference use. * Small and light, it tucks into your pocket or purse for on-the-go use. * Your Culture Smart! books are written by a staff of experts consult on world travel as a profession.

Be smart! Take Culture Smart! along when you travel abroad!

Diving and Snorkeling Guide to Bonaire (Lonely Planet Diving & Snorkeling Great Barrier Reef)

Jerry Schnabel, Susan L. Swygert

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Very good introductory book for diving on Bonaire. 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 11 people found this review helpful.

This is a very good introductory book for diving on Bonaire. It lists and describes several of the best dive sites on Bonaire and Klein Bonaire. It also provides some general tourist information for Bonaire, which many first-time Bonaire divers may find very interesting. The book is also compact and is great for traveling.

Very informative! 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 11 people found this review helpful.

I found this book to be very helpful. It contains excellent coverage of Bonaires' dive sites. I dive in Bonaire about once or twice a year and have been using this book to plan my shore dives and read about sites before I visit them. I've just returned from a 5 day trip to Bonaire. Guess what I brought along

New edition supposedly coming out 5 out of 5 stars.
8 of 9 people found this review helpful.

I was going to buy this book, but a new updated edition is supposed to be in the works. Per my Dive Shop, this is one of the Pisces dive guides, this one published in 1991. Apparently Lonley Planet bought the series and is updating and reissuing each book. The Bonaire book I'm told is due out in July of 2001.

Otherwise I have found this series to be excellent.

Editorial Review:

40 dive sites around Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Dive Highlights: Best Caribbean shore dives, Klein Bonaire, Washington Slagbaii National Park dives.