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Title: Lonely Planet Australia (Australia, 11th Ed) by Paul Harding, Sam Benson, Joe Bindloss, Monique Choy, Joyce Connelly, Kate Daly, Patrick Horton, Virginia Jealous, Alex Landragin, Matthew Lane ISBN: 1-74059-065-1 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The Best Guide for the Land Down Under
Comment: Coming back from an extensive trip down under, I found this Lonely Planet to be an incredibly good aid in making the trip a success from start to finish.
Unlike most other guide books, such as the Eyewitness guide, which specialize in giving the couch potato tourist surplous amounts of background and send the reader to boring destinations aimed at those who don't like to make too much of an effort, this one is aimed at the young in spirit.
Which is also the downfall of the book, since by aiming at the young it ignores those who have a larger budget than the average backpacker, thus failing to provide readers with higher level information on tours, dining and accommodation.
Oddly enough for a book created by an Australian company, I have found many of the accommodations and dining places recommended in the book to be quite inferior. It did seem to me as though the authors recommended the first places they went to (the fact many of the recommended establishments neighbor each other seems to support this theory). In addition, the book contains many mistakes. Price quotes are usually way below the actual sums you end up paying, but that could be explained by inflation. What cannot be explained are errors along the line of "you will find the famous ABC attraction in the center of QWERTY town", when eventually you find yourself standing next to the ABC in a place miles away.
Still, if you are young at heart, you will find no better book to guide you through this magnificent land, where beer does flow and men chunder.
Rating: 5
Summary: I Think You Need More Than One Book
Comment: It is not a travel book like this Lonely Planet Series but I love Bill Bryson's book "Down Under". It is his personal story of a very detailed and lengthy trip around Australia. Buy it!!
Okay now for this book. You will fly for 24 hours - be prepared. Buy this or a similar book. There are two books that I like. They are similar. One is this book and the other is the Eyewitness Travel book. The latter I think has better photos. This book to be fair is longer and has more information. So take your choice more visual or more text and more places (this book).
Australia is a complicated geographical region and I would also recommend more maps and maybe a book "Outback Australia" by Little Hills Press if you venturing out there. In any case spend some money and go prepared.
That is my humble opinion.
Jack in Toronto
Rating: 5
Summary: Complete Guide
Comment: This is the crown jewel of the Lonely Planet series. It's no wonder since Lonely Planet is based in Australia. This guide is much more comprehensive than any of the other Lonely Planet guides I have used. To get an idea, the Lonely Planet Australia guide is about the same thickness as the Lonely Planet Western Europe guide. Is there really as much to see in Australia as in Western Europe? I don't think so, but I'm not complaining. I just wish the other guidebooks were as complete as this one. This guide goes into great detail for every region of Australia. There even listings for minor towns with populations of 200 or 300. I don't think anything is left out.
As is usual with Lonely Planet guidebooks, this give great listings for reasonably priced hotels and restaurants. Also it gives you great information on how to reach each location. Oh, and it covers all the main sights, and a lot of the minor ones as well. Basically, if you're going to go to Australia, you should pick this up. You won't regret it.
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Title: Lonely Planet New Zealand (New Zealand, 11th Ed) by Paul Harding, Carolyn Bain, Neal Bedford ISBN: 1740591968 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Australia Road Atlas (Road Atlases, 1st Ed) by Lonely Planet ISBN: 1864500654 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Diving & Snorkeling Australia's Great Barrier Reef by Len Zell ISBN: 0864427638 Publisher: Pisces Books Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Fodor's Australia 2003 by Fodor's ISBN: 140001042X Publisher: Fodor's Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson ISBN: 0767903862 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 15 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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