Australia Eyewitness Travel Guides

eyewitness travel guides The Guides that show you what others only tell you The Outback Restaurants austr ali a Beaches Wine Sports Aboriginal Art MUSEUMS BILLYAR D A V E N U E Never has a travel guide been so easy to use – just turn to the area of your choice EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES AREA COLOUR CODES SYDNEY PAGES 58-147 THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND BEYOND PAGES 156-173 THE SOUTH COAST AND SNOWY MOUNTAINS PAGES 174-181 CANBERRA AND ACT PAGES 182-199 BRISBANE PAGES 210-225 SOUTH OF TOWNSVILLE PAGES 226-239 NORTHERN QUEENSLAND AND THE OUTBACK PAGES 240-249 DARWIN AND THE TOP END PAGES 258-269 THE RED CENTRE PAGES 270-281 PERTH AND THE SOUTHWEST PAGES 290-311 NORTH OF PERTH AND THE KIMBERLEY PAGES 312-323 ADELAIDE AND THE SOUTHEAST PAGES 332-349 THE YORKE AND EYRE PENINSULAS AND THE FAR NORTH PAGES 350-361 MELBOURNE PAGES 372-411 WESTERN VICTORIA PAGES 412-427 EASTERN VICTORIA PAGES 428-439 TASMANIA PAGES 444-459 austr alia £16.99 M ELBOURNE Pages 372 – 411 E ASTERN V ICTORIA Pages 428– 439 A DELAIDE AND THE S OUTHEAST Pages 332–349 W ESTERN V ICTORIA Pages 412– 427 T HE Y ORKE AND E YRE P ENINSULAS AND THE F AR N ORTH Pages 350–361 T HE R ED C ENTRE Pages 270 –281 N ORTH OF P ERTH AND THE K IMBERLEY Pages 312–323 P ERTH AND THE S OUTHWEST Pages 290 –311 Australia Region by Region WESTERN AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA NORTHERN TERRITORY • Perth • Broome Darwin • Alice Springs • 0 km 0 miles 250 250 D ARWIN AND THE T OP E ND Pages 258–269 QUEENSLAND VICTORIA TASMANIA NEW SOUTH WALES • Hobart • Sydney • Brisbane • Cairns • Melbourne • Adelaide • Port Augusta CANBERRA • AND ACT N ORTHERN Q UEENSLAND AND THE O UTBACK Pages 240 –249 S OUTH OF T OWNSVILLE Pages 226 –239 B RISBANE Pages 210 –225 S YDNEY Pages 56 –147 T HE B LUE M OUNTAINS AND B EYOND Pages 156 –173 T HE S OUTH C OAST AND S NOWY M OUNTAINS Pages 174–181 T ASMANIA Pages 440–459 C ANBERRA AND ACT Pages 182 –199 [...]... ACT INTRODUCING NEW SOUTH WALES AND ACT 148 WESTERN AUSTRALIA INTRODUCING WESTERN AUSTRALIA 282 EASTERN VICTORIA 428 TASMANIA INTRODUCING TASMANIA 440 TASMANIA 444 TRAVELLERS’ NEEDS WHERE TO STAY 460 PERTH AND THE SOUTHWEST 290 WHERE TO EAT 492 NORTH OF PERTH 312 SHOPPING 524 SOUTH AUSTRALIA SPECIALIST HOLIDAYS AND ACTIVITIES 526 INTRODUCING SOUTH AUSTRALIA 324 SURVIVAL GUIDE QUEENSLAND ADELAIDE AND... priorities for Australians – going to the beach is almost a national pastime Australians are also mad about sport: football, cricket, rugby, tennis and golf are high on the national agenda Yet despite this reputation, Australian Rules football match in Melbourne Australians actually devote more of their time and money private galleries exhibiting local to artistic pursuits than and contemporary Australian... also come to the forefront of Australian literature Younger Aborigines are beginning to capitalize on this new awareness to promote equal rights and, with Aboriginal cultural centres being set up throughout the country, it is unlikely that Australia will dismiss its native heritage again S OCIETY Given Australia s size and the fact that early settlements were far apart, Australian society is remarkably... single landmass, Pangaea LAURASIA GONDWANALAND AUSTRALIA Between 200 and 65 million years ago, Pangaea separated to form two supercontinents, Gondwanaland in the south and Laurasia in the north AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA Fifty million years ago, Gondwanaland had broken up into the various southern continents with only Antarctica and Australia still attached AUSTRALIA The Nullarbor Plain (see p359) was created... to gather food The Australian sealion is one of two seal species unique to Australia Its extended breeding cycle helps it contend with a poor food supply 22 I N T R O D U C I N G A U S T R A L I A World Heritage Areas of Australia T HE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION was adopted by UNESCO in 1972 in order to protect areas of universal cultural and natural significance Eleven sites in Australia are inscribed... tropical splendour Art sites document the interaction between Aborigines and the land (see pp268–9) Fossil sites in Riversleigh (see p249) and Naracoorte chart Australia s important evolutionary stages NORTHERN TERRITORY WESTERN AUSTRALIA SOUTH AUSTRALIA Australian Fossil Mammal Site at Naracoorte (see p347) Shark Bay is home to a vast colony of sea mammals The bay’s stromatolites (algae-covered rocks) are... PENINSULAS 350 TRAVEL INFORMATION THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND BEYOND 156 THE SOUTH COAST AND SNOWY MOUNTAINS 174 CANBERRA AND ACT 182 BRISBANE 210 SOUTH OF TOWNSVILLE 226 NORTHERN QUEENSLAND 240 THE NORTHERN TERRITORY INTRODUCING THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 250 Rippon Lea in Melbourne 542 6 H O W HOW T O TO U S E USE T HIS GUIDE helps you to get the most from your visit to Australia Introducing Australia maps... the Barossa Valley, South Australia overall impression is modern, with new buildings reflecting the country’s youth In contrast, the rural communities tend to be slow-moving and conservative For many years, Australia was said to have “ridden on the sheep’s back”, a reference to wool being the country’s main moneyearner However, the wool industry is no longer dominant Much of Australia s relatively sound... making are also increasingly important Australians are generally friendly and relaxed, with a self-deprecating sense of humour On the whole, Australia has a society without hierarchies, an attitude generally held to stem from Isolated Outback church in Silverton, New South Wales its convict beginnings 16 I N T R O D U C I N G Yet, contrary to widespread belief, very few Australians have true convict origins... belief, very few Australians have true convict origins Within only one generation of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, Australia had become a nation of immigrants Originally hailing almost entirely from the British Isles, today one in three Australians comes from elsewhere Australia s liberal postwar immigration policies led to an influx of survivors from war-torn Europe, most notably Greeks, Italians, . –199