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The Rough Guide to Australia

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Provides a full-colour introduction to Australia, with 'what not to miss', from travelling the magnificent great ocean road to catching the Manly ferry across Sydney harbour. This guide contains chapters arranged by region that provide detailed coverage of all the attractions, from glamorous Sydney to the rugged grandeur of the Red Centre.

1136 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 1993

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Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips. Since November 2017, Rough Guides has been owned by APA Publications UK Ltd, the parent company of Insight Guides.
With the company's personalised trip service encompassing over eighty destinations, and 200 guidebooks covering 180 destinations, Rough Guides is a multi-faceted travel platform, with global sales of 100 million guidebooks since their inception.

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July 23, 2016
Aaarrgghh! Lost my review!

It was pretty brief though.

Full of helpful information & well set out, this book is too unwieldy to take with us when we visit The Land of Oz next month. I only read the introduction & NSW section.
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5,206 reviews178 followers
May 18, 2024
this is a Very interesting and useful guide a little less well known than others. Advantages: tips and places to visit that are a bit different from the mega-frequented places.
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108 reviews2 followers
June 29, 2009
This was a really nice companion on our trip. It had all the information we were looking for and some nice maps. It has also been helpful as we plan our next trip to Oz ;)

Taking it to Oz with us...I figure I can read most of it on the 14 hour flight there!!!
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206 reviews54 followers
February 2, 2012
Just what I needed during my trip, lots of recommendations, lots of detail and covered every area I went to, and also discovered new places I wouldn't have known about otherwise.
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1,190 reviews
May 23, 2015
Great tips, lots of information -- I found it to be superior to the Lonely Planet guides.
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5,913 reviews118 followers
April 18, 2019
This is the best Australian guidebook that I read in planning an upcoming trip back to a place I loved, but haven't been to for 35 years.
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February 16, 2022
Good overview of accommodation, activities, and accessibility of places to visit in Australia.
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April 16, 2016
Read Sydney and Melbourne sections only
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