Greater Than a Tourist-Australia: 250 Travel Tips from Locals

by Lisa M. Rusczyk (Editor), Laura-Jo Thorpe, Claire Heath

Are you excited about planning your next trip?

Do you want to try something new?

Would you like some guidance from a local?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you.

Greater Than a Tourist- Australia: 250 Travel Tips from a Local gives you the inside scoop about Australia. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist.  Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

In these pages, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay.  This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other smaller print travel books.

Travel like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and the culture. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

Inside this travel guide book you will find:

Insider tips from a local.

A bonus book “50 Things to Know About Packing Light for Travel” by bestselling author Manidipa Bhattacharyya.

A packing and planning list.

A list of travel questions to ask yourself or others while traveling.

A place to write your travel bucket list.

Our Story

Traveling is a passion of the "Greater than a Tourist" series creator. Lisa studied abroad in college, and for their honeymoon Lisa and her husband toured Europe. During her travels to Malta, an older man tried to give her some advice based on his own experience living on the island since he was a young boy. She was not sure if she should talk to the stranger but was interested in his advice. When traveling to some places she was wary to talk to locals because she was afraid that they weren’t being genuine. Through her travels, Lisa learned how much locals had to share with tourists. Lisa created the "Greater Than a Tourist" book series to help connect people with locals. A topic that locals are very passionate about sharing.

206 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 13, 2019

About the author

Dr. Lisa Rusczyk is the founder of CZYK Publishing and the creator of the Greater Than a Tourist travel book series.
She has written more than one hundred nonfiction books across several series, including Greater Than a Tourist, Eat Like a Local, Travel Like a Local, 50 Things to Know, Charlie the Cavalier, and Lucky Lucky Books. Her work focuses on helping readers explore new places, discover local insights, and learn through practical tips shared by people who know their communities well.

Lisa earned her Doctorate in Educational Leadership and has been publishing since 2011. What began with a single book idea after becoming a mother has grown into a catalog of more than eight hundred titles and over eighty thousand copies sold. Today she works with writers around the world to bring authentic local knowledge to travelers through accessible guidebooks available in paperback, hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats.

She lives in central Pennsylvania with her husband, two daughters, and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Charlie. When she is not writing or publishing, she enjoys gardening, reading romance novels, creating digital products, and visiting new places for inspiration.