Table of Contents
1 Experience Australia 8
26 Ultimate Experiences 10
What's Where 20
Ultimate Sydney 22
Australia's Top Natural Wonders 24
Australia's Outdoor Adventures and Wildlife 26
Australia's Best Beaches 28
Australia's Top Indigenous Experiences 30
10 Things to Buy in Australia 32
What to Eat and Drink in Australia 34
What to Watch and Read 36
Australia Today 48
2 Travel Smart 49
Know Before You Go 50
Getting Here and Around 52
Essentials 55
Great Itineraries 60
On the Calendar 72
Contacts 74
3 Sydney 75
Welcome to Sydney 76
Planning 78
Sydney Harbour 83
The Rocks 91
Domain and Macquarie Street 102
The Opera House and the Royal Botanic Gardens 106
Darling Harbour and Barangaroo 109
Sydney City Center 115
Inner City and the Eastern Suburbs 124
Greater Sydney 147
4 New South Wales 155
Welcome to New South Wales 156
Planning 159
Wentworth Falls 161
Leura 162
Katoomba 164
Blackheath 168
Mount Victoria 170
Pokolbin and Nearby 170
Newcastle 185
Port Macquarie 189
Bellingen 192
Coffs Harbour 194
Byron Bay 196
Lord Howe Island 200
Berry 205
Jervis Bay 206
5 Melbourne 209
Welcome to Melbourne 210
Planning 212
City Center 216
Richmond 232
East Melbourne 233
South Melbourne 236
St. Kilda 237
Fitzroy 240
Brunswick 242
Carlton 243
South Yarra and Prahran 245
Brighton 248
6 Side Trips from Melbourne and Greater Victoria 249
Welcome to Side Trips from Melbourne and Greater Victoria 250
Planning 254
Yarra Valley and Healesville 255
The Dandenong Ranges 262
Mornington Peninsula 265
Phillip Island 281
Queenscliff 284
Lorne 286
Apollo Bay 288
Port Campbell National Park 290
Port Fairy 293
Ballarat 295
Daylesford and Hepburn Springs 299
Bendigo 301
Grampians National Park 304
Echuca 307
Alpine National Park 308
Beechworth 310
Rutherglen 314
7 Tasmania 317
Welcome to Tasmania 318
Planning 321
Hobart 324
The Huon Valley 340
Richmond 342
Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula 343
East-Coast Resorts 345
Freycinet National Park 348
Launceston 349
Stanley 353
Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park 355
8 South East Queensland 357
Welcome to South East Queensland 358
Sunshine Coast's Top Beaches 360
Coastal and Wilderness Walks 362
Planning 365
Brisbane 368
Southern Downs 383
Coomera and Oxenford 385
Southport and Main Beach 387
Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach 388
Burleigh Heads and Beyond 389
Gold Coast Hinterland 391
Noosa 395
Peregianand Coolum 398
Maroochydore 399
Mooloolaba 400
Caloundra 401
Glass House Mountains Area 403
Montville 403
Maleny 405
Yandina, Eumundi, and Cooroy 406
Lady Elliot Island 408
Lady Musgrave Island 410
Heron Island 411
Great Keppel Island 413
K'gari (Fraser Island) 414
Aboriginal Art, Past and Present 38
Australia's Modern Cuisine 132
Hiking the Blue Mountains 173
Wines of Australia 268
Following the Convict Trail 329
Diving the Reef 470
9 The Great Barrier Reef 419
Welcome to the Great Barrier Reef 420
Sailing the Whitsunday Islands 422
Outdoor Adventures in Daintree 424
Planning 427
Cairns 430
Palm Cove 442
Port Douglas 446
Mossman 451
Cape Tribulation 453
Cooktown 456
Airlie Beach 459
Long Island 462
Hamilton Island 464
Orpheus Island 469
Bedarra Island 481
Fitzroy Island 482
Lizard Island 483
Townsville 485
Magnetic Island 490
10 South Australia 495
Welcome to South Australia 496
Planning 500
Adelaide 503
Mt. Lofty 523
Bridgewater 525
Lyndoch 526
Tanunda 527
Angaston 530
Nuriootpa 531
Marananga 531
Sevenhill 534
Clare 536
McLaren Vale 537
Goolwa 540
Victor Harbor 540
Kingscote 542
Penneshaw 545
Seal Bay Conservation Park 546
Flinders Chase National Park 547
Coober Pedy 549
Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park 551
11 The Outback 553
Welcome to the Outback 554
Aboriginal Culture 556
Planning 559
Alice Springs 563
East and West MacDonnell Ranges 571
Watarrka National Park (Kings Canyon) 575
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 577
Darwin 584
Kakadu National Park 596
Katherine Gorge 600
Kununurra 601
Purnululu (Bungle Bungle) National Park 605
Danggu Geikie Gorge National Park 607
Broome 610
12 Western Australia 617
Welcome to Western Australia 618
Planning 621
Perth 624
Fremantle 643
Rottnest Island 650
Bunbury 656
Busselton 657
Dunsborough 660
Margaret River 665
Nannup 671
Augusta 672
Index 673
About Our Writers 687
Maps
Sydney Harbour 84
The Rocks 92
Domain and Macquarie Street 103
The Opera House and Royal Botanic Gardens 107
Darling Harbour and Barangaroo 110
Sydney City Center 116
Inner City and the Eastern Suburbs 126-127
Greater Sydney 150
The Blue Mountains 171
Pokolbin and Nearby 181
The North Coast 186
Melbourne City Center 222-223
Melbourne Suburbs 234-235
Side Trips from Melbourne and Greater Victoria 256
Mornington Peninsula Wineries 276
Great Ocean Road and the Gold Country 297
Grampians National Park 304
Murray River Wine Region 309
Hobart 326
Side Trips from Hobart 343
The Northwest 352
Brisbane 370
The Gold Coast 392
The Sunshine Coast and Sunshine Coast Hinterlands 402
Mackay-Capricorn Islands 407
K'gari (Fraser Island) 416
Cairns 434
North of Cairns 444
The Whitsunday Islands and Airlie Beach 459
North Coast Islands, Townsville, and Magnetic Island 482
The Barossa Wine Region 528
Adelaide 504-505
Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island 537
The Red Centre 565
Alice Springs 568
The Top End and the Kimberley 587
Darwin 588
Perth 625
The Southwest Wine Region 655
