Australia (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

AUSTRALIA

RESTAURANTS • MUSEUMS MAPS • THE OUTBACK WINERIES • BEACHES HOTELS • NATIONAL PARKS ABORIGINAL ART • WILDLIFE THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

AUSTRALIA

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

AUSTRALIA

CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6 Produced by Duncan Baird Publishers London, England MANAGING EDITOR Zoë Ross MANAGING ART EDITORS Vanessa Marsh (with Clare Sullivan and Virginia Walters) EDITOR Rebecca Miles COMMISSIONING DESIGNER Jill Mumford DESIGNERS Dawn Davis-Cook, Lucy Parissi CONSULTANT Helen Duffy MAIN CONTRIBUTORS Louise Bostock Lang, Jan Bowen, Helen Duffy, Paul Kloeden, Jacinta le Plaistrier, Sue Neales, Ingrid Ohlssen, Tamara Thiessen. PHOTOGRAPHERS Max Alexander, Alan Keohane, Dave King, Rob Reichenfeld, Peter Wilson. ILLUSTRATORS Richard Bonson, Jo Cameron, Stephen Conlin, Eugene Fleury, Chris Forsey, Steve Gyapay, Toni Hargreaves, Chris Orr, Robbie Polley, Kevin Robinson, Peter Ross, John Woodcock.

INTRODUCING AUSTRALIA DISCOVERING AUSTRALIA 10 PUTTING AUSTRALIA ON THE MAP 14 A PORTRAIT OF AUSTRALIA 16 AUSTRALIA THROUGH THE YEAR 40

Reproduced by Colourscan (Singapore) Printed and bound by South China Printing Co. Ltd., China First American Edition, 1998 10 11 12 13 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 Reprinted with revisions 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010

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ISSN 1542-1554 ISBN 978-0-75666-082-6 Floors are referred to throughout in accordance with Australian usage; i.e., the “first floor” is one flight up Front cover main image: Great Barrier Reef, Queensland 
 




 

 



  
 




 
 

 
  





 



 
 

 


 
 


 


  
  







  

  

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Giraffe in Sydney’s Taronga Zoo

THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA 46

SYDNEY INTRODUCING SYDNEY 62 THE ROCKS AND CIRCULAR QUAY 74 CITY CENTRE AND DARLING HARBOUR 86 BOTANIC GARDENS AND THE DOMAIN 104 KINGS CROSS, DARLINGHURST AND PADDINGTON 116

VICTORIA INTRODUCING VICTORIA 372 MELBOURNE 380 WESTERN VICTORIA 422 Ben Boyd National Park on the south coast of New South Wales

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 128

DARWIN AND THE TOP END 266

SYDNEY STREET FINDER 148

THE RED CENTRE 278

NEW SOUTH WALES AND ACT INTRODUCING NEW SOUTH WALES AND ACT 158 THE BLUE MOUNTAINS AND BEYOND 164 THE SOUTH COAST AND SNOWY MOUNTAINS 182 CANBERRA AND ACT 190

WESTERN AUSTRALIA INTRODUCING WESTERN AUSTRALIA 292

EASTERN VICTORIA 438

TASMANIA INTRODUCING TASMANIA 454 TASMANIA 456

TRAVELLERS’ NEEDS WHERE TO STAY 474

PERTH AND THE SOUTHWEST 298

WHERE TO EAT 518

NORTH OF PERTH 320

SHOPPING 564

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SPECIALIST HOLIDAYS AND ACTIVITIES 566

INTRODUCING SOUTH AUSTRALIA 334

SURVIVAL GUIDE

ADELAIDE AND THE SOUTHEAST 340

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 572

THE YORKE AND EYRE PENINSULAS 358

TRAVEL INFORMATION 582

QUEENSLAND INTRODUCING QUEENSLAND 210 BRISBANE 218 SOUTH OF TOWNSVILLE 234 NORTHERN QUEENSLAND 248

THE NORTHERN TERRITORY INTRODUCING THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 260

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