ADVENTURING IN AUSTRALIA [Paperback]

Eric Hoffman (Author)

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Publication Date: October 3, 1990

From the astonishing wildlife preserves of Tasmania to the heart of the Great Sandy Desert, here is the most comprehensive guide available to outdoor recreation in Australia.

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The natural, unspoiled wilderness areas of the island continent lend themselves to adventure travel, from tropical rain forests to the outback. This is the first travel guide devoted to Australia's wide range of outdoor recreational opportunities: scuba diving, backpacking, river rafting, skiing, and more. Adventuring in Australia also provides travelers with information on climate, geography, food and lodging, as well as Aussie slang, and includes profiles of the author's top fifteen Australian adventures.

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This newly revised and updated Sierra Club Adventure Travel Guide is the most comprehensive guidebook available to outdoor Australia.  Exploring the island continent's unspoiled wilderness areas--from tropical rain forests and alpine highlands to outback deserts and the magnificent Great Barrier Reef--this unique resource covers a wide range of outdoor activities: wildlife photography, sailing, snorkeling, scuba diving, hiking, horseback riding, river rafting, and even camel trekking. Author Eric Hoffman takes readers on state-by-state tours:New South Wales: Start at Sydney and head for the subtropical forests of New England or desert parks such as Lake Mungo, with its traces of 40,000 years of Aboriginal culture.Northern Territory: Visit Kakadu, where immense saltwater crocodiles rule. Camel trek near Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (the Olgas).Queensland: Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef. Explore Fraser Island's tropical forests. Sail the Whitsundays.South Australia: Taste the wines of the Barossa Valley. Tour wildlife-rich Kangaroo Island or trek the gorges of the stunning Gammon Ranges.Tasmania: Trek the alpine areas around Cradle Mountain and awake to the wailing cry of a Tasmanian devil. Dine on the waterfront in Hobart.Victoria: Cross-country ski in national parks. Walk Melbourne. Visit the wild koalas on French Island.Western Australia: Visit the floral wonderland of the Southwest. Explore the wilds of Kimberley and visit the friendly dolphins of Monkey Mia.
Adventuring in Australia also provides information on climate, accommodations, transportation, food, Aboriginal culture, and safety tips for experiencing both urban and outback Australia--plus a humorous glossary of Aussie slang. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 482 pages
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books (October 3, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0871567423
• ISBN-13: 978-0871567420
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,410,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Travel guide for adventurers and tourists, September 10, 2001

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Ales Kavsek (Ljubljana, Slovenia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Adventuring in Australia: Second Edition (Sierra Club Adventure Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Recently I took a trip from Perth to Cairns by rail and this book was my primary source of information that helped me prepare my itinerary. I spent a few days in all major aussie cities on my way to Cairns. This guide helped me in two ways, first it helped me to quickly gather general information about particular place where I took a break and it's surroundings. Second, it helped me to narrow down day trips, sightseeings and walks (which are *plenty* to choose from local tourist kiosks in hotels, YHA...).
One thing that I didn't find in this book was enough tips for budget accomodation - if I didn't by an accident find the official YHA Australia web site I would never know how good this organization is in this country (at least compared with YHA in most part of Europe). So, if you need budget accomodation then certainly checkout YHA web site before booking any 'budget' places mentioned in this book.
Otherwise I can't say anything bad about the book, it does a good job covering all aussie states and I beleieve that the content will satisfy the adventurers as well as tourists.

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Concerned about lack of info on Southern Tasmania., May 22, 1998

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This review is from: ADVENTURING IN AUSTRALIA (Paperback)

I saw the book in the hands of one of your US tourists and at the quick look I had, I liked what I could see HOWEVER!!! the information on the area south of Hobart in Tasmania was sadly not only not good, it was in fact not there. As a tourist operator at Cygnet in S Tas I was disappointed - for me and the fact that some of your people would be possibly missing out on one of the nicest corners of our state.

5.0 out of 5 stars Honeymooning in Australia, July 1, 2009

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Joseph Wenzel - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventuring in Australia: Second Edition (Sierra Club Adventure Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Modest price, timely received, like-new condition. This honeymoon guide to Australia was gifted to a lovely young lady at her engagement party with the hopes that it will be used on the Grand Bicycle Tour of Australia. Go thou and do likewise.