Fodor's Australia 2005 (Fodor's Gold Guides) [Paperback]

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Publication Date: October 5, 2004 | Series: Fodor's Gold Guides

Explore the richest underwater kingdom on the planet, tuck into kangaroo, camel or emu, see towering rock formations carved by the ocean, ponder Aboriginal rock art —Fodor's Australia 2005 offers all these experiences and more! From Perth to Manly Beach, our local writers have traveled throughout the Land of Oz, to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your journey down under, be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best —"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

-New compact trim size make these guides even more portable
-Two-color interior design makes it easier to find the information you need
-Fodor's Choice Ratings flag must-see sights and hidden treasures
-Hotel and restaurant reviews cover all budgets
-Plus multi-day itineraries to help you build the right trip for you and/or your family

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Explore the richest underwater kingdom on the planet, tuck into kangaroo, camel or emu, see towering rock formations carved by the ocean, ponder Aboriginal rock art —Fodor's Australia 2005 offers all these experiences and more! From Perth to Manly Beach, our local writers have traveled throughout the Land of Oz, to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your journey down under, be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.

The San Francisco Chronicle sums it up best —"Fodor's guides are saturated with information."

-New compact trim size make these guides even more portable
-Two-color interior design makes it easier to find the information you need
-Fodor's Choice Ratings flag must-see sights and hidden treasures
-Hotel and restaurant reviews cover all budgets
-Plus multi-day itineraries to help you build the right trip for you and/or your family

About the Author

Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by resident experts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 768 pages
• Publisher: Fodor's; Revised edition (October 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140001428X
• ISBN-13: 978-1400014286
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,309,764 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A brief comment, July 28, 2005

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magellan (Santa Clara, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's Australia 2005 (Fodor's Gold Guides) (Paperback)

I've been ploughing thru Oz guides lately researching and planning a possible trip, and this one is comparable to the Frommer's guide. A good guide, less photos than the Dorling-Kindersley, Nat'l Geog., and Insight Guides, but then you're getting two to three hundred pages less of info for five to seven dollars more in those books.

I have a suggestion on how to use these two different types of guides, which is these beautiful, lavishly illustrated, glossy guides are great for looking at the photos of the sights and doing basic research, and for zeroing in on where you want to go, then you can pick up the Frommer's and Lonely Planet and Fodor's guides to get more information.

For a country as big and as diverse as Oz, one guide really isn't enough, so you could buy one of each, and you'd probably do quite well. (The only problem was, after I'd looked at all the spectacular photos in the Insight, DK, and N.G. guides, I felt like I'd almost been there, and was reluctant to spend several thousand dollars on an actual as opposed to an armchair trip :-)). Overall, a well written, detailed, and enjoyable guide on that mysterious and fabled land Down Under.

***Nerdy paleontological footnote. I have to say one more thing about Australia, which is that millions of years ago, I once read in an Encyclopedia Britannica article on Australia that there were 10-foot high, 600-pound carnivorous kangaroos that could probably have made short work of us puny humans. Fortunately, they all died out long before the arrival of the first Aborigines 60,000 years ago. :-)

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I can't get used to the 'fodors layout' but it's really good., June 27, 2005

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Pablo Nicolas Pecora "PnP!" (Buenos Aires, Capital Federal Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fodor's Australia 2005 (Fodor's Gold Guides) (Paperback)

In spite of the fact I'm not used to the fodor's books layout, I think it's a good guide.

Sometimes I feel it aims to a 'not low budget' public. (and I always backpack on low budget)...

Regarding the "paperback" quality: some pages got lost, the book spine got 'broken', that's something I miss about lonely planet quality.

The overall result of this guide, was, for me, good.