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Nobody covers the world like Lonely Planet.' --New York Post, May 2004
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Lonely Planet country guides offer down-to-earth accurate information for every budget. - The complete, practical country guide for independent travellers
- Detailed "Getting Started" and "Itineraries" chapters for effortless planning
- Inspirational full-colour "Highlights" sections showcase the country's must-see sights
- Easy-to-use grid-referenced maps with cross-references to the text
- Insightful new "History," "Culture," "Food" and "Environment" chapters by specialist contributors

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There are two really big factors that go a long way towards explaining na in Australia: its soils and its climate. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this mistake riddled thing, May 16 2003

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James N Simpson (Gold Coast, QLD Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Australia (Paperback)

This edition is a very poor effort by the Lonely Planet series. Year after year they get a lot of information completely wrong and no one seems to update it with the correct information. For example this edition lists Surfers Paradise, Coolangatta, Burleigh and practically every other suburb of the Australia's sixth largest city Gold Coast as towns. Obviously they are getting confused with the region north of Brisbane which is known as the Sunshine Coast which is made up of a lot of individual towns. Obviously the editor has never travelled to southern Queensland or this error would be corrected. The misleading thing then about this book is that it implies it is written by backpackers who have visited these places when clearly with such obvious mistakes someone just read a mistake somewhere while researching and reprinted it.

This book also does not contain the majority of hostel listings in Australia which is the main reason most people purchase these books. There are many free backpacker publications in nearly every Australian hostel so I would recommend not purchasing this book.

It does have some background information (although not entirely accurate) and some colour photographs. There are better books to buy to do research on Australia if planning a trip here then this mistake riddled thing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Guide, Oct 11 2003

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T. Hooper "thdizzy" (Osaka, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Australia (Paperback)

This is the crown jewel of the Lonely Planet series. It's no wonder since Lonely Planet is based in Australia. This guide is much more comprehensive than any of the other Lonely Planet guides I have used. To get an idea, the Lonely Planet Australia guide is about the same thickness as the Lonely Planet Western Europe guide. Is there really as much to see in Australia as in Western Europe? I don't think so, but I'm not complaining. I just wish the other guidebooks were as complete as this one. This guide goes into great detail for every region of Australia. There even listings for minor towns with populations of 200 or 300. I don't think anything is left out.

As is usual with Lonely Planet guidebooks, this give great listings for reasonably priced hotels and restaurants. Also it gives you great information on how to reach each location. Oh, and it covers all the main sights, and a lot of the minor ones as well. Basically, if you're going to go to Australia, you should pick this up. You won't regret it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars very thorough book, April 10 2003

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This review is from: Lonely Planet Australia (Paperback)

This book had excellent maps to use while in the country. It was also very useful when planning because it had phone numbers for everything so I was able to book in advance. It had very good advice when it came to planning itineraries. I especially liked that it had all the main tourist attractions as well as numerous off-the-beat-and-track (and wonderful!) suggestions. Use THIS book to plan in advance and to guide you while you're there. It covers EVERYTHING.

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