East Coast Australia by Darroch Donald
Hit the trail and get the most out of Australia's east coast with Footprint's new guide, part of a series covering classic backpacker routes, taking you from Melbourne to Cairns and beyond. Perfect for a career break, retirement jaunt or an adventure-packed holiday, Backpacker East Coast Australia is chock-full of tips on how to get the most out of your trip. Sample Melbourne's cultural delights, experience Sydney's wild hedonism, take a 4WD across Fraser Island and go island-hopping around the beautiful Whitsundays. With extensive planning tools in the concise and readable Essentials section, this guide will help you uncover the real essence of travelling. Covers the entire east coast, from Wilson's Promontory to Cape Tribulation. Four colour pictures throughout. Lots of full colour maps. No frills description: we tell it like it is. Best places to stay, including hostels and roadhouses, with suggestions on where to splash the cash. the best pubs and clubs and where to have fun. Expert advice on how to get the most out of the region if time is short. Pick of the adventure activities: canyoning, bungy-jumping, trekking and a whole lot more...
When Alan Murphy upped sticks and left the fleshpots of Dundee to start his own seaweed-collecting business on a remote island croft, many saw it as a cry for kelp. But Alan not only survived several bleak Hebridean winters, he went on to found a sanctuary for wayward seal pups and devoted the next 10 years of his life to working with young stray marine mammals. Later, following a chance encounter with the editor of Footprint's South American Handbook in a sleazy salsa bar in Soho, London, Alan turned his hand to travel writing, trading the rain swept peat moors of northern Scotland for the steamy jungles of South America to research and write Footprint guides to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela. But the pull of his homeland was too strong and Alan eventually returned to Scotland to write new Footprint guides to Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Scotland Highlands & Islands. Alan now resides in the bohemian Somerset market town of Frome with his wife and three children.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781904777571 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904777570 |
| Title | East Coast Australia |
| Author | Darroch Donald |
| Series | Backpacker S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Footprint Travel Guides |
| Year published | 2005-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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