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THE HEVER HEVER
Ever since fabled times when the ancestors of the Aborigines roamed this island continent, Australia's Outback has been a land to fire the imagination, earning the poetic nickname of "The Never Never." South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory, the three states explored in this guide, remain a vast, varied, and wild landscape even today.
Outback Attsh-iilin Httudbook is the only guidebook of its kind to focus on this extraordinary region. Author Marael Johnson has an uncanny eye for the uniquely Australian, and she covers the country with insight and whims)'.
Here is detailed, current information on:
• Successful Outback travel: what to take, what to expect, when to go
• Bush-walking in the Flinders Ranges, croc-spotting near Darwin, winetasting in the Barossa Valley, and swimming, surfing, sailing, and snorkeling along half a continent of coastline
• Walking tours, shopping, museums and concerts, and just living well in the...
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Fülszöveg
THE HEVER HEVER
Ever since fabled times when the ancestors of the Aborigines roamed this island continent, Australia's Outback has been a land to fire the imagination, earning the poetic nickname of "The Never Never." South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory, the three states explored in this guide, remain a vast, varied, and wild landscape even today.
Outback Attsh-iilin Httudbook is the only guidebook of its kind to focus on this extraordinary region. Author Marael Johnson has an uncanny eye for the uniquely Australian, and she covers the country with insight and whims)'.
Here is detailed, current information on:
• Successful Outback travel: what to take, what to expect, when to go
• Bush-walking in the Flinders Ranges, croc-spotting near Darwin, winetasting in the Barossa Valley, and swimming, surfing, sailing, and snorkeling along half a continent of coastline
• Walking tours, shopping, museums and concerts, and just living well in the cosmopolitan yet decidedly Australian cities of Darwin, Perth, and Adelaide
• A wide variety of accommodations, from hostels, camping, and caravanning to BBs, farm stays on working ranches, rustic Outback pub hotels, and posh resort complexes
• Fair dinkum Aussie cuisine, from bush tucker and pub grub to croc, camel, and 'roo steaks
• The Outback's many parks, historical reserves, and wilderness and scenic areas, like Kakadu National Park ("home" to Cvocodile Dundee), Ayers Rock, and the Olgas
• Aboriginal history, culture, niytholog}'; land rights BF^^' and other current issues; plus practical details " about visiting Arnheni Land and other Aboriginal W^^
reserves—obtaining permits, finding rock-art _
sites, observing bush etiquette ^^
• Over 40 detailed maps to help you navigate the — region; glossaries oi Aboriginal and Australian M^I^B^Bmi terms; booklist and comprehensive index.
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