A popular series of guidebooks for the modern-day traveler offering information on cities and countries around the world continues, presenting up-to-date backgrounds and descriptions, detailed maps, hundreds of photographs, and much more, including walking and driving tours, visitor information directories, and cultural sidebars.

Previous ed.: published by Evan McHugh, 1999.

From famous Bondi beach in Sydney to massive Ayers Rock in the remote desert outback, from rough-and-tumble gold-mining towns in Australia's Far West to the incredible underwater vistas of the Great Barrier Reef, this book guides you through the varied land - and cityscapes that are modern Australia.

An illustrated travel guide to Australia with full-color photographs, detailed maps, and information on accommodations, restaurants, walking and driving tours, history, culture, and tourist sites.

The Society that travels the world takes readers down under and all over the world with new titles in this series of global guidebooks. Includes detailed background and site descriptions, mapped walking and driving tours, and full-spread sidebars with fascinating vignettes on history, culture, and contemporary life. Also features a directory of visitor information. 300 full-color photos. each book.

"Plan where, when, and how to plot your adventure with National Geographic's worldwide network of travel experts and insider tips from locals"--Cover.