Insight Guides: Australia

Main author Jerry Dennis is an Englishman who has lived in Melbourne for the past decade and who is now the proud possessor of an Australian passport. It means he'll drink the local beer but warm it up first. Dennis has worked on countless Insight Guides, primarily as a photographer, and his work has been appearing in travel publications and various other media for many years. Fran Severn collects suitcases and carry-ons the way other women collect shoes. She has written about a school for butlers in London, worked on a cattle ranch in New Mexico, ridden camels in Morocco, and gotten lost in the back streets of Jerusalem. A private pilot, she has flown across the US and Canada. She's written over 200 articles for publications as varied as Delta Sky and Western Horseman, is a contributing writer to the on-line travel publication Striped Pot, and blogs for Chesapeake Life Magazine. She currently lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore with her husband, dog, and three horses.

Introduction The Best of Australia Down-Under Australia's Ancient Landscape History Decisive Dates Dreamtime and Discovery From Gold Rush to World War The Modern Era Features The Urban Aussie Life in the Bush A Multicultural Society Aborigines Today The Arts Food Wine and Beer Where Sport is Supreme Wildlife Bush Tucker Harbour-hopping Wales and Dolphins Two Pacific Gems Festival Frenzy Fraser Island The World's Oldest Rainforest Visiting the Reef The Gulag Peninsula Overland Track Aboriginal Art Surf Culture Wildlife Rainforest Protecting the Reef Uluru Bush Blooms Freycinet National Park Places Sydney and Beyond New South Wales Canberra Melbourne Victoria South Australia Queensland The Great Barrier Reef Northern Territory Western Australia Tasmania Travel Tips Transport Accommodation Activities A-Z of Practical Information Further Reading