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AAboriginal art, see Indigenous artAboriginal cultural centres

Bangerang Cultural Centre 582Brambuk Cultural Centre 551Cultural Centre Townsville 397Dreamtime Cultural Centre 366Ghunmarn Cultural Centre 847Kirrit Barreet 569Koorie Heritage Trust 479Manyallaluk Art & Craft Centre 847Minjungbal Aboriginal Cultural

Centre 184Muru Mittigar Aboriginal Cultural

Centre 127Tandanya National Aboriginal

Cultural Institute 713Tjapukai Cultural Park 415Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural

Centre 836Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural

Centre 169Aboriginal land permits 804Aboriginal people, see Indigenous

peopleAboriginal Tent Embassy 249accommodation 1048-50, see also

individual locationsactivities 41-5, see also individual

activitiesAdaminaby 221Adelaide 710-32, 712-13, 720-1, 728

accommodation 704, 718-21activities 716-17children, travel with 716climate 704drinking 725-6emergency services 730entertainment 726-9festivals & events 717-18food 704, 722-5highlights 706-7internet access 730

itineraries 711medical services 730shopping 729-30sights 711-16tourist information 730-1tours 717travel to/from 731travel within 731-2

Adelaide Hills 732-7, 733AFL Grand Final 14, 26, 495, 14, see

also Australian Rules FootballAgnes Water 364-6air travel 1067-8Aireys Inlet 539Airlie Beach 28, 385-91, 386Albany 944-7, 944Albury 228-9Aldgate 732Algarlarlgarl 839Alice Springs 853-66, 854, 858

accommodation 860-2activities 857drinking 863emergency services 864entertainment 863-4festivals & events 860food 862-3internet access 864internet resources 865medical services 864shopping 864tourist information 865tours 858-9travel to/from 865travel within 866

Alpine Way 224American River 747-8amusement parks, see theme parksAnakie 371Angaston 769-70Anglesea 538-9Angourie 170-1animals 1031-3, see also wildlife

parks & reserves, wildlife watching, individual species

Anna Bay 146Anxious Bay 780Anzac Day 1024, 1026, 1024Apollo Bay 541-2aquariums

Aquarium of Western Australia 900Aquascene 808Indo-Pacific Marine Exhibition 807Melbourne Aquarium 480National Zoo & Aquarium 249Ocean Park 973Oceanworld 85Reef HQ 395-6

Seaquarium 688Sydney Aquarium 77Underwater World 339

area codes 1061Arkaroola 790Arltunga 867Armidale 189-91Arnhem Land 831, 838-40art, see Indigenous art, galleriesArthur River 690Atherton 436Atherton Tableland 432-40ATMs 1057Auburn 770-1Augusta 936Australia Zoo 337Australian Centre for the Moving

Image 475Australian Formula One Grand Prix

494Australian Institute of Sport 250Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 532Australian Museum 75Australian National Botanic Gardens

248Australian National University 249-50Australian Reptile Centre 265Australian Reptile Park 140Australian Rules Football 14, 26, 485,

491, 495, 825, 1043, 14Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame &

Outback Heritage Centre 376Ayers Rock, see UluruAustralian War Memorial 246-7

BBairnsdale 606-7Balingup 937Balladonia 953Ballarat 568-72, 570Ballina 173-4ballooning

Brisbane 292Cairns 419Northern Territory 857Victoria 525

Bamaga 468Bangalow 183Barcaldine 378Bare Island 84Bargara 360Barmera 761Barossa Valley 764-70, 766Barraba 190Barwon Heads 524-5Bass Point 208Bat Island 161Batavia 917

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Batavia Coast 964-72Batchelor 827Batemans Bay 212bathrooms 1062Bathurst 195-6Bathurst Island 824Bay of Fires 665beaches 20

Batemans Bay 212Bells Beach 538Bondi 82, 93, 93Byron Bay 175Cable Beach 996Cactus Beach 782Cairns 428-32, 268Darwin 810Ellis Beach 431Fleurieu Peninsula 739-40Fremantle 918Johanna Beach 543New South Wales 57Ninety Mile Beach 606, 752Palm Beach 87Philip Island 532Port Macquarie 153safety 1046, 1055Seventy-Five Mile Beach 347, 16St Kilda 489Sydney 82, 92-3, 97, 92, 93Trinity Beach 430Victoria 471Whitehaven Beach 394, 11

Beachport 755Beaconsfield 674Beagle Bay 1004Beauty Point 674Bedourie 379Beechworth 591-2beer, see breweriesBellarine Peninsula 520Bellingen 161Bells Beach 538Ben Lomond National Park 676Bendigo 572-6, 574Bermagui 215Berri 763-4Berrima 226Berry 209Betoota 380Bicheno 662-3bicycle travel, see cyclingbig things

Big Banana 165

Big Merino 226Big Rocking Horse 736golden gumboot 408

Bills Bay 980Bingara 191Bird Billabong 825Birdsville 17, 380Birdsville Races 17, 380, 17Birdsville Track 380, 796birdwatching 411, 532, 890, 1032,

1037Kakadu National Park 833New South Wales 61Victoria 555Western Australia 983, 1012

Birdwood 736Black Mountain 249Black Saturday 528Blackheath 128Blinman 788Bloomfield Track 453, 886Blue Lake 755-6Blue Mountains 126-34Blue Mountains National Park 126-7Boat Harbour 688boat travel 30-1, 1068, 1069, see also

kayaking & canoeing, sailingBondi 82, 92, 93, 83, 93books 474, 479, 1017, 1019, 1020,

1025Borroloola 849Botany Bay 82-3Boulia 379Bourke 242Bowen 394-5Bowral 225box jellyfish 364Boydtown 217Bradman, Donald 225, 713, 1026,

1027Bradshaw images 15, 1002, 1008, 15breweries 637, see also distilleries

Boag’s Centre for Beer Lovers 667Cascade Brewery 625Coopers Brewery 715Holgate Brewhouse 525Little Creatures Brewery 920, 13Mt Tamborine Brewery 328Old Goulburn Brewery 226Tasmania 637

Bribie Island 316-17Bridgetown 937Bright 593Brisbane 283-311, 284-5, 286, 289,

299, 301, 303, 306accommodation 275, 296-8activities 291children, travel with 293drinking 304-5

emergency services 309entertainment 305-8festivals & events 295food 275, 298-304history 283, 287internet access 309medical services 309-10shopping 308-9sights 287-91tourist information 310tours 292travel to/from 310-11travel within 311walking tour 294

Brisbane Festival 295Broad Arrow 958Broadbeach 319-25Broken Hill 235-9, 236Broome 14, 996-1003, 998Broughton Island 150Brunswick Heads 184Bruny Island 644, 646Buchan 609budgeting 18-19Bunbury 930Bundaberg 359-61Bundanoon 226Bungendore 266Burke and Wills 381Burke, Robert O’Hara 381Burketown 461Burleigh Heads 325-7Burrup Peninsula 987bus travel 1069-71, 1070bushfires 528, 1047, 1029bushwalking 42

Blue Mountains 129Canberra 250Flinders Ranges National Park 787Fraser Island 347Grampians 551Great South West Walk 547Harrietville 597King Island 682New South Wales 62Northern Territory 802, 844,

857, 870Queensland 280responsible bushwalking 43safety 42, 701, 1047South Australia 708Tasmania 698, 701Western Australia 894Wilsons Promontory National Park

602, 606business hours 1050-1Busselton 930Byron Bay 10, 174-83, 176, 10

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CCadbury Chocolate Factory 625-6Cadmans Cottage 69Caiguna 953Cairns 28, 268, 414-27, 416

accommodation 421-3activities 415-17drinking 424-5emergency services 426entertainment 425-6food 423-4internet access 426medical services 426shopping 426sights 414-15tourist information 426tours 417-21travel to/from 426-7travel within 427

Caloundra 337-8Camden 124camel riding 857, 999Campbell Town 655-6camping 1048-9Canberra 244-64, 245, 246, 254

accommodation 243, 253-7activities 250children, travel with 256climate 243drinking 260emergency services 262entertainment 260-2events 251-3festivals 251-3food 243, 257-60highlights 245history 244internet access 262itineraries 248medical services 262shopping 262sights 244-50tourist information 263tours 250travel to/from 263-4travel within 264walking tour 252

cane toads 288Canning Stock Route 17, 959, 17canoeing, see kayaking & canoeingcanopy walks

Dorrigo National Park 163Illawarra Fly Tree Top Walk 208Lamington National Park 329Mamu Rainforest Canopy

Walkway 413Otway Fly 542Skywalk 328

Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk 941

Canowindra 198Cape Bridgewater 549Cape Jervis 740Cape Kimberley 448Cape Naturaliste 931Cape Otway 542-3Cape Range National Park 986Cape Tribulation 452-3, 450Cape York 468Cape York Peninsula 461-9, 464-5Capricorn Coast 361-72, 362-3car travel 19, 1071-7

hire 1074-5insurance 1075rental 1074-5road rules 1075-6

caravanning 1048-9Cardwell 406Carnarvon 975Carnarvon Gorge 371Carrickalinga 740cassowaries 411Castlemaine 576-7Cataract Gorge 666cathedrals, see churchescaves

Alexandra Cave 758Bat Cave 758Buchan Caves 609Buckley’s Cave 523Calgardup Cave 935Capricorn Caves 367Cutta Cutta Caves Nature Park 844Engelbrecht Cave 756Giants Cave 935Gunns Plains Caves 683Hastings Caves 649Jenolan Caves 129Jewel Cave 936King Solomons Cave 680Kutikina Cave 697Lake Cave 935Mammoth Cave 935Marakoopa Cave 680Mimbi Caves 1009Mulkas Cave 961Naracoorte Caves National Park

758Newdegate Cave 649Princess Margaret Rose Cave 549Victoria Fossil Cave 758Wet Cave 758Wombeyan Caves 225Yarrangobilly Caves 221Yourambulla Caves 786

Ceduna 781

cell phones 19, 1062Central Tilba 214Channel Country 379Charleville 378-9Charlotte Pass 224Charters Towers 373Childers 359children, travel with 1051, see also

individual locationsChillagoe 435Chinatown (Brisbane) 300Chinatown (Melbourne) 475-6Chinatown (Sydney) 77, 76Christmas Island 997churches

Cathedral of St Francis Xavier 966Green Cathedral 151Sacred Heart Cathedral 573Scots Church 486St Andrew’s Cathedral 75St James’ Church 75St Mary’s Cathedral 75St Michael’s Uniting Church 486

Churchill Island 530Clare 772-3Clare Valley 770-3, 16Clifton Beach 430climate 18, 1016, 1031, see also

individual locationsclimate change 1035, 1068Cloncurry 373Coal River Valley 643Cobargo 214Cobbitty Village 124Cobourg Peninsula 839, 887, 887Cockington Green 265Cockle Creek 649Cocos (Keeling) Islands 997Coen 466Coffin Bay 780Coffs Harbour 164-9, 166Coles Bay 660-2Conargo 234conservation areas & reserves, see

also marine parks, national parks, parks & gardens

Berry Springs Nature Park 827Bruny Island Neck Game Reserve

644Bungonia State Conservation

Area 226Cape Byron State Conservation

Park 175Chowilla Game Reserve 764Corroboree Rock Conservation

Reserve 867Cutta Cutta Caves Nature Park 844Deep Creek Conservation Park 740

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conservation areas & reserves continued

Emily & Jessie Gaps Nature Park 866

Flora River Nature Park 846Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve

825Herring Island 489Iluka Nature Reserve 171Innamincka Regional Reserve 797Little Dip Conservation Park 753Macquarie Marshes Nature

Reserve 193Mt Canobolas 197Mt Coot-tha Reserve 291Mt Whitfield Conservation Park 414Muttonbird Island 164Nadgee Nature Reserve 217N’Dhala Gorge Nature Park 867Parry Lagoons Nature Reserve 1012Rainbow Valley Conservation

Reserve 873Ruby Gap Nature Park 867Spring Gully Conservation Park 772Strzelecki Regional Reserve 796Tamar Island Wetlands 667Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve 264Trephina Gorge Nature Park 867Troubridge Island Conservation

Park 775Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park 831Wingham Brush Nature Reserve 152

consulates 1052-3Coober Pedy 791-5, 793Cook, James 60, 244, 454, 1019-20Cooks’ Cottage 487Cooktown 29, 454Coolangatta 211, 327-8Coolgardie 954Cooloola Coast 341-2Cooma 218-19Coonabarabran 194Coonamble 193Coonawarra Wine Region 757Cooper Creek 452Copley 789Coral Bay 980-1Coral Coast 977-93, 978-9Corinna 691Corowa 234Corroboree Billabong 825Cossack 988Coulta 780Country Music Festival 188courses 31, 1051

Cow Bay 448Cowaramup 932Cowra 198Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair

National Park 13, 697-701, 13credit cards 1058Crescent Head 157cricket 225, 485, 713, 1044crocodiles 806, 828, 1046Crowdy Head 152Croydon 459Cue 964culture 1016-8, see also Aboriginal

cultural centresCumberland River 540currency 18Customs House 69customs regulations 1051-2cycling 42-3, 1068-9

Adelaide 716-17Brisbane 292Canberra 250Hobart 627, 629New South Wales 62, 98, 129Northern Territory 810-11, 857Victoria 492, 591, 593, 601Western Australia 895, 969

Cygnet 647

DDaintree Discovery Centre 448Daintree National Park 9, 449, 9Daintree Village 446Daly River 830Daly Waters 850Dampier 987Dampier Peninsula 1004Dandenong Ranges 527dangers, see safetyDarling Downs 342-6Darwin 15, 798-882, 804, 806,

812-13accommodation 815-18activities 810-11climate 798drinking 820emergency services 822entertainment 820-1festivals & events 815food 818-20highlights 800-1history 805internet access 822itineraries 805medical services 822shopping 821-2sights 805-10tourist information 823

tours 811, 814-15travel to/from 823travel within 823-4

Daydream Island 393Daylesford 579Deloraine 679-80dengue fever 1047Denham 973Deniliquin 233-4Denmark 942Derby 664, 1005desert 380, 795, 886, 962, 993, 1037,

see also outbackDevil’s Marbles 852Devonport 677-9Dig Tree 381, 797Dimboola 554dinosaurs 373, 377, 942, 996disabilities, travellers with 1063distilleries, see also breweries

Hellyers Road Whisky Distillery 687Lark Distillery 623Red Dirt Distillery 163Tamborine Mountain Distillery 328

diving & snorkelling 44-5Albany 946Byron Bay 175Cairns 420courses 31Great Barrier Reef 30-2, 34, 270,

280-1, 418-19, 420insurance 32King Island 682Narooma 213New South Wales 62Queensland 280-1, 339safety 32South Australia 708Sydney 98Townsville 398Western Australia 895, 969, 983,

986Dog Fence 795, 887Dog on the Tuckerbox 227dolphin watching 45

Jervis Bay 210Monkey Mia 974Moreton Bay 315New South Wales 63Western Australia 930

Dongara-Port Denison 965Dorrigo 163Dover 648-9Dreamworld 324drinking, see breweries, distilleries,

wine regions, individual locationsdriving, see car traveldriving licence 1071Dubbo 201

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-GDudley Peninsula 746-7dugongs 972, 985Dunk Island 412, 274Dunkeld 553Dunsborough 931Dunwich 313Dusty, Slim 157DVDs 1049Dwellingup 927

EEagle Bluff 973Eagle Gorge 969Eaglehawk Neck 651East Gippsland 609East MacDonnell Ranges 866Echuca 562-5, 563economy 1017Eden 217Edithburgh 775Eildon 584electricity 1049, 1052Ellis Beach 431Elliston 780Elvis Festival 201embassies 1052-3Emerald 370emergency services 19, see also

individual locationsEmu Bay 749environment 1030-8environmental issues 1034, 1035Ernest Giles Road 873Errinundra National Park 610Esperance 949-51, 14etiquette 1016Eumundi 334Eureka Rebellion 568, 572Evandale 676events, see festivals & eventsEwaninga 872exchange rates 19Exmouth 981-5, 982Eyre Hwy (The Nullarbor) 953Eyre Peninsula 776-82, 777

FFalls Creek 596-7farmstays 372Federation Square 475Female Factory 625festivals & events 22, 24-6, see also

individual locationsAboriginal 803, 888, 889

films 247-8, 475, 525, 752, 1017Finke 872fishing 45

Kakadu National Park 833Kangaroo Island 745King Island 682Northern Territory 802, 830Queensland 280-1, 354, 436Tasmania 618Western Australia 969

Fitzgerald River National Park 949Fitzroy Crossing 1009Fitzroy Island 428Fleurieu Peninsula 737-43, 737Flinders Island 702Flinders Ranges 782, 783Flinders Ranges National Park 787-8,

886, 886floods 290, 1016, 1017, 1060Flynn, John 870food 625-6, 936, 1039-42, see also

individual locationsfootball see Australian Rules Football,

rugby, soccerForbes 200fossils

New South Wales 198Queensland 373, 374, 377South Australia 758Tasmania 688Western Australia 996

François Peron National Park 974Frankland Islands 428Franklin 647Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National

Park 697Fraser, Dawn 1044Fraser Island 16, 346-51, 348, 16Fremantle 13, 915-22, 916

accommodation 918-19activities 918drinking 920-1entertainment 920-1festivals & events 918food 919-20history 915shopping 921sights 915, 917-18tours 918travel to/from 922travel within 922

French Island 530Freycinet National Park 405, 660fur seals 531

Ggalleries 23, see also museums

Aboriginal Dreamings Gallery 265

Art Gallery of NSW 75Art Gallery of South Australia 711

Art Gallery of Western Australia 897

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art 481

Brett Whiteley Studio 80Canberra Museum & Gallery 249Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

289Heide 481Ian Potter Centre: National Gallery

of Victoria Australia 475MONA 8, 627, 8Museum & Art Gallery of the

Northern Territory 805National Gallery of Australia 246National Gallery of Victoria

International 480National Portrait Gallery 248Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum

127Perth Institute of Contemporary

Arts 900Pro Hart Gallery 237Queen Victoria Museum & Art

Gallery 666Queensland Art Gallery 289QUT Art Museum 288Tasmanian Museum & Art

Gallery 623gaols

Adelaide Gaol 714Albany Convict Gaol 945Fannie Bay Gaol Museum 809Female Factory 625Fremantle Prison 915Old Dubbo Gaol 202Old Melbourne Gaol 478Old Wentworth Gaol 234Richmond Gaol 641Ross Female Factory 654-5Trial Bay Gaol 159

Garden of Eden 873gardens, see parks & gardensGascoyne Coast 975-7gay travellers 1053-4

Melbourne 496Sydney 100, 101

Geelong 534-7, 536Geeveston 648Geographe Bay 929-31geology 1030-1George Town 675Geraldton 966-9, 967Gerroa 211Ghan, the 856ghost tours

Adelaide 714Ballarat 569Brisbane 293

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ghost tours continuedMelbourne 478New South Wales 86Queensland 353, 398Tasmania 667

giardiasis 1047Gibb River Road 1006Gibraltar Range 191Giles 960Gilgandra 193Gippsland 599-612, 602-3Gippsland Lakes 605Glass House Mountains 337Glen Helen Gorge 871Glen Innes 191Glendambo 791Glenelg 715Glenelg River 549Gleniffer 163Glenrowan 583Gloucester Tree 938glow-worms 329, 541, 680Gold Coast 11, 317-28, 318, 11Gold Creek Village 265goldfields

New South Wales 190, 195Northern Territory 799Queensland 351Victoria 567Western Australia 952, 954

Goolwa 742-3Gosford 139-40Goulburn 226Goulburn Valley 582government houses

Melbourne 489Parramatta 97Sydney 74

Grafton 169-70Grampians National Park 551-3, 550Great Barrier Reef 7, 27-34, 267-74, 7,

267, 270, 272 boat trips 30-1camping 33-4climate 28diving 30-2, 34, 270, 280-1, 418-19,

420internet resources 29islands 29-30, 428planning 27-34resorts 32-3responsible travel 33snorkelling 30-2, 270tours 270, 418-19

Great Keppel Island 369-70Great Ocean Road 10, 534-49,

534-5, 10Green Head 963Green Island 29, 428Greenbushes 937Greenwell Point 211Gregory Downs 461Griffith 231Guilderton 961Gulaga 214Gulf Savannah 457Gulgong 204Gumeracha 736Gunbalanya (Oenpelli) 839Gunbarrel Highway 959Gundagai 227Gunlom 837, 15Gwion Gwion (Bradshaw) images 15,

1002, 1008, 15Gympie 351

HHahndorf 735-6Halfway Island 370Halls Creek 1010Halls Gap 551Hamelin Pool 972Hamilton Island 29, 394Hanging Rock 525Harrietville 597Harrington 152Hart, Pro 237Hartley 128Hartz Mountains National Park 648Hastings Caves 649Hat Head 159Hattah 555Hattah Lakes 555Hawker 786Hawkesbury River 124-5Hawk’s Head 969Hawks Nest 149Hayman Island 394, 271Healesville 526-7health 1047, 1054-6heat exhaustion 1055heatstroke 1055Henbury Meteorite Craters 873hepatitis C 1047Hepburn Springs 579-80Herberton 439Hermannsburg 871Heron Island 29, 363-4Hervey Bay 354-9, 356-7High Country 584-99, 586-7High Court of Australia 249hiking, see bushwalking

Hill End 196Hinkler, Bert 360history 21, 1019-29

Aboriginal 1019, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1027, 1029

books 1019, 1020, 1025Brisbane 283, 287Canberra 244colonisation 1020-4Darwin 805Hobart 622internet resources 1021, 1024, 1028Melbourne 475nationalism 1025-6New South Wales 60-4Northern Territory 799Perth 897Queensland 277South Australia 705Tasmania 616Victoria 474Western Australia 894WWI 1026WWII 1027

hitching 1077HIV 1047Hobart 622-40, 624, 628

accommodation 632-4activities 627-30children, travel with 630cycling 627, 629drinking 637emergency services 639entertainment 638festivals & events 631-2food 634-6history 622internet access 639internet resources 639itineraries 622medical services 639shopping 638-9sights 622-7tourist information 639tours 630-1travel to/from 640travel within 640

holidays 1059Holloways Beach 429Home and Away 87Hook Island 29, 393Hope Islands 457Hopetoun 949Horizontal Waterfalls 1005horse racing 1044Horsham 553horse riding

New South Wales 98, 128, 191

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-LNorthern Territory 830, 851Queensland 321, 398, 455South Australia 708Tasmania 698Victoria 552, 568, 585, 588

hot springs, see thermal springsHughenden 373humpback whales 985Humpty Doo 825Humpy Island 370Hunter Valley 134-9, 135Huonville 647-8Huskisson 210Hyde Park 75Hyden 960hypothermia 1047

IIndigenous art 810, 888, 1060, 888,

889Kakadu National Park 833-4, 836Queensland 277Western Australia 15, 1002,

1008, 15Indigenous people

books 474, 479bush tucker 1042cultural tours 23, 888festivals 803, 888, 889history 1019, 1020, 1022, 1023,

1027, 1029internet resources 474New South Wales 60-1Northern Territory 799Queensland 277South Australia 705Tasmania 616-17Truganini 617Victoria 474Western Australia 894

Ingham 405Innamincka 797Inneston 775Innisfail 413insurance 1056

car 1075diving 32health 1054, 1056motorcycle 1075

internet resources 19, 1021, 1024, 1025, 1044, see also individual locations

Inverell 191irukandji 364islands 20, see also individual

islandsitineraries 46-50, see also individual

locations

Jjails, see gaolsJamberoo 208Jardine River 467jellyfish 364, 1046Jenolan Caves 129Jerilderie 234Jervis Bay 210Jewish Museum of Australia 490Jim Jim Falls 836Jindabyne 219-20Johanna Beach 543Julia Creek 373Junee 231Jurien Bay 963

KKadina 774Kakadu National Park 15, 831-8,

832, 15Kalbarri 969-72, 970Kalgoorlie-Boulder 955Kangaroo Island 743-52, 744Kangaroo Valley 209kangaroos 214, 538, 17, see also

wildlife reserves, zoosKanowna 958Karijini National Park 989-90, 989Karratha 987Karumba 460Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) 878, 884,

879, 884Katherine 840-4, 842Katherine Gorge 844-6Katherine River 844Katoomba 127-34, 130kayaking & canoeing

Byron Bay 177New South Wales 63, 98Northern Territory 845Queensland 281-2

Kelly, Ned 234, 583, 585Kempsey 157Kenilworth 342Kennett River 541Kettering 643-4Khancoban 224Kiama 208Kiandra 221Kiewa Valley 595Kimberley, the 14, 993-1014, 994-5King Island 681-2King Valley 590Kings Canyon 873-4, 884, 874, 885Kingscote 748-9Kingston 147koalas 153, 184, 291, 524, 530, 541

Kookynie 958Koonwarra 605Korumburra 601Kosciuszko National Park 220-2Kununurra 1011Kuranda 432-4, 433Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 87,

96, 96Kwongan 962Kyneton 525

LLady Elliot Island 29, 362-3Lady Musgrave Island 363, 274Lake Argyle 1013Lake Ballard 958Lake Barrine 438Lake Barrington 681Lake Burley Griffin 244Lake Cooroibah 341Lake Cootharaba 341Lake Eacham 438Lake Eyre 795Lake Gregory 1011Lake Illawarra 205, 208Lake Mountain 527Lake Mungo 241Lake Pedder 703Lake Tinaroo 436Lakefield National Park 467Lakeland 463Lakes Entrance 607-8Lamington National Park 329-30Lancelin 961Larapinta Trail 870Larrimah 849-50Lasseter Hwy 874-5Latrobe Valley 600-1Launceston 666-73, 668, 670

accomodation 667-71activities 666-7drinking 672entertainment 672festivals & events 667food 671-2shopping 672sights 666-7tours 667travel to/from 673travel within 673

Laura 463Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival 463,

888, 889Laverton 959Lawson, Henry 204Leeman 963legal matters 1056-7Leigh Creek 789

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Lennox Head 174Leonora 958lesbian travellers 1053-4

Melbourne 496Sydney 100, 101

Leura 127libraries

National Library of Australia 249State Library of NSW 74State Library of Victoria 480

Liffey Valley 675lighthouses

Cape Borda 751Cape Bruny 645Cape Byron 175, 10Cape Leeuwin 936Cape Moreton 316Cape Naturaliste 931Cape Nelson 548Cape Otway 542Cape Schanck 530Eddystone 665King Island 682Low Head 675Mallacoota 611Point Hicks 612Smoky Cape 159Split Point 539Troubridge Island 775Vlamingh Head 983

Lightning Ridge 193Limestone Coast 752-8Lindeman Island 394Lindsay, Norman 127Lismore 184Litchfield National Park 828-9literature, see booksLithgow 128Little Desert National Park 554Lizard Island 30, 457Lobethal 736Loch Ard Gorge 544Loch Luna 762Loch Sport 606loggerhead turtles 361London Bridge 545Long Island 393Longford 675Longreach 376Lord Howe Island 158Lorne 539-40Low Head 675Loxton 762-3Lucinda 406

Luna Park (Melbourne) 489Luna Park (Sydney) 85

MMacDonnell Ranges 866Macedon Ranges 525Mackay 381-5, 382Maclean 171Macquarie, Governor Lachlan 60Madura 954Magnetic Island 401-4Maguk 837Main Beach 317Malanda 438Malanda Falls 439Maldon 577-8Maleny 342Mallacoota 611-12Mallee, the 554Mandorah 824Mandurah 927Manilla 190Manly 92, 85-7, 86, 92Mannum 760Mansfield 588-9manta rays 985maps 1057Mareeba 434Margaret River 932-5, 933Maria Island 658Maria Island National Park 658marine parks 45, see also Great

Barrier ReefGreat Australian Bight Marine

Park 782Ningaloo Marine Park 983, 985Shoalwater Islands Marine Park

926Solitary Islands Marine Park 169

markets 22, 1060-1Brisbane 309-10Central Market (Adelaide) 711Darwin 822Eumundi Markets 334Fremantle Market 917Glebe Markets 82Melbourne 478, 484, 516Queen Victoria Market 478Salamanca Market 623Sydney 78, 82, 120Sydney Fish Market 78Victorian Arts Centre Market 484

Marla 795Marlo 609Maroochy 338-40Marrawah 690Marree 796Mary MacKillop 548

Mary River Billabong 825Maryborough (Queensland) 353-4Maryborough (Victoria) 578-9Marysville 527Mataranka 848McKinlay 375McLaren Vale 737measures 1049medical services 1054-5, see also

individual locationsMelbourne 475-520, 476-7, 498,

507, 509, 517accommodation 470, 495-502activities 492-3children, travel with 494drinking 510-13emergency services 518entertainment 513-15festivals & events 494food 470, 502-10history 475internet access 518internet resources 474, 518itineraries 478medical services 518shopping 515-18sights 475-91tours 493travel to/from 518-19travel within 519-20walking tour 486, 486

Melbourne Cricket Ground 485Melbourne Museum 487-8Melrose 784Melville Island 824Menindee Lakes 240Meningie 752meningococcal disease 1047Menzies 958Mereenie Loop Road (Red Centre

Way) 872Merimbula 215-17meteorites 873, 1011Metung 607Miall Island 370Middle Island 370Milawa 590Mildura 555-61, 556Milikapiti 824Millaa Millaa 439Millthorpe 199Min Min Lights 379mining

Central Deborah Goldmine 572Day Dream Mine 236gold 190, 195, 351, 567, 572, 799,

952, 954, 955Line of Lode Miners Memorial 236

1093

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-NMining Hall of Fame 955Mt Isa 374opals 193, 792uranium 835, 827

Mintabie 795Mintaro 771-2Mission Beach 28, 408-12Mittagong 225mobile phones 19, 1062Mole Creek 680-1MONA 8, 627, 8money 18, 19, 1052, 1057Monkey Mia 974-5Montague Island 214Montville 342Moomba 796Moonta 774-5Moree 194Moreton Bay 311-17, 312Moreton Island 315Mornington Peninsula 528-30Mornington Peninsula National Park

529-30Mossman 446motion sickness 31motorcycle travel 1071-7

hire 1074-5insurance 1075organisations 1075rental 1074-5road rules 1075-6

motorsportsAustralian Formula One Grand

Prix 494Australian Motorcycle Grand

Prix 532Bathurst Motorsport Spectacular

196Mount Barker 947-8Mount Gambier 755Mt Abrupt 553Mt Ainslie 249Mt Arapiles State Park 553-4Mt Barker 948Mt Barnett 1007Mt Baw Baw 584Mt Beauty 595Mt Buffalo National Park 592-3Mt Buller 589Mt Conner 875Mt Feathertop 598Mt Field National Park 642Mt Frankland 942Mt Hotham 598Mt Isa 373-5, 374Mt Kosciuszko 220Mt Lesueur 962Mt Lofty Summit 732Mt Macedon 525

Mt Magnet 964Mt Majura 249Mt Mawson 642Mt Molloy 458Mt Remarkable 785Mt Remarkable National Park 785Mt Roland 681Mt Sorrow 448Mt Stirling 589Mt Sturgeon 553Mt Surprise 459Mt Victoria 128Mt Wellington 626Mt William National Park 665Mudgee 203Mullumbimby 184Mundrabilla 954Murray Bridge 760Murray River 759Murrumbateman 265Murrumbidgee River 264Murwillumbah 187museums, see also galleries

Abbey Museum 317Australian Aviation Heritage

Centre 809Australian Centre for the Moving

Image 475Australian Country Music

Foundation 188Australian Fossil & Mineral

Museum 195Australian Museum 75Australian National Maritime

Museum 78Australian Pearling Exhibition 807Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame

& Outback Heritage Centre 376Australian War Memorial 246-7Bligh Museum of Pacific

Exploration 645Bradman Collection Museum 713Bradman Museum of Cricket 225Canberra Museum & Gallery 249Central Australia Aviation Museum

855Chinese Museum 478Commissariat Stores Building 288Gold Museum 568Hyde Park Barracks Museum 74-5Immigration Museum 480International Cricket Hall of Fame

225James Cook Museum 454Jewish Museum of Australia 490Legends Surf Museum 164Library Museum 228Melbourne Museum 487-8Museum & Art Gallery of the

Northern Territory 805

Museum of Australian Democracy 248-9

Museum of Brisbane 288Museum of Central Australia 855Museum of Sydney 74Museum of Tropical Queensland

397National Archives of Australia 249National Automobile Museum of

Tasmania 667National Dinosaur Museum 265National Film & Sound Archive

247-8National Motor Racing Museum

196National Museum of Australia 12,

244, 246, 12National Railway Museum 715National Sports Museum 485National Wool Museum 534Newcastle Regional Museum 140-1Norman Lindsay Gallery & Museum

127Powerhouse Museum 78Qantas Founders Outback Museum

376Queen Victoria Museum & Art

Gallery 666Queensland Maritime Museum 290Queensland Museum 289Questacon – National Science &

Technology Centre 249Rocks Discovery Museum 69South Australian Museum 711Sydney Jewish Museum 79Tasmanian Museum & Art

Gallery 623Western Australian Museum –

Geraldton 966Western Australian Museum –

Kalgoorlie-Boulder 955Western Australian Museum –

Maritime 915Western Australian Museum –

Perth 897Western Australian Museum –

Shipwreck Galleries 917music 22, 157, 188, 1017mutton birds 532Mylor 735Myrtleford 592

NNagambie 582Nambour 342Nambucca Heads 160-1Nannup 937Naracoorte Caves National Park 758Narooma 213Narrabri 194

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National Archives of Australia 249National Carillon 244National Film & Sound Archive 247-8National Gallery of Australia 246National Library of Australia 249National Museum of Australia 12,

244, 246, 12national parks 61, 96, 280, 617, 705,

802, 1036, 1038, see also conservation areas & reserves, marine parks, parks & gardens

Alexander Morrison National Park 963

Badgingarra National Park 963Bald Rock National Park 192Barrington Tops National Park 150Beedelup National Park 938Ben Boyd National Park 217Ben Lomond National Park 676Black Mountain National Park 458Blackdown Tableland National

Park 370Blue Mountains National Park

126-7Booderee National Park 213Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) National

Park 461Booti Booti National Park 151Bouddi National Park 140Bournda National Park 215Brisbane Water National Park 140Budderoo National Park 208Bundjalung National Park 171Burleigh Heads National Park 326Byfield National Park 368-9Cape Arid National Park 951Cape Conran Coastal Park 611Cape Le Grand National Park 951Cape Range National Park 986Carnarvon National Park 371Coffin Bay National Park 780Conway National Park 391Coorong National Park 752-3Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair

National Park 13, 697-701, 13Crater Lakes National Park &

Around 438Croajingolong National Park 612Cutta Cutta Caves Nature Park 844D’Aguilar Range National Park 291Daintree National Park 9, 449, 9Dandenong Ranges National

Park 527D’Entrecasteaux National Park 939Devonian Reef National Parks 1009

Dirk Hartog Island National Park 972

Dorrigo National Park 163Douglas-Apsley National Park 662Edel Land National Park 972Errinundra National Park 610Eungella National Park 385Finke Gorge National Park 872Fitzgerald River National Park 949Flinders Chase National Park 751-2Flinders Ranges National Park

787-8, 886, 886François Peron National Park 974Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers

National Park 697Freycinet National Park 405, 660Garig Gunak Barlu National Park

839Girraween National Park 343Girringun National Park 405Grampians National Park 551-3,

550Great Sandy National Park 341-2,

351Gregory National Park 847Gulaga National Park 214Hartz Mountains National Park 648Hat Head National Park 159Hattah-Kulkyne National Park 555Hinchinbrook Island National

Park 407Innes National Park 775Iron Range National Park 466-7Jardine River National Park 468Kakadu National Park 15, 831-8,

832, 15Kalbarri National Park 969Kamay Botany Bay National Park

82-3Karijini National Park 989-90, 989Karlamilyi National Park 990Katherine Low Level Nature Park

840Keep River National Park 847Kinchega National Park 240Kinglake National Park 525Kondalilla National Park 342Kooloonbung Creek Nature Park

153Kosciuszko National Park 220-2Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

87, 96, 96Kwiambal National Park 191Lake Eildon National Park 585Lakefield National Park 467Lakes National Park 606Lamington National Park 329-30Lesueur National Park 962Limmen National Park 849Lincoln National Park 779

Litchfield National Park 828-9Little Desert National Park 554Lower Glenelg National Park 549Mapleton Falls National Park 342Maria Island National Park 658Mary River National Park 825Millstream-Chichester National

Park 988Mimosa Rocks National Park 215Mirima National Park 1012Mitchell River National Park 1008Mole Creek Karst National Park

680Mornington Peninsula National

Park 529, 530Morton National Park 208, 226Mount Augustus (Burringurrah)

National Park 977Mt Buffalo National Park 592-3Mt Field National Park 642Mt Hypipamee National Park 440Mt Kaputar National Park 194Mt Remarkable National Park 785Mt William National Park 665Mungo National Park 241Murramarang National Park 214Murray River National Park 762,

763Murray-Sunset National Park 555Mutawintji National Park 240Myall Lakes National Park 149-50Namadgi National Park 265Nambung National Park 962Naracoorte Caves National Park

758Nightcap National Parks 183Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge)

National Park 844-6Noosa National Park 332Norfolk Island National Park 147Paluma Range National Park 404Peak Charles National Park 952Porongurup National Park 948Port Campbell National Park 10,

543-4, 10Purnululu National Park 1010Richmond Range National Park 192Rocky Cape National Park 688Royal National Park 123-4Seven Mile Beach National Park 211Shannon National Park 939Simpson Desert National Park

380, 886Snowy River National Park 610South Bruny National Park 644Southwest National Park 701Springbrook National Park 328-9Stirling Range National Park 948Sturt National Park 241

1095

INDEX N

-PSydney Harbour National Park

65, 68Tamborine National Park 328Tasman National Park 649-51Tathra National Park 963Tomaree National Park 146Torndirrup National Park 947Triabunna National Park 658Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

875-84Undara Volcanic National Park 458Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges

National Park 789-90Wadbilliga National Park 214Walls of Jerusalem National

Park 681Walpole-Nornalup National Park

941Warren National Park 938Warrumbungle National Park 195Washpool National Park 191Watarrka National Park 873Waychinicup National Park 947West MacDonnell National Park

870William Bay National Park 943Wilsons Promontory National Park

12, 601-5, 606, 604, 12Wollemi National Park 126Wooroonooran National Park 413Wyperfeld National Park 555Yalgorup National Park 928Yanchep National Park 961Yarra Ranges National Park 525Yuraygir National Park 169

National Portrait Gallery 248National Sports Museum 485National Zoo & Aquarium 249Natural Bridge 969Neighbours 501Nelson 549Nepabunna 789New England 187-92New Norcia 964New South Wales 56-242, 58-9, 88

climate 56highlights 58-9history 60-4national parks 61planning 57tours 63-4, 136-7travel to/from 64travel within 64

Newcastle 140-6, 142Newman 990newspapers 1049Nguiu 824Ngukurr 849Nhill 554

Nimbin 185Ninety Mile Beach 606Ningaloo Marine Park 983, 985Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National

Park 844-6Noah Beach 452Noosa 330-6, 332Norfolk Island 147Normanton 460Normanville 740Nornalup 941Norseman 952North Keppel Island 370North Stradbroke Island 313Northern Territory 798-882, 800-1,

826, 868-9accommodation 798activities 802climate 798food 798highlights 800-1history 799national parks 802tours 802travel to/from 804travel wtihin 804

Nourlangie 836Nowra 210Nullarbor Links 953Nullarbor Plain 953-4Nundle 190Nuriootpa 768-9

OOakbank 736Oatlands 654observatories

Canberra Space Centre 264Darby Falls Observatory 199Dubbo Observatory 202Siding Spring Observatory 194Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium

291Sydney Observatory 69, 71

Ocean Grove 524O’Connell 196Old Telegraph Track 467Olgas, see Kata Tjuta (The Olgas)Omeo 599Oodnadatta 796Oodnadatta Track 795-6, 886, 886opals 193opening hours 1050-1Ora Banda 958Orange 197Orbost 609Ormiston Gorge 871Orpheus Island 29

outback 23, 35-40, 883-90, 883, 885, 886, 887, 889, 890

New South Wales 234-42Queensland 372-81South Australia 790-7

Outback Way (Great Central Rd) 959Overland Track 699Oxley 590oysters 780

PPacific Palms 151Painted Desert 795, 886Palm Cove 430Parachilna 789Parkes 201parks & gardens, see also

conservation areas & reserves, national parks

Adelaide Botanic Garden 713Australian Arid Lands Botanic

Garden 776Australian Botanic Garden 124Australian National Botanic

Gardens 248Birrarung Marr 478Brisbane Botanic Gardens 291Centennial Park 80City Botanic Gardens (Brisbane)

287Fitzroy Gardens 487Flagstaff Gardens 479George Brown Botanic Gardens,

Darwin 808Hyde Park 75Kings Park & Botanic Garden 897Royal Botanic Gardens

(Melbourne) 488Royal Botanic Gardens (Sydney) 68South Bank Parklands 289Yarra Bend Park 489

parliament housesBrisbane 288Canberra 247Darwin 809Hobart 626Melbourne 478Sydney 74

Parramatta 97Paruku Indigenous Protected Area

(IPA) 1011passports 1067Paterson, Banjo 568Paynesville 607pelicans 532Pemberton 938Penguin Island 927penguins 611, 683, 748

New South Wales 214

1096

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penguins continuedTasmania 662, 675, 687Victoria 490, 530, 531Western Australia 927

Penneshaw 746-7Pennington Bay 746Penola 757Perisher Blue 224Perth 13, 897-915, 898-9, 902,

906accommodation 891, 904-8activities 901children, travel with 904climate 891drinking 910-11emergency services 913entertainment 911-12festivals & events 903-4food 891, 908-10highlights 892-3history 897internet access 913internet resources 913itineraries 900medical services 913shopping 912-13sights 897tourist information 913tours 901travel to/from 913travel within 913

Peterborough 545Phillip, Captain Arthur 60Phillip Island 530, 531Phillip Island Nature Park 530phonecards 1062photography 1058-9Piccadilly 732Picnic at Hanging Rock 525Picton 124Pigeon House Mountain 212Pilbara, the 977-93, 978-9Pilliga Forest 194Pine Creek 830-1Pink Lake 950Pinnacles Desert 962, 2Pioneer Valley 385Pipers River Region 665planning 18-23, 471, 1055, see also

individual regionsAustralia’s regions 51-3events 24-6Great Barrier Reef 27-34itineraries 46-50

outback 35-40outdoors 41-5

plants 1033Point Ann 949Point Avoid 780Point Labatt 780Point Lonsdale 523Point Nepean 529-30Point Quobba 976Point Samson 988Point Turton 774Port Adelaide 715-16Port Arthur 652-3Port Augusta 776-8Port Campbell 544-5Port Campbell National Park 10,

543-4, 10Port Douglas 28-9, 268, 440, 442,

268Port Elliot 741-2Port Essington 839Port Fairy 547-8Port Hedland 991, 993Port Lincoln 778Port Macquarie 153-7, 154Port Pire 784Port Stephens 146-9Port Vincent 775Portland 548-9Portsea 528-9postal services 1059Powerhouse Museum 78Prairie 373prisons, see gaolspublic holidays 1059pubs 22Pularumpi 824Punurrunha 990Pyengana 664

QQantas Founders Outback Museum

376quarantine 1051-2, 1053Queanbeyan 266Queenscliff 521Queensland 275-469, 278-9, 318,

331accommodation 275activities 280climate 275food 275highlights 278-9history 277internet resources 276tours 282travel to/from 283travel within 283

Queensland Museum 289Queenstown 691Quilpie 380quokkas 926Quorn 785-6

Rradio 1049Rainbow Beach 351-3Rainbow Valley Conservation Reserve

873Ravenshoe 440Ravenswood 406Red Rock 169Redbank Gorge 871Renmark 764reptiles 140, 265, 808, 856, 890,

1033, 1046, 890responsible travel 33, 43Richmond 640-2road distances 1072, 1074, 1076,

1078road rules 1075-6Robe 753rock art, see Aboriginal artrock climbing

Brisbane 292Darwin 811South Australia 708Victoria 551, 553, 593

Rockhampton 366-7Rockingham 926Rocks, the 69-74, 70Rocky River 751Roebourne 988Roper Hwy 849Rosevears 674Ross 654-5Ross Female Factory 654Ross Graham 969Ross River Fever 1047Rossiter Bay 951Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) 922-6,

924Roxby Downs 791Royal Exhibition Building 488Royal Flying Doctor Service Base 856Royal National Park 123-4Rubyvale 371rugby 1043rum 359Rutherglen 566

Ssafety 32, 1046-7, 1055, 1060, 1076-7sailing 101

Darwin 810Hobart 630

1097

INDEX S

-TQueensland 280-1, 386Sydney 98Tasmania 618Whitsundays, the 388

Salamanca Market 623Salamanca Place 622-3Sale 605-6School of the Air 840Sea World 324Seachange 524seahorses 674seals 689Seisia 468senior travellers 1052Seventy-Five Mile Beach 347, 16Shark Bay 972-5sharks 972, 985, 986, 1046Sheffield 681Shell Beach 972Shepparton 582Sherbrooke Forest 527Shoalhaven Heads 211shopping 1060-1, see also markets,

individual locationsShrine of Remembrance 489Silverton 239Simpson Desert National Park 380,

886Simpsons Gap 870Skeleton Bay 980skiing

Falls Creek 596Lake Mountain 527Mt Baw Baw 584Mt Buffalo 593Mt Buller 589Mt Hotham 598Mt Stirling 589New South Wales 63Perisher Blue 224Snowy Mountains 218, 221, 222Thredbo 222-3

snakes 1033, 1046Snapper Island 448snorkelling, see diving & snorkellingSnowy Mountains 218-25Snowy River National Park 610soccer 1043-4Sofala 196Sorell 650-1Sorrento 528-9South Australia 704-97, 706-7

accommodation 704activities 708-9climate 704food 704highlights 706-7history 705

national parks 705tours 709travel to/from 710travel within 710

South Australian Museum 711South Molle Island 393Southwest National Park 701spas, see thermal springsspiders 1046sports 485, 1043-4, see also

individual sportsSpringbrook National Park 328-9St Andrews 527St Helens 664-5St Marys 663Standley Chasm (Angkerle) 870Stanley 688Stanthorpe 343-4STDs 1047steam trains

New South Wales 129, 218Queensland 351Tasmania 677, 694Victoria 522, 527, 578, 579, 601Western Australia 928Zig Zag Railway 129

Stirling 732Stokes Bay 749Stone Hut 784Storm Boy 752Strahan 695Strathgordon 703Streaky Bay 781stromatolites 972Strzelecki Track 796-7Stuarts Well 873Sunshine Coast 330-42, 331Surfers Paradise 319-25, 322surfing 44-5, 63, 164, 935, 1044

Bells Beach 538Bermagui 215Byron Bay 175Cactus Beach 782Gold Coast 320internet resources 1044Johanna Beach 543Kangaroo Island 743King Island 682Narooma 213Newcastle 141, 143Phillip Island 532Queensland 281, 364South Australia 708-9Sydney 98Tasmania 618Torquay 537Western Australia 895, 961, 969,

983

Wollongong 205Swan Hill 561Swan Reach 760Swan Valley 900Swansea 658swimming 1044, see also beaches

Brisbane 292Canberra 250dangers 1046Darwin 810Kangaroo Island 743Melbourne 492Newcastle 141, 143Northern Territory 802, 858Queensland 281South Australia 708-9Sydney 99Tasmania 618

Sydney 56-123, 66-7, 70, 76, 80, 83, 84, 86, 88, 94

accommodation 56, 101-7activities 98-9children, travel with 99climate 56drinking 112-15emergency services 118-19entertainment 115-17festivals & events 101food 56, 107-12horse riding 98internet access 119internet resources 119-20itineraries 65medical services 119planning 57shopping 117-18sights 65-97tourist information 119tours 99-101travel to/from 120-7travel within 121-3walking tour 72

Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 101, 95

Sydney Harbour 65, 90, 90, 91, 95Sydney Harbour Bridge 68, 89,

91, 95Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb

(BridgeClimb) 101, 91Sydney Opera House 6, 68, 3, 6,

91, 95Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race 101,

630Sydney Tower 77

TTamar Valley 673-5Tamborine Mountain 328

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Tamworth 188Tanami Road 17, 853Tangalooma 315Tanunda 765Taree 151Tarzali 439Tasman National Park 649-51Tasman Peninsula 649-53, 650Tasmania 613-703, 614-15, 644,

657, 684-5, 692-3accomodation 613activities 617-22climate 613food 613highlights 614-15history 616tours 619, 698travel to/from 620-1travel within 620-1

Tasmanian devils 651, 690Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery 623Tasmanian tigers 651taxes 1058Tea Gardens 149Telegraph Station Historical Reserve

856telephone services 19, 1061Tennant Creek 850-2tennis 1044Tenterfield 192Terrigal 140theft 1047theme parks

Australian Outback Spectacular 324

Dreamworld 324Luna Park (Melbourne) 489Luna Park (Sydney) 85Rainforestation 432Sea World 324Warner Bros Movie World 324Wet’n’Wild 324WhiteWater World 324

thermal springsHastings 649Hepburn Springs 579, 580Mataranka 848Moree 194Northern Territory 840, 848

Thornton Beach 452Thornton Peak 448Thorpe, Ian 1044Thredbo 222-4Three Sisters 128

Thursday Island 468Tibooburra 241tick typhus 1047Tidal River 12, 602, 12Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve 264Timber Creek 846time 1062tipping 1062Tiwi Islands 824-5Tocumwal 234toilets 1062Toowoomba 344-5Torquay 537-8Torres Strait Islands 468tourist information 1062-3, see also

individual locationstours, see also ghost tours

Aboriginal culture 23, 888Adelaide 717Alice Springs 858Arnhem Land 838Barossa Valley 765Blue Mountains 130-1Brisbane 292Byron Bay 178Great Barrier Reef 270, 418-19Hobart 630-1Kakadu National Park 834Katherine 841Melbourne 493New South Wales 63-4, 136-7Northern Territory 802outback, the 790-1Perth 901Queensland 282South Australia 709Strahan 695-6Sydney 99-101Tasmania 619, 698Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 875Western Australia 895-7

Tower Hill Reserve 547Town of 1770 28, 364-6Townsville 28, 268, 395-401, 396,

269train travel 1070, 1077-8, see

also Ghan, steam trainstravel to/from Australia 1067-8travel within Australia 1068-78travellers cheques 1058travellers’ diarrhoea 1055Triabunna National Park 658Trinity Beach 430truffles 936Truganini 617Tully 408Tumby Bay 779Tunarama Festival 778

turtles 361, 972, 983, 984, 985, 273TV 87, 501, 524, 1049Tweed Heads 184Twelve Apostles 10, 543-4, 10Twilight Cove 950, 14Twin Falls 836

UUlladulla 211Ulmarra 171Uluru (Ayers Rock) 8, 877-8, 884,

876, 8, 883Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

875-84Ulverstone 683uranium 827, 835, 837

Vvacations 1059Venus Bay 780Victor Harbor 740-1Victoria 470-612, 472-3, 521, 534-5,

558-9, 586-7accommodation 470climate 470food 470highlights 472-3history 474internet resources 471

Victoria River Crossing 846video systems 1059viral encephalitis 1047visas 19, 1063-4volunteering 1034, 1064-5Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges

National Park 789-90

WWagga Wagga 229Waikerie 760Walgett 193Walhalla 600-1walking tours, see individual citiesWallace Rockhole 871Wallaroo 774Walls of China 241Walls of Jerusalem National Park 681Walpole 941Waltzing Matilda Centre 376Wangaratta 583-4war memorials 246-7, 489Warburton 525Warialda 191Warner Bros Movie World 324Warrnambool 545-6Warrumbungles 195Watarrka National Park 873

1099

INDEX W

Waterfall Way 161-4waterfalls

Bloomfield Falls 454Bridal Veil Falls 128Cameron Falls 328Cedar Creek Falls 328Crystal Cascades 415Curtis Falls 328Dangar Falls 163Eliot Falls 467Ellenborough Falls 153Ellinjaa Falls 439Erskine Falls 540Florence Falls 829Gibraltar Falls 264JC Slaughter Falls 291Jim Jim Falls 836Joffre Falls 990Jourama Falls 405Leliyn (Edith Falls) 844Millaa Millaa Falls 439Mungalli Falls 439Russells Falls 642St Columba Falls 664Tinaroo Falls 436Tolmer Falls 829Twin Falls (Northern Territory)

836Twin Falls (Queensland) 467Wallaman Falls 405Wangi Falls 829Wentworth Falls 127Witches Falls 328Zillie Falls 439

Wave Rock 960, 887weather 18, 1016, 1031, see also

individual regionswebsites, see internet access,

internet resourcesweights 1049Weipa 466Wentworth 234West Gippsland 600-1West MacDonnell Ranges 870-1Western Australia 891-1014, 892-3,

929, 940-1accommodation 891activities 894climate 891food 891highlights 892-3history 894tours 895-7travel to/from 896travel within 896-7

Western Australian Museum –Geraldton 966

Western Australian Museum –Kalgoorlie-Boulder 955

Western Australian Museum –Maritime 915

Western Australian Museum – Perth 897

Western Australian Museum – Shipwreck Galleries 917

Wet’n’Wild 324whale sharks 986whale-watching 45

Hervey Bay 354, 358Jervis Bay 210Moreton Bay 315New South Wales 63, 150, 217South Australia 709Victor Harbor 740Warrnambool 546Western Australia 895, 901, 942,

946, 947, 949, 985Whitehaven Beach 394, 11white-water rafting 21

New South Wales 63, 219Queensland 281-2, 410, 419Tasmania 618, 697Western Australia 928

Whitsunday Coast 381-95, 392Whitsunday Islands 11, 268, 391-4, 11Whyalla 778Wilderness Coast, the 609-12wildlife parks & reserves, see also

marine parks, wildlife watching, zoos

Alice Springs Desert Park 854Alice Springs Reptile Centre 856Altina Wildlife Park 231Australian Butterfly Sanctuary

432Australian Reptile Park 140Ballarat Wildlife Park 569Barna Mia Animal Sanctuary 960Big Swamp Wildlife Park 930Billabong Koala & Wildlife Park 153Billabong Sanctuary 397Birdworld 432Bonorong Wildlife Centre 641Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve 432Caversham Wildlife Park 904Crocodylus Park 808Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary 326David Fleay Wildlife Park 326Dinosaur World 942Jirrahlinga Koala & Wildlife

Sanctuary 524Healesville Sanctuary 526Kelly Hill Conservation Park 750Koala Conservation Centre 530Koala Hospital 153Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary 291Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park

996

Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Wildlife Park 1003

Nowra Wildlife Park 210Oxley Marsupial Park 188Phillip Island Wildlife Park 532Seal Bay Conservation Park 750Something Wild 642Sydney Wildlife World 77Tasmanian Devil Conservation

Park 651Territory Wildlife Park 826Trowunna Wildlife Park 680Wings Wildlife Park 683ZooDoo Wildlife Fun Park 641

wildlife watching 17, 43-4, 890, 1031-2, 1036-7, 890, see also birdwatching, whale watching, dolphin watching, zoos, individual animal species

Freycinet National Park 405Kakadu National Park 833Kangaroo Island 750King Island 682Northern Territory 802Queensland 276Western Australia 895

William Creek 796Wills, William 381Willunga 739Wilson Island 363-4Wilsons Promontory National Park 12,

601-5, 606, 604, 12Wilyabrup 932Windorah 380Windsor 125windsurfing

Melbourne 492Queensland 386, 430Western Australia 895, 961

wine regions 21Adelaide Hills 734Barossa Valley 764-70, 766Canberra 265Clare Valley 771, 16Coal River Valley 643Coonawarra 757-8Darling Downs 344Hunter Valley 136King Valley 590Margaret River 932McLaren Vale 738 Mudgee 203New South Wales 63Orange 197Queensland 282Rutherglen 566-7South Australia 16, 708, 16Southern Highlands 225Tasmania 618

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wine regions continuedWestern Australia 895Yarra Valley 526Young 200

Wineglass Bay 660wineries, see wine regionsWinton 376Wodonga 567Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater 1011Wollongong 205, 206women travellers 1065Woodend 525Woodside 736Woolgoolga 169Wooli 169Woolloomooloo 79Woomera 791Worimi Conservation Lands 146work 1065-6

New South Wales 64, 222Northern Territory 803Queensland 282-3, 407, 415

South Australia 763Tasmania 619Victoria 560, 584Western Australia 896

Wye River 540-1Wyndham 1011Wynyard 687-8

YYackandandah 594Yallingu 932Yamba 170-1Yanchep National Park 961Yangie Bay 780Yankalilla 740Yarra Valley 525Yarraville 490Yass 226-7Yellow Water 836-7Yeppoon 368Yorke Peninsula 773, 777

Yorketown 775Yorkeys Knob 429Young 200Yuendumu 853Yulara (Ayers Rock Resort) 879-82,

880Yungaburra 437

Zzoos, see also wildlife parks &

reservesAdelaide Zoo 711Australia Zoo 337Australian Venom Zoo 432Cairns Tropical Zoo 430Halls Gap Zoo 552Mansfield Zoo 588National Zoo & Aquarium 249Royal Melbourne Zoo 488Taronga Zoo 85Western Plains Zoo 201-2

Beach

Diving/Snorkelling

Sleeping

Eating

Camping

Canoeing/KayakingSkiingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity/Course/Tour

BuddhistCastleChristianHinduIslamicJewishMonumentMuseum/GalleryRuinWinery/VineyardZooOther Sight

Entertainment

Shopping

DrinkingCafe

Post OfficeTourist Information

AirportBorder CrossingBus

CyclingFerryMetroMonorailParking

TaxiS-Bahn

Train/RailwayTramTube StationU-BahnOther Transport

Cable Car/Funicular

Walking TourDetour

Walking Tour

Path

LaneTertiary

TollwayFreewayPrimary

StepsPlaza/Mall

PedestrianOverpass

Secondary

Unsealed Road

Tunnel

International

DisputedRegional/SuburbMarine ParkCliffWall

State/Province

Capital (National)Capital(State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village

Beach/DesertCemetery(Christian)Cemetery (Other)Park/ForestSportsgroundSight (Building)Top Sight(Building)

River/CreekIntermittent RiverSwamp/MangroveReefCanalWaterDry/Salt/Intermittent LakeGlacier

LighthouseHut/Shelter

LookoutMountain/VolcanoOasisParkPassPicnic AreaWaterfall

Sights

Activities, Courses& Tours

Sleeping

Eating

Entertainment

Shopping

Drinking

Information

Transport

Geographic

Hydrography

Areas

Boundaries

Population

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z Festivals & Events

4 Sleeping

5 Eating

6 Drinking1 Sights

2 Activities

r Beaches

C Courses

T Tours

3 Entertainment

7 Shopping

8 Information/

Transport

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W Wi-Fi Accesss Swimming Poolv Vegetarian SelectionE English-Language Menuc Family-Friendly# Pet-Friendly

g Busf Ferrym Metrob Subwayt London Tubej Tramd Train

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recommendation

F No payment required

S A green or sustainable option

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