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The fast-track guide for the design-conscious traveller Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we've done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars and hotels (includin...

An account of a journey by hitch-hiking through North Island New Zealand in 2001. Illustrated with pen sketches.

Where on earth can you take tea with a corpse, go hunting for whales, bunk down in a sulphurous volcano and incur the wrath of a crocodile whisperer? For encounters with the unexpected, look to Indonesia. In 1945, Indonesia's declaration of independence promised: 'the details of the transfer of power etc. will be worked out as soon as possible.' Still working on the 'etc.' seven decades later, the world's fourth most populous nation is now enthusiastically democratic and riotously diverse. Ove...

Remember Australia for ever with this exquisite cut-paper guide. This beautifully illustrated three-dimensional pocket guide unfolds to a length of 1.5 metres and features the most important sites in Australia, including Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Parliament House, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Twelve Apostles, Port Arthur, Daintree Rainforest, St Peter's Cathedral, Wave Rock, Uluru, the Ghan, Kakadu National Park and the Great Barrier Reef. Presented in a slipcase, this is the perf...

This 306-page guidebook to Madeira presents the country's highlights in a comprehensive format, illustrated with hundreds of full-colour photographs and 9 maps. Key features: Places: region-by-region gazetteer section, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps. Essay Features: incisive essays on Madeira?s history, people and culture. Photo Features: magazine-style full-colour features focussing on the island's fascinating attractions for visitors, ranging fro...

This guide provides in-depth information on Queensland, with travel information to suit a wide range of budgets, health and safety advice, information on the local cuisine, advice on customs and etiquette and historical and cultural information.

The best of Melbourne in your pocket From the famous Queen Vic Market to Melbourne's quirky shopping precincts- everything you need in this great value, map and guidebook that slips easily into your pocket or bag. Perfect for on-the-go navigation, discover Melbourne's must-sees, top restaurants, bars and shops, opening times and transport information. Use the guide to decide your itinerary then plot your route using the fold-out map. Everything you need to make the most of your city break....

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This travel guide to New Zealand is designed for the independent traveller planning to visit cities and the countryside, and to experience what New Zealand really has to offer. Following a general introduction to the country, the book is structured in the form of guided itineraries covering all the popular places of interest, events and attractions in New Zealand, together with many lesser known features. For ease of exploration, the country is divided into ten areas. The routes take the reader...

Here, in one accessible volume, is the long-awaited reprint of Ray Parkin's highly acclaimed and multi-award winning study of Captain James Cook's "Bark Endeavour". This incomparable book is at once a unique account of a great journey of discovery - Endeavour's voyage up the east coast of New Holland (Australia) in the year 1770 - and a remarkable re-creation of the experience of being on board ship. Writing for layperson and mariner alike, Parkin draws on meticulous research to reveal what the...