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With warm temperatures and breathtaking beaches, the countries and islands that make up Australasia have something for every person. From Truk Island to Tumotu Island, Australasia is a mecca of small islands each with its own distinct quality and culture.

Plan your vacation to Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Fiji, or even to the Solomon Islands with a map or travel guide from Map Town. Guide books generally feature accommodation guides, cultural and historical information and important travel information.
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Australian Language & Culture Phrase Book. Get into the culture and humor behind common, and not so common English expressions and learn about the local languages that inspired them. Features a comprehensive section on Australias impressive array of indig Outback Australia Road Trips Lonely Planet Coastal Victoria Road Trips Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet’s Language & Culture series goes behind the scenes of languages you thought you knew. Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet's Outback Australia Road Trips, your passport to uniquely encountering Australia's Outback by car. Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet's Coastal Victoria Road Trips, your passport to uniquely encountering coastal Victoria by car.
New Zealand South Island Road Trips Lonely Planet Auckland & the Bay of Islands Road Trip Book with Pullout Map. Includes Auckland, Waiheke Island, Bay of Islands, Cape Reinga, Coromandel Peninsula, and more. Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet Auckland & the Bay of Islands Road Trips, South Australia & Northern Territory Travel Guide. Covers Adelaide, Outback South Australia, Darwin, Uluru, Outback Northern Territory and more. Includes 30 maps. Watch the sun set over Uluru or see rock art in Kakadu National Park.
Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet New Zealand’s South Island Road Trips, your passport to uniquely encountering New Zealand’s South Island by car. Featuring four amazing road trips, plus up-to-date advice on the destinations you’ll visit along the way, you can enjoy whale watching along the Kalkoura Coast or absorb stunning lake scenery at Milford Sound, all with your trusted travel companion. Get to New Zealand’s South Island, rent a car, and hit the road! Discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet Auckland & the Bay of Island’s Road Trips, your passport to uniquely encountering Auckland and the Bay of Islands by car, featuring four amazing road trips, plus up-to-date advice on the destinations you’ll visit along the way. Escape to Waiheke Island or visit the Coromandel Peninsula with your trusted travel companion. Get there, rent a car, and hit the road! Australia is a wild and beautiful place, a land whose colour palette of red outback sands and Technicolor reefs frames sophisticated cities and soulful Indigenous stories. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Australia, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.
Sydney Lonely Planet Melbourne & Victoria Australia Travel Guide & Map. Coverage includes Melbourne, Hanging Rock, Goldfields, Great Ocean Road, Twelve Apostles, Mornington Peninsula, Yarra Valley, Gippsland, Phillip Island, Dandenongs, Victorian Alps, Grampians and more. Mel Back Roads Australia travel guide. Take a journey through the back roads of Australia to discover the areas real soul and charm. Twenty four themed drives, each lasting one to five days, reveal breathtaking views, hidden gems, and authentic local experie
Sydney
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Australia's best musicians, foodies, actors, writers and architects flock to Sydney: a hyperenergetic, ambitious marketplace of the soul, where anything goes and everything usually does. Coverage includes: Planning chapters, Circular Quay, The Rocks, Sydney Harbour, City Centre, Haymarket, Darling Harbour, Pyrmont, Inner West, Surry Hills, Darlinghurst, Kings Cross, Potts Point, Paddington, Centennial Park, Bondi to Coogee, Manly, Day Trips, Understand and Survival chapters. Melbourne is food obsessed, marvellously multicultural and a showpiece for Australian culture. Beyond the city limits, Victoria offers rich history, stunning wilderness and culinary excellence. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Melbourne & Victoria, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice. Take a journey through the back roads of Australia to discover the area's real soul and charm. Twenty-four themed drives, each lasting one to five days, reveal breathtaking views, hidden gems, and authentic local experiences that can only be discovered by road.
In Her Footsteps - Where Trailblazing Women Changes the World discovers the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history as you journey to the heart of women's activism, history and creativity through the ages. Many incredib Tasmania Lonely Planet New Zealand Hiking Tramping Lonely Planet Guide
Tasmania
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In Her Footsteps - Where Trailblazing Women Changes the World discovers the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history as you journey to the heart of women's activism, history and creativity through the ages.  Many incredible woman such as Sylvia Pankhurst and Virginia Woolf are featured with a travel guide to the places they explored.  Hardcover. Mainland Australia’s quirky and rugged southern neighbour celebrates its relative isolation with a laid-back ambience, an emerging gourmet food scene, and some of the planet’s most astounding wilderness and scenery. With spectacular scenery, amazing trails, a unique hut network and a rich tramping culture, New Zealand is the ultimate destination for immersing yourself in the great outdoors.
Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef travel guide by Lonely Planet. Let it all hang out in Queensland, Australias holiday haven offers beaches, reefs, jungles, cheery locals and a laid back tropical pace of life. East Coast Australia Lonely Planet New Zealand Discover travel guide by Lonely Planet. Covers Auckland, Bay of Islands, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, King Country, Rotorua, Taupo, Tongariro National Park, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Christchurch, Queenstown, Fiordland and more. Pull
East Coast Australia
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Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. Queenland is renowned for its beachs, but Queensland's also has great dining, a thriving, accessible indigenous culture and a healthy international vibe. Includes information about scuba diving and snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef, the beaches, adventure travel such as bungy jumping, leaping out of a plane or visitin a crocodile farm. Also includes information about restaurants and accommodations. Fold-out trip map is included. Pack your bags: Australia’s east coast is road-tripping nirvana, with picture-perfect beaches, rainforests, hip cities and the Great Barrier Reef. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of East Coast Australia, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice. Lonely Planet Discover New Zealand is your passport to New Zealand’s top sights and most authentic experiences. Start your trip with a rush in Queenstown, the birthplace of bungy jumping, kayak through the verdant cliffs of Milford Sound or enjoy local wines in Auckland, all with your trusted travel companion.
New Zealand - North Island travel guide book with map. Coverage includes planning chapters, Auckland, Bay of Islands, Northland, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, the King Country, Taranakai, Whanganui, Taupo, the Central Plateau, Rotorua, the Bay of Plenty West Coast Australia Travel Guide Book with Maps. Coverage includes planning chapters, Perth, Fremantle, Around Perth, Margaret River, the Southwest, South Coast, Monkey Mia, the Central West, Coral Coast, the Pilbara, Broome, the Kimberley, Understand an New Zealand - South Island Travel Guide & Map. Coverage includes planning chapters, Marlborough, Nelson, The West Coast, Christchurch, Canterbury, Dunedin, Otago, Queenstown, Wanaka, Fiordland, Southland, Understand and Survival chapters. Welcome to one
Packing in cosmopolitan cities, authentic opportunities to experience Māori culture, and the country’s bubbling volcanic heart, the North Island is an exceedingly versatile destination. If you subscribe to the ‘life’s a beach’ school of thought, you’ll fall in love with Western Australia (WA) and its 12,500km of spectacular coastline, where you can wander along a beach for hours without seeing a footprint in the sand...

New Zealand - South Island travel guide and map. Coverage includes planning chapters, Marlborough, Nelson, The West Coast, Christchurch, Canterbury, Dunedin, Otago, Queenstown, Wanaka, Fiordland, Southland, Understand and Survival chapters.Welcome to one of the world’s ultimate outdoor playgrounds, bursting with opportunities for adventure amid diverse and inspiring landscapes.

Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of New Zealand’s South Island, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice:

  • Inspirational images, city walks and recommendations from our expert authors
  • Planning features and top itineraries to help you plan the perfect trip
  • Local secrets and hidden travel gems that will make your trip unique
  • Plus information on Māori culture, hiking on the South Island, skiing & snowboarding, and extreme sports
New Zealand Lonely Planet Guide. Coverage Includes: Planning chapters, Auckland, Bay of Islands, Northland, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, the King Country, Taranakai, Whanganui, Taupo, the Central Plateau, Rotorua, the Bay of Plenty, East Coast, Wellingt Australia Lonely Planet Travel Guide. Coverage includes Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney, New South Wales, Melbourne, Victoria, Canberra, Central Australia, Darwin, the Northern Territory, Perth, Western Australia and more. Over 155 maps.
As the planet heats up environmentally and politically, it’s good to know that New Zealand exists. This uncrowded, green, peaceful and accepting country is the ultimate escape. Australia is a wild and beautiful place, a land whose colour palette of red outback sands and Technicolor reefs frames sophisticated cities and soulful Indigenous stories. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Australia, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice.