Lonely Planet Australia (Country Guide) Reviews
Lonely Planet Australia (Country Guide)
Discover Australia. Feel the wind in your hair as you cruise the world’s longest road; tips for driving across this magnificent, monster country. Find out where Lonely Planet’s favorite Australians would rather be. Seek refuge in Cape Tribulation’s Wet Tropics where the rainforest greets the sea. Join the dots; hear about Aboriginal culture from Australia’s first people. In This Guide: 12 intrepid authors, over 70 weeks on-the-road research, 204 maps, one possum in a tent. Wine regions boxed and
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Review by James N Simpson for Lonely Planet Australia (Country Guide)
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Since the late 90′s Lonely Planet have been dwindling down the number of destinations and hostel listings in these guides and replacing that space with more five star hotels, fine dining and other useless information backpackers will never use. In this edition Lonely Planet lists the most expensive Hotel in Australia, Palazzo Versace in their Gold Coast accommodation listings. They are so out of touch with their target market now it is not funny.
Buy the Backpackers Ultimate Guide (BUG) Australia instead as it is what Lonely Planet and Lets Go used to be. A comprehensive coverage of all hostels in a destination, not just the one or two that pay to be listed and no weight increasing space taking up useless information that we backpackers do not want to lug around an entire continent.
If you can find an old copy from ten years ago buy it otherwise give Lonely Planet a miss!
Review by Kaifeng Chen for Lonely Planet Australia (Country Guide)
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I started to use Lonely Planet 15 years ago. I can say that I am a witness of how much quality deteriorite it has been. I used to just buy it by default. It was a Bible for me. But, a BIG but, this Lonely Planet Australia set a new lowest standard for the series.
First of all, it had so old information. The hostels listed in the book in Sydeny probably were closed more than 5 years ago. One hostel in bondi beach that I wanted to go that was listed in the book. When I showed up in the hotel address, there was a internet café and pub. No hostel at all.
Second. The most unbelieveable of all, the book I have, which is 2004 version, has no mention at all about the Olympic Village in Sydeny. Oh my God! Sydney Olympic was in 2000. Can you believe that after 4 years, they still didn’t update it? I was reading it again and again, before I throw this book away to trash can, I still didn’t belive that they can omit all the information about Olympic, like the village, the boat to go there, like the stadium… they pretend that there is no such a thing!
I know that Lonely Plante started many years ago in Australia, by some Australian backpackers. So it is a REAL shame that Lonely Planet Australia is so bad. If there is negative score, I will give that. As one star is minimum, I have to give that. But my true belief is that this book deserves negative 5 stars!!!
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I just wrote a review of Australia Handbook and decided to have a look at the reviews for Lonely Planet’s Australia guide. I bought both books as well as Frommer’s and Fodor’s guides for my trip to Australia. I have used many Lonely Planet guides through the years, but must agree with the comments of other posted reviews–it is oriented almostly solely to young people out looking for a a job picking fruit and wanting to know the latest nightclub hotspot. I did find the first sections of this book to be thorough on the country’s history and what to expect, but as for myself and my wife (40 year olds staying in motels and with a rental car) it was useless once we got there. Lonely Planet is also way behind when it comes to listing websites.These books may serve budget travelers well, but for my money, it’s the Frommer’s or Moon book.
Review by K. Savaria for Lonely Planet Australia (Country Guide)
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This book is a wealth of information all contained in one volume. The travel tips, itineraries and even restaurant information are well researched. My only complaint is I’d like to see more detailed maps of some of the more off the beaten path areas – such as Kirra Beach, were I am going. Other than that, this book is a great product and I’d highly recommend it for anyone going to Australia for their first time.
Review by Jan in Texas for Lonely Planet Australia (Country Guide)
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I’d heard from friends that the Lonely Planets guides are spot-on for travel. I bought Australia before I went in Sept. 2008 and we used it at Uluru (formerly Ayres Rock), in Adelaide, and in Sydney. It was EXTREMELY helpful. The listings are informative and we agreed with most evaluations they made. When you go that far for a vacation, you certainly don’t want to waste time finding your way around or waste money by going to bad venues. This book will help prevent both. The only negative is that the book is heavy and was a bit of a chore to haul along!