Caravanning Australia: 50 great destinations

Caravanning Australia profiles 50 great caravan and camping destinations across all states and the Northern Territory. Full of colour photographs and helpful maps, it also looks at all aspects of touring including planning your trip, profiling different types of caravans and motor homes, tips on towing and a chapter on doing the loop – driving around Australia.

• Published by New Holland, August 2008. Available at all good book stores. Softcover, rrp $29.95

The Australian Adventure Atlas

A holiday adventure guide for those that want to get out and get amongst it, snorkelling and diving the waters, tackling the outback tracks, rafting the rivers and paddling the waterways, climbing the peaks, skiing the slopes, surfing the waves, trekking through the rainforests. In this Adventure Atlas you’ll find everything you need to know to help you plan an adventure holiday in Australia.  Forty comprehensive chapters, each with detailed maps and beautiful photographs, cover every region across the country in depth, with information on the best national parks in the area, where to camp, the best bushwalks, scenic highlights and attractions and adventure tours. There’s a guide to driving around the country with handy driving tips and vehicle preparation know-how, gourmet getaways for food and wine lovers and an inspirational list of Australia’s top 100 things to see and do. You’ll also find information on local weather conditions and where to find more information.

• Published by New Holland, March 2007. Available at all good book stores. Hardcover, rrp $59.95

Best Foot Forward
Sit back, relax and follow in the footsteps of 40 of Australia’s best travel writers as they circumnavigate the globe in this anthology of 30 years of the best Australian travel writing. Published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Australian Society of Travel Writers (ASTW) and co-edited by Lee Atkinson and Lee Mylne, both former presidents of the ASTW, this engaging collection of stories will take you on armchair ride from the clutches of Afghanistan and Ethiopia to the carnival fever of Rio and the kitsch of Las Vegas and beyond. Armchair travel at its finest.

• Published by Lothian Books, August 2006. Available at all good book stores
  rrp $29.95

On the road: 40 great driving holidays in Australia
An indispensable glove-box guide to help you plan, and enjoy, your next road trip holiday. On the Road contains 40 classic car routes in Australia; from the Great Ocean Road in the south-east to the Savannah Way in the Kimberley and across the Nullarbor. Each route comes with maps, distance charts and lists of things to see and do on the way, such as shipwrecks, waterfalls, vineyards and national parks, plus a 4WD section, which contains comprehensive detail on some of Australia’s most popular off-road touring destinations. Covering every state and territory, On the Road includes places to eat, historic places to visit and a selection of the best hotels, guesthouses, caravan parks and camping spots along the way.  There’s even information on accommodation that will welcome your pets.

• Published by New Holland, September 2005. Available at all good book stores rrp $29.95