Your Essential National Parks Guide.
- Over 700 national parks, reserves and state forests
- Details on barbecue, picnic and swimming areas
- Walking tracks and camping sites
This book includes detailed up-to-date information compiled by a team of national parks experts, people who visit the parks regularly, write about and photograph them and lead tours to the more remote parks.
There are sections on touring Australia, on camping, on first aid and survival, and advice on 4WD in parks where 4WD is welcome. Over 125 national parks are dealt with in depth with maps and photographs: what to see and do, a park's major attractions, facilities, flora and fauna, where the best camping spots are, access and more.
Details of 15 minute strolls along a gorge or a 2-day hike involving overnight camping; where to encounter a whale shark (Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia) or see a hooded plover (Canunda National Park in South Australia); skiing in Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales, or bushwalking in Tasmania's Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park; gazing with awe at the world's most famous monolith (Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park in Northern Territory), sitting by the lake-side in the Lakes National park in Victoria or relishing the splendour of the rainforest in Queensland's Daintree National Park - the choice is overwhelming.
Plus text on over 160 additional parks, together with a comprehensive grid for each state listing additional parks and their many facilities, provide information for over 700 national parks, regional reserves, state forests and recreational area.
This book will introduce you to Australia's protected areas showing how you can enjoy them now, while ensuring that they are preserved for the future.
