At last - the two hottest stars on the travel circuit combined in one sizzling guidebook! Grab your pack and head south to Australia's awesome beaches and New Zealand's spectacular landscapes. Written for backpackers by backpackers, this guide to the wonders down under helps you travel further and pay less.

As travellers, we all like the places we visit to have a positive effect on us, so it's only fitting that we repay the favour. In Australia and New Zealand, this is particularly important when it comes to the local wildlife that you've travelled so far to see.

When you visit the Great Barrier Reef, you'll want to be inspired by the vivid colours of the living coral reef, not see coral that's died from being manhandled or been broken off so someone can stuff it in their pocket. When you hike down the Milford Track, you'll want to breathe in pristine rainforest, not see discarded cigarettes and plastic bags, or trailside plants crushed by careless boots. And the close-up experiences of penguins, dolphins and koalas that you've been so looking forward to will be denied to you if the animals have been scared off or their habitats damaged.

RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL

THE AUTHORS

DESTINATION

AUSTRALIA

& NEW ZEALAND

GETTING STARTED

AUSTRALIA

Snapshot Australia

Sydney & NSW

Queensland

Melbourne &

Victoria

Tasmania

Darwin & Around

Adelaide & Around

Perth & Around

Outback Australia

Australia Directory

Australia Transport

NEW ZEALAND

Snapshot

New Zealand

North Island

South Island

New Zealand

Directory

New Zealand

Transport

AUSTRALIA &

NEW ZEALAND

TRANSPORT

HEALTH

WORLD TIME

ZONES

GLOSSARY

BEHIND THE

SCENES

INDEX