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Australia (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Justine Vaisutis

November 01, 2007
Previous editions of this book have been criticised for focusing too much on mid range and expensive places to sleep and eat whilst leaving out cheaper, more budget-orientated options. This edition (14th) is aimed at restoring the balance slightly, and from what I can see it appears to be an improvement. There are a lot of guidebooks for Australia on the market so it is just a matter of finding one that is to your taste, but this one is definitely full of comprehensive information for your trip.

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Indonesia (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Justine Vaisutis

January 01, 2007
This is currently by default both the best overall guide to Indonesia for independent travellers, and the only one that is remotely up to date.
The competition (Moon, Footprint, Rough Guides) seems to have given up covering this vast archipelago years ago. For this reason alone, the book still gets 4 stars from me, despite some shortcomings and amusingly striking errors outlined later.
It definitely covers enough attractions to keep people occupied for months, and is more than enough for those with an average interest in the country.
As usual with this series, it covers practical details like prices, public transport and city maps, though unusually for Lonely Planet, many prices in this book (especially for public transport ... Read More:

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Fiji (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Justine Vaisutis, Mark Dapin

June 01, 2006
Really good book. Best travel book on fiji. Only warning would be that some prices are a tad out of date, as a general rule add around 15% to whatever it says on there, thats a good safety margin. Although some things really are the same price if not cheaper.

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Sydney and New South Wales (Lonely Planet Country & Regional Guides)

by: Justine Vaisutis

May 01, 2007
Really good book. Best travel book on fiji. Only warning would be that some prices are a tad out of date, as a general rule add around 15% to whatever it says on there, thats a good safety margin. Although some things really are the same price if not cheaper.

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Lonely Planet Indonesia

by: Justine Vaisutis, Neal Bedford, Mark Elliott

April 15, 2008
Really good book. Best travel book on fiji. Only warning would be that some prices are a tad out of date, as a general rule add around 15% to whatever it says on there, thats a good safety margin. Although some things really are the same price if not cheaper.

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Australia (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

by: Paul Smitz, Carolyn Bain, Sandra Bao, Susannah Farfor, Alan Murphy, Nina Rousseau, Justine Vaisutis, Ryan ver Berkmoes, Meg Worby

November 01, 2005
This book is the de-facto book.
I travelled Oz and Tas on it, as do most other travellers.

If you want a guide book, go get one, this will tell you everything in a concise way - as this is what a traveller needs.

There are many other books out there, rough guides etc, but trust me everyone who is anyone uses lonly planet. They are far from perfect, but it has everything u need in it, prices, phone numbers, how to get around, itineries etc. For the reviwer who said it doesnt have iteneries, did most definatly does - near beginning. but you do have to cross reference each point to other points in the book, there isnt space to repeat stuff!!

You would do well getting this book way before travelling, and ... Read More:

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Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef (Lonely Planet Regional Guides)

by: Justine Vaisutis, Lindsay Brown, Simone Egger, Miriam Raphael

August 01, 2005
This book is the de-facto book.
I travelled Oz and Tas on it, as do most other travellers.

If you want a guide book, go get one, this will tell you everything in a concise way - as this is what a traveller needs.

There are many other books out there, rough guides etc, but trust me everyone who is anyone uses lonly planet. They are far from perfect, but it has everything u need in it, prices, phone numbers, how to get around, itineries etc. For the reviwer who said it doesnt have iteneries, did most definatly does - near beginning. but you do have to cross reference each point to other points in the book, there isnt space to repeat stuff!!

You would do well getting this book way before travelling, and ... Read More: