Insight Guides Explore Queensland (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Pocket-sized travel guides featuring the very best routes and itineraries. 

Discover the best of Queensland with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like the Whitsundays, Cairns, and the Great Barrier Reef, to discovering hidden gems, including Fraser Island, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will save you time, help you plan and enhance your visit to Queensland.

Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this is the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Queensland.

- Over 15 walks and tours: detailed itineraries feature all the best places to visit, including where to eat along the way
- Local highlights: discover what makes the area special, its top attractions and unique sights, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Insider recommendations: where to stay and what to do, from active pursuits to themed trips
- Hand-picked places: find your way to great hotels, restaurants and nightlife using the comprehensive listings
- Practical maps: get around with ease and follow the walks and tours using the detailed maps 
- Informative tips: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: Brisbane, Moreton Island, Sunshine Coast, North Stradbroke Island, Gold Coast, Fraser Island, Whitsunday Islands, Cairns, Kuranda Circuit, Port Douglas, Daintree and Cape Tribulation, Atherton Tablelands, Mission Beach and Dunk Island 

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Oceania
• Australia

Informations

• Publié par: APA
• Date de parution: 01 août 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839051388
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With top- quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.
Best Routes
The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex cursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.
We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.
Introduction
The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more, while a succinct history timeline highlights the key events over the centuries.
Directory
Also supporting the routes is a Directory chapter, with a clearly organised A–Z of practical information, our pick of where to stay while you are there and select restaurant listings; these eateries complement the more low-key cafés and restaurants that feature within the routes and are intended to offer a wider choice for evening dining. Also included here are some nightlife listings, and our recommendations for books and films about the destination.
Getting around the e-book
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Recommended Routes For...
Adventure-seekers
Animal-lovers
Children
Culture
Food and drink
National parks
Night owls
Robinson Crusoes
Explore Queensland
Geography and layout
Queensland’s history
The first Europeans
The penal years
An independent Queensland
Federation, war and depression
War and boom times
Modern politics: floods and landslides
Climate
Population and economy
Future challenges
Food and Drink
Local cuisine
Where to eat
High-end restaurants
Ethnic restaurants
Pubs and bistros
Drinks
Coffee
Non-alcoholic drinks
Wine
Beer
Shopping
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Cairns
Sunshine Coast
Entertainment
Theatre
Music and dance
Nightlife
Activities
Spectator sports
Outdoor activities
Bushwalking
Golf
Sailing
Sea kayaking and SUPing
Surfing
Cycling
Gold Coast Theme Parks
Sea World
Dreamworld and Whitewater World
Warner Brothers Movie World
Wet ’n’ Wild Water World
Great Barrier Reef
When to see the Reef
How to see the Reef
Learn to dive
Day-trip operators
Cruises and live-aboard vessels
Great Barrier Reef islands
Experiencing the Reef
Threats to the Reef
History: Key Dates
Before the Europeans
The first Europeans
Statehood
War and boomtime
21st century
Brisbane City Centre
Customs House
St John’s Cathedral
ANZAC Square
King Edward Park
King George Square
William Street
Parliament House
City Botanic Gardens
Edward Street to Eagle Street
Back to Queen Street Mall
Brisbane South Bank
Queensland Maritime Museum
South Bank
Stanley Street Plaza
Little Stanley Street
Streets Beach to the Wheel of Brisbane
Queensland cultural centre
Two galleries
Kurilpa Bridge
Moreton Island
Tangalooma Island Resort
Blue Lagoon
Cape Moreton
Bulwer and Cowan Cowan
Tangalooma Wrecks
Tangalooma activities
Sunshine Coast
Glass House Mountains
Australia Zoo
Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve
Maleny
Montville
Eumundi
Noosa
Around Noosa Heads
North Stradbroke Island
Dunwich
Point Lookout
Main Beach
Amity Point
Brown and Blue Lakes
Gold Coast
Main Beach
Surfer’s Paradise
Broadbeach
Burleigh Heads
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary
Gold Coast Hinterland
Mount Tamborine
Eagle Heights
Lamington National Park
Springbrook National Park
Fraser Island
Kingfisher Bay Resort
Lake McKenzie
Central Station
Seventy-Five Mile Beach
Indian Head
Return journey
Lake Wabby
Whitsunday Islands
Airlie Beach
Shute Harbour
South Molle Island
Whitsunday Island
Whitehaven Beach
Kayak to Tongue Bay
Return to Airlie Beach
Cairns
Marlin Marina
Cairns Swimming Lagoon
Cultural Cairns
Cairns Wildlife Dome
Night Markets
Cairns Foreshore Promenade
Botanic Gardens
Kuranda Circuit
Skyrail Rainforest Railway
Barron Falls
Kuranda
Markets
Kuranda attractions
Kuranda Scenic Railway
Port Douglas and Mossman Gorge
To Port Douglas
Wildlife Habitat
Port Douglas
Macrossan Street
Four Mile Beach
To Mossman Gorge
Mossman Gorge
Palm Cove
Daintree and Cape Tribulation
Daintree
River cruises
Daintree Ferry
Daintree Discovery Centre
To Cape Tribulation
Cape Tribulation
Atherton Tablelands
To Mareeba
Davies Creek National Park
Mareeba
To Atherton
Atherton
Curtain Fig Tree
Yungaburra
Crater Lakes National Park
Malanda
Millaa Millaa and the Waterfall Circuit
Detour to Ravenshoe
Return to Cairns
Mission Beach and Dunk Island
To Mission Beach
Babinda Boulders
Josephine Falls
Innisfail and Paronella Park
Mission Beach
Dunk Island
Accommodation
Brisbane
Moreton Island
Sunshine Coast
North Stradbroke Island
Gold Coast
Gold Coast hinterland
Fraser Island
Whitsunday Islands and Airlie Beach
Cairns
Palm Cove
Port Douglas
Daintree and Cape Tribulation
Atherton Tablelands
Mission Beach
Restaurants
Brisbane
Sunshine Coast
Gold Coast
Gold Coast hinterland
Fraser Island
Airlie Beach
Cairns
Port Douglas
Daintree
Mission Beach
Nightlife
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Airlie Beach
Cairns
Port Douglas
A-Z
A
Age restrictions
B
Budgeting
C
Children
Clothing
Crime and safety
Customs
D
Disabled travellers
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies
G
Green issues
H
Health
Healthcare and insurance
Inoculations
Natural health hazards
Pharmacies and hospitals
Hours and holidays
Business hours
Public holidays
I
Internet facilities
L
\Left luggage
LGBTQ travellers
Lost property
M
Maps
Media
Print and online media
Radio and television
Money
Cash machines
Credit cards
Currency
Taxes
Tipping
Travellers’ cheques
p
Police
Post
S
Smoking
T
Telephones
Mobile (cell) phones
Time zones
Tourist information
Transport
Airports
Public transport
Rail and long-distance bus
Taxis
Car rental
Driving
Off-road driving
Tours
V
Visas and passports
Books and Film
Film
Books


Recommended Routes For...




Adventure-seekers
4WD the world’s largest sand islands – Moreton ( route 3 ), North Stradbroke ( route 5 ) and Fraser ( route 8 ) – catch waves on the Sunshine Coast ( route 4 ) and Gold Coast ( route 6 ), and learn to scuba-dive.
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Animal-lovers
Hand-feed a wild dolphin at Tangalooma ( route 3 ), snorkel amid kaleidoscopic life on the reef (for more information, click here ) near Cairns ( route 10 ) and the Whitsundays ( route 9 ), and meet a crocodile at Australia Zoo ( route 4 ).
Tangalooma Island Resort