Australia Eguide “The Definitive Australian Travel Guide”
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1 Australia Eguide “the definitive Australian travel guide” 2008 Published By Eguide Free from TravelEguides.com Online Travel Information. ©2008 Eguide Pty Ltd 2 Welcome to Australia Eguide! Australia Eguide is a project that started in 2001 with the simple aim of providing the most comprehensive Australia travel information available. And making it all free! Our team have worked hard, travelled all over and now able to offer this Eguide as a single document. Associated with this print document are Eguides for many of the major destinations such as Sydney, Melbourne and more. Just add the word “eguide” to the name and “.com” and you will find an amazing resource. Try it for SydneyEguide.com. We very much welcome help and if you have information or travel stories please let us know. The Eguide is very dynamic and we update all the time. For contact information please visit www.eguide.com.au/contact.php. For travel stories then please sign on at www.eguidetravel.com, and this is also where you can read what others have said. To save paper and trees we suggest that you read electronically where possible and print off the pages you need. Our design is very simple to make printing easy and cheap. Do enjoy, and thank you for your support. Please tell everyone about this resource and encourage them to download themselves. Do not forward the document; just ask them to visit www.australiaeguide.com.au to download their own copy. David Hearle Project Director Copyright 2008 Eguide Pty Ltd PO Box 1131 Noosaville D C Queensland Australia Free from TravelEguides.com Online Travel Information. ©2008 Eguide Pty Ltd 3 Contents AUSTRALIA ARRIVALS........................................................................................................................... 8 ESSENTIAL INFORMATION................................................................................................................... 9 BANKS........................................................................................................................................................ 9 BUSINESS HOURS ..................................................................................................................................... 10 ETIQUETTE ............................................................................................................................................... 10 FOOD AND DRINK .................................................................................................................................... 11 HEALTH.................................................................................................................................................... 11 INTERNET ................................................................................................................................................. 12 LANGUAGE ............................................................................................................................................... 12 WHAT TO PACK........................................................................................................................................ 12 POST......................................................................................................................................................... 14 SAFETY..................................................................................................................................................... 15 SHOPPING ................................................................................................................................................. 16 SPORT....................................................................................................................................................... 16 TELEPHONES ............................................................................................................................................ 17 TIME ZONES ............................................................................................................................................. 17 VISAS ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 TRANSPORT ............................................................................................................................................. 19 BUSES....................................................................................................................................................... 19 CYCLING .................................................................................................................................................. 22 DRIVING ................................................................................................................................................... 23 FERRIES.................................................................................................................................................... 24 FLIGHTS.................................................................................................................................................... 25 RAILWAYS................................................................................................................................................ 25 CLIMATE................................................................................................................................................... 28 AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY................................................................................................ 31 CANBERRA ............................................................................................................................................... 31 Attractions........................................................................................................................................... 32 NEW SOUTH WALES .............................................................................................................................. 37 ALBURY-WODONGA................................................................................................................................. 37 ARMIDALE................................................................................................................................................ 38 BATEMANS BAY ....................................................................................................................................... 38 BATHURST................................................................................................................................................ 39 BELLINGEN............................................................................................................................................... 40 BERRIMA .................................................................................................................................................. 40 THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ............................................................................................................................ 40 BOMBALA................................................................................................................................................. 41 BOURKE ................................................................................................................................................... 41 BOWRAL................................................................................................................................................... 41 BROKEN HILL........................................................................................................................................... 42 COFFS HARBOUR ...................................................................................................................................... 43 History ................................................................................................................................................ 43 Attractions........................................................................................................................................... 44 Wild Areas........................................................................................................................................... 45 COOMA..................................................................................................................................................... 46 DUBBO ..................................................................................................................................................... 46 EDEN ........................................................................................................................................................ 47 GOULBURN............................................................................................................................................... 48 GREAT LAKES .......................................................................................................................................... 48 Free from TravelEguides.com Online Travel Information. ©2008 Eguide Pty Ltd 4 GRAFTON ................................................................................................................................................. 49 GRIFFITH .................................................................................................................................................