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4WDing 125 to/from NSW 383-6 225-6 Barrington Trail 156 within NSW 386-7 Ballina 184-6, 184 270 Akubra hats 102, 167 ballooning 119, 149, 247, 356, 201 175 Albury 294, 316-18, 316 Balmain 61 hire 391 Alma Doepel 163 Balmoral 62 Newcastle 146 , the 303 209 Oxley Wild Rivers National Park 218 alternative therapies 187-8 Bare Island 109 Rover Park 224 Angourie 183 Barraba 227 Terterfield 224 animal hazards 371-2, 400-1 Barrenjoey Lighthouse 114 animals 35-7, see also individual Barrier Highway 262 A animals Barrington Tops National Park 140, 234 Anna Bay 158 156, 201 Aboriginal people Anvil Rock 127-8 Barrington Trail 156 art 59, 102, 219, 255, 269, 365 218 332-4 culture tours 59, 68, 125, 266 Arakoon State Recreation Area 169 bathrooms 379 history 23, 51, 345 Archibald Prize 31, 59 Bathurst 231-4, 232 land rights 168 Argyle Cut 54 Bathurst 1000 race 375 sacred sites 178, 209, 246, 261, Armidale 219-21, 220 Bathurst Regional Art Gallery 232 264, 277, 336 art galleries, see galleries Batlow 310 Aboriginal rock art & engravings Art Gallery of 59 bat iyssavirus 400 Blue Mountains 121 arts 31-3, see also individual arts beaches Bondi 61 Ashford Limestone Caves 229 Avalon 63, 64 Water National Park 136 ATMs 377 Balmoral 63 261 Australasian Country Music Festival, Bar Beach 142 Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park 113 see Tamworth Country Music Batemans Bay 332 Mt Grenfell 264 Festival Bilgola 64 266 Day 69, 374, 376 50, 61, 6 365 Australia Telescope Compact Array Bronte 63 152 253-4 Camp Cove 63 152 Australian Capital Territory 343-65, Clovelly 63 Aboriginal Tent Embassy 351, 207 344 Collaroy 64 Aboriginal Dreamings Gallery 365 Australian Fossil & Mineral Museum Coogee 63 abseiling, see rock climbing 231-2 Cronulla 63 accommodation 366-9 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) 353 Curl Curl 64 activities 40-4, 369, see also individual 58 63, 64 activities Australian National Botanic Gardens Diggers Beach 175 305 352 Dixon 142 Adelong 309 Australian National Maritime Eastern Beaches () 61 Admiralty House 62 Museum 57 Emerald Beach 175 AFL football 31, 101 Australian National University (ANU) Fairy Bower Beach 64 Age of Fishes Museum 247 353 Forster-Tuncurry 161 air travel 386-7 Australian Sanctuary 136 Freshwater 64 airlines 383-4 Australian Reptile Centre 365 Jetty Beach 175 airports 383-4 136 Lady Bay 63 climate change 384 Australian Standing Stones 223 Manly 62 tickets 384-5, 387 Australian War Memorial 351, 207 Maroubra 63 McLean Beach 291 000 Map pages B Merewether Beach 142 000 Photograph pages B&Bs 366-7 Moonee Beach 175 Back O’ Bourke Exhibition Centre 259 Nambucca Heads 169 INDEX Bondi Beach 50,61, boating 165,169,180, 332, 335,354 boat travel386,388 Blue MountainsNational Park 121 Blue Mountains24-5,107, 119-31, Blue GumForest 128-127 blizzards 372 127-8 Blackheath Black Mountain353 Black Head162 bites &stings400-1 birds 35 bird-watching 163,175,262,273,293 Bingie Point334 Bingara 227-8 Trail 154 Big River Big Prawn185 Big DayOut374 Big Banana174 bicycle travel, Berry 325-6 133-4 Berrima Berowra Waters115 Bermagui 337 Bennelong 24 Ben BoydNationalPark 342 338 Bells LineofRoad130 Bellingen Jazz&BluesFestival 172 Bellingen 171-3 Bega CheeseFactory &Heritage Bega 337-8 beaches 414 000 000 120 Centre 338 Whale 64 64 Warriewood Tweed Heads194 Tamarama 61,63 Stockton Beach146 Shelly Beach64 Shark Bay63 Samurai Beach158 safety 402 Pearl Beach136 Park Beach175 Palm Beach63,64 Beaches(Sydney)64, Northern Nobbys Beach142 Newcastle Beach142 64

Photograph pages pages Map , Index (B-C) continued 8 see cycling 6 4 bushwalking 40-2,369 bushwalking Bushrangers HallofFame 244 bushrangers 153,218,279 bushfires 41,372 bus travel388-9,395 & Burrendong BotanicGarden Burning Mountain154 365 WoodWorksGallery Bungendore 365 Bundjalung NationalPark 183 Bundanoon 134 Bullocks Flat302 MountainPark 160 Bulahdelah Budderoo NationalPark 135,325 Budawang NationalPark 304, Way,the155-6 Buckett’s Brunswick Heads194 Brooklyn 114 Sculpture Symposium Hill Broken 268 Gallery Art Regional Hill Broken 266-71, Hill Broken Broadwater NationalPark 184 WaterNationalParkBrisbane 136-7 Climb68 Bridge VeilBridal Falls 127 Brett WhiteleyStudio60 Braidwood 303-4 Bradman, SirDonald131,132,280, 131-3 Bowna 318 Bournda NationalPark 340 258-61, Bourke Bouddi NationalPark 137-8 Botany Bay23,109 (Orange)238 Botanic Gardens NationalPark,Border Ranges 212 border crossings386 Boonoo NationalPark 225 books 16,33 Booderee NationalPark 330 Trail66, Bondi toCoogeeClifftop Thredbo 298-300 South Coast332 297 125 Katoomba Valley 135 Kangaroo Jindabyne 307-8 Track Hume &HovellWalking Walk 138 Great North 354 Water NationalParkBrisbane 136 Arboretum 240 269, 281 309, 314 208 259 266 6 66 Cathedral ofFerns 130 Byron Bay157,186-94, business hours369-70 car travel105-6,362,372, 389-95 carbon offset schemes384 caravanning 330,367 Captain Thunderbolt218 Cape Byron187 Canowindra 230,247 canoeing 40,64,135,317 Candelo 338 Canberra SpaceDome&Observatory Canberra SpaceCentre 363 352 &Gallery Canberra Museum 354 Canberra BicycleMuseum Canberra 345-63, Camp Cove52,63 camping 91,156,229,323,332, 91,105,330,391,393 campervanning Cameron Corner262 Camden 119 Cadman’s Cottage54 Cabramurra 302 C road rules 394-5 road hazards 394 road distance charts road distance charts road conditions393-4 travel392-3,395 hire 391 licence 390 driving buying 393 automobile associations 390 354 travel within363 travel to/from362-3 tours 356 offices349 tourist sights 349-54 shopping 361-2 348-9 postal services 348 medical services internet access348 history 345 food 358-60 festivals 356, &events 360-1 entertainment 348 emergency services 360 drinking children, travel with355 354 activities accommodation 356-8 335, 367 391 , 392 , 393 346 , , 394 364 188-9 389 207 , 390 , 8 , Coffs Harbour174-8, coffee 47 56 Cockle BayWharf Green 365 Cockington 35,109 cockatoos Island53 Cockatoo Cobar 263-4, Coastal Way162 Coachwood GlenNature Trail128 climate 15,370,371 Clark Island53 ValleyClarence River 181-2 Circular Quay55 cinema 32-3 247 Garden Chinese Tribute 57 ofFriendship Chinese Garden Chinatown (Sydney)56 children, travel with370 Chifley, Ben232 Charlotte Pass 302 Channon, the199 Cessnock 148-9 Central Tilba 336 Central Coast136-9, 59 cell phones, Cathedral RockNationalPark 222 Crescent Head 167-8 Cremorne 62 credit cards377 Cowra 245-6 courses costs 15,16 Corowa 289-90 Corner Country261-2 Forest 365 Corin Copeton Dam229 Cootamundra 280-1 Coonabarabran 251-2 305-7, Cook, James23,109 250 March Coo-ee 23,24 convicts consulates 373-4 Condobolin 245 Commonwealth Place349 Commonwealth Park 349 175 Coffs HarbourCityGallery Wollongong 321 Sydney 67-8 food 48 Canberra 355 144,323 surfing diving 139 49,57 cooking see 263 306 mobilephones 137 176 ,

203 DVT 385, 399 DVT DVDs 367 Dubbo 241-3, driving, 46 drinks Double Bay61 National ParkDorrigo 41,173-4 173 Dorrigo Dooragan NationalPark 162 Domain, the59 dolphin-watching 44 Dog ontheTuckerbox 315 Dixon Park Beach142 diving 369 disabilities, travellerswith380, dingoes 35 digital photography378 Diamond Beach162 Dharug NationalPark 41,116 De Groot,Francis27 Deua NationalPark 334 Denman 153-4 cycling 42-3,185,354,369,387-8 customs regulations 370-1 Customs House55 culture 29-33 Culcairn 279 237 Cudgegong Gallery Crowdy Head162 372 crime 31,101 cricket Deniliquin 274,290-3, deep veinthrombosis385,399 257 Daydream Mine Darlinghurst 61 261 Darling Harbour56-7 173 D 323 CliffBridge Sea Stephens 159 Port 165 Macquarie Port Bay328,329 Jervis Forster 161 Eden 341 Sydney 64 Stephens159 Port Narooma 335 339 Bay329 Jervis courses 139 Central Coast139 Byron Bay189 381 see cartravel 241

291 Far North Coast Hinterland 196-212, Far Coast Hinterland North F East CoastInternationalBlues&Roots E festivals 17,30,374-5 &events Federation 289 Museum farmstays 367 environment 34-9 Entrance, the138-9 endangered species 34,36 35 emergencies 371 embassies 373-4 Elliott Way,the310 Elizabeth Bay60 367 electricity Eden 319,341-2 economy 21,27,30 eco tours17,125,159,175,368 echidnas 36 221-2, Eastern Beaches(Sydney)61, Everglades Gardens 122 Everglades Gardens Evans Lookout127 Evans Head183-4 Eurobodalla NationalPark 334 Pub 318 Ettamogah ethnicity 31 197 FestivalMusic 17,190,374 Henry Lawson Arts Festival 246 Henry LawsonArts Gundagai 315 Gulgong 237 285 Griffith 181 Grafton Goulburn 312 Glen Innes223 Gras 69, &Lesbian Mardi Gay food 46 East CoastInternational Blues& Deniliquin 292 Corowa 289 Coffs Harbour175 Canberra 356, Byron Bay190 270 Hill Broken 260 Bourke Bellingen Jazz&BluesFestival 157 Armidale 220 Albury 317 issues 38,384 hazards 400-2 71, 374 FestivalRoots Music 17,190 Index (C-F) 203 207 87

415 INDEX INDEX Franklin, Miles 33,309 Franklin, Miles Way,the226-9 Fossickers &Military ScratchleyMaritime Fort Denison53 Fort Forster 161-2 Forbes 244-5 food 45-6,375 326 Fleet AirArmMuseum Fitzroy Falls 135 fishing 369 films 17,32-3 festivals &events 416 galleries G 000 000 Museum 144 Museum 48 vegetarians festivals 46 customs 49 courses 49 Narooma 335 339 Merimbula Eucumbene305 Lake Central Coast139 Bermagui 337 Young 247 Wellington 240 Wagga 277 Thredbo 300 Tenterfield 225 Tamworth Festival CountryMusic YachtSydney toHobart Race 17 Splendour intheGrass190 Scone 154 Parkes 243 Orange 239 Grass200 Nimbin Mardi Newcastle 144 music festivals 20 236 Mudgee Morpeth JazzFestival 148 256 Lightning Ridge FestivalLeura Gardens 122 125-6 Katoomba Jazz intheVines140 Hunter Valley 151 Art Gallery ofNewSouth Wales59 Gallery Art 365 Dreamings Gallery Aboriginal

Photograph pages pages Map 17, 215,374 70, 375 Index (F-H) continued Goat Island 53 Gloucester 155-6 Gleniffer 173 Glenbrook 121-3 Glen Innes222-4 Glebe 62, Gilgandra 250-1 National ParkGibraltar Range 224 363 giardiasis 400 geography 34 gay travellers71,375-6 Gras69,71,374 &Lesbian Mardi Gay gardens 279 ScenicReserve Galore Wellington Japanese Garden 240 Wellington JapaneseGarden 59 Royal BotanicGardens 174 CoastBotanicGardens North 130 Botanic Gardens Mt Tomah 119 Mount AnnanBotanicGarden Hunter Valley 149 Gardens 122 Everglades Gardens 245, Cowra JapaneseGarden Green 365 Cockington 247 Garden Chinese Tribute & Burrendong BotanicGarden (Orange)238 Botanic Gardens Australian NationalBotanic 277 Gallery Wagga Art 211 Gallery Art Tweed River 269 Gallery Thankakali State LibraryofNSW58 55 Gallery SH Ervin 268 Gallery Pro Hart 238 Gallery Orange Regional 363 Nolan Gallery 200 Gallery Nimbin Artists 144 Gallery Art Newcastle Region 350 Gallery National Portrait ofAustralia350 National Gallery 64 &Museum Gallery Art Manly 117 Gallery Regional Hawkesbury 285 Gallery Art Regional Griffith 180 Gallery Regional Grafton 237 Cudgegong Gallery 175 Coffs Harbour CityGallery 352 &Gallery Canberra Museum Bungendore WoodWorks Art Regional Hill Broken Brett WhiteleyStudio60 232 Gallery Art Bathurst Regional Arboretum 240 352 Gardens 365 Gallery 268 Gallery 86 205 Guy Fawkes NationalPark River 222 252 Gundagai 315-16 NationalPark 261 Gundabooka 245 Gum BendLake Gulgong Pioneer 237 Museum Gulgong 236 283-7, Griffith WalterBurley345,349,350 Griffin, Grenfell 246 Greenway, Francis24,117 Walk138 Great North Road153 Great North Grawin &GlengarryOpalFields Grandis tree 160 Grand Pacific 323 Drive Graman Pub 229 179-81, Grafton Govett’s Leap 127 Government House(Sydney)58 Government House(Canberra)353 NationalParkGoulburn River 154-5 Goulburn 312-13 Gostyck 219 Gosford 136-8 122 Gordon Falls Reserve golf 64-5,149,290 Gold Creek Village 365 hiking, hiking, ofAustralia352 Court High Henty 279 Henry LawsonCentre 237 heat illness401 health 398-402 Hay 288-9 Hawks Nest160 107,114-17 River Hawkesbury 117 Gallery Regional Hawkesbury Hat HeadNationalPark 168 Site129 Historic Hartley 162 Harrington Hargrave’s Lookout128 165,189,321,309,369 hang-gliding Hall, Ben244 H holidays 15,376 hitching 395 history 23-8 End234 Hill 249, 256 websites 399 vaccinations 398 insurance 398 books 399 see bushwalking 284 180 itineraries 18-20 itineraries 228-9, internet resources 16-17 internet access376-7 insurance 376,391-2 372 insects illness402 insect-borne 65 in-line skating , immigration 21,27,29 183 Iluka Coast I hypothermia 401-2 Hyde Park 57-8 BarracksMuseum Hyde Park 59 328-30 Huskisson Hunter Valley 149-52,153, wineries Hunter Valley 149 Gardens Hunter Valley 140-56, 312-18 Hume Highway Track309, Hume &HovellWalking houseboats 116,292,333-4 hotels 368 hostels 367-8 65,165 horse riding horse racing314 Katoomba 123-7, Katoomba 35, 112,341, kangaroos Valley 107,135-6 Kangaroo BoydNationalPark 121 Kanangra K Jindabyne 307-9, jet lag399 Bay319,328-30 Jervis 292 Jerilderie Caves129-30 Jenolan Jazz intheVines151 J Justice & Police Museum 55 Justice &PoliceMuseum Junee 279-80 John OxleyCottage119 Jingellic 294,318 wineries 20, wineries Sydney 53 music festivals 20, coastal haul19, Canberra 348 Blue Mountains18, 12, trip author’s favourite people 314 228 321 20 307 124 19 20 141 18 see 8 , Aboriginal Aboriginal

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201 6 Kwiambal NationalPark 229 ChaseNationalPark Ku-ring-gai Kosciuszko NationalPark 41, 35 kookaburras 35,112 CentreKoala Care 196 &Research House62 Kirribilli Cross 59-60, King’s 56 Street Wharf King National ParkKinchega 272 324-5 Kiama 311-12 167 Kempsey Ned292 Kelly, 40,64,139,189 kayaking 35,113 Luna Park 62 Louth 261 Lodge, the353 Lithgow 130-1 literature 16,33 Lismore 196-9, Line ofLode268 255-6 Lightning Ridge 122 Museum Leuralla Toy&Railway FestivalLeura Gardens 122 Leura 122-3 lesbian travellers71,375-6 Leichhardt 62 legal matters377 Leeton 283 Lawson, Henry26,66,237,246 Largs 148 Lanyon Homestead363 Lang, Jack27 247 Lambing FlatFolkMuseum Way160-1 Lakes Illawarra323 Lake Eucumbene305 Lake Conjola330 Lake Cargelligo287 Lake 343,349 BurleyGriffin Lake 186 Ainsworth Lake Lachlan Valley Way245 La Perouse 109 L Macquarie Towns117-18 Macquarie Place55-6 Macquarie Lachlan24 Macquarie, 182 Maclean M 112-14, 295-303, 113 296 198 82 medical services 399-400, medical services measures 367 Point62 McMahons McLean Beach291 Place56 Martin NationalParkMarramarra 116 103,191,317 markets 41,134-5, Morton Morpeth 147-8 Morgan, Molly146-7 Morgan, Dan279 Moree 254-5 Moore Park 59 280 Monte Cristo Montague Island319,335 Mongo NationalPark 304 money 15,373,377-8, Tableland 303-8 Mogo 334 Mod Ozcuisine45 mobile phones379 131-3 FallsMinyon 210 mines 267,268 RocksNationalParkMimosa 337 330 Milton 319,339-40, Merimbula Beach142 Merewether meningococcal disease400 272 Menindee Cup375 ValleyMegalong 128-9 Mt Majura 353 Mt Majura Mt Kosciuszko 298 Mt Grenfell site 264 historic Mount Dangar 154 Mt Ainslie353 motorcycle travel105-6, 389-95 motion sickness399 motels 368 Mosman 62 Moruya 334 Mardi Gras, Mardi maps 377 ValleyManning 162 ScenicWalkway66-7, Manly 64-62 &Museum Gallery Art Manly 62-4, Manly 226-7 Manilla 146-7 Maitland magazines 367 Gras front cover also 304, 331 health see 88 Index (H-M) Gay & Lesbian Mardi &Lesbian Mardi Gay see also 340 see 67

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417 INDEX INDEX museums 211-12, 276-89,363 River Murrumbidgee 314 Beach330 Murrays 289-93 River Murray multiculturalism 21,27,29 209-10 235-6, Mudgee 42-3,135,156,165, mountain-biking Mt York129 Mt Wilson130 129 Mt 130 BotanicGardens Mt Tomah Mt Tilga 245 363 Mt StromloObservatory Mt Panorama Circuit233 MotorRacing 418 000 000 Nimbin Museum 200 Nimbin Museum 183 New ItalyMuseum Art New EnglandRegional 184 Museum Naval &Maritime ofAustralia National Museum 365 National DinosaurMuseum 277 oftheRiverina Museum ofSydney55-6 Museum 55 ofContemporaryArt Museum 129 Museum Mt Victoria Museum Leuralla Toy&Railway 247 Lambing FlatFolkMuseum 55 Justice &PoliceMuseum Hyde Park 57 BarracksMuseum Gulgong Pioneer 237 Museum &Military ScratchleyMaritime Fort 326 Fleet AirArmMuseum Federation 289 Museum 352 &Gallery Canberra Museum 354 Canberra BicycleMuseum SocietyMuseum Camden Historical 131-2 ofCricket Bradman Museum Australian NationalMaritime 58 Australian Museum Australian Fossil&Mineral Age ofFishes 247 Museum 300, 309,369

Photograph pages pages Map Museum 219 Museum 351-2 122 144 Museum 119 57 Museum 231-2 Museum Index (M-N) 235 211 Mystery Bay336 Mountain338 Myrtle Mylestom 171 Island175 Muttonbird national parks & nature reserves national parks&nature reserves National LibraryofAustralia 352-3 274 Collection National GlassArt ofAustralia343,350 National Gallery National Film &SoundArchive352 349, National Carillon National CapitalExhibition349 277 GlassCollection National Art National ArchivesofAustralia353 Narrandera 282-3 253-4 Narrabri Narooma 334-6 Nan Tien BuddhistTemple 321 Nambucca Heads169-71, N Sydney Jewish Museum 60 Museum Sydney Jewish Sir HenryParkes243 Museum 54 Rocks DiscoveryMuseum 57 Museum Powerhouse Pioneer Women’sHut311 Pioneer Park 285 Museum 242 Old DubboGaol 326 Nowra Museum & Norman LindsayGallery Dorrigo National ParkDorrigo 41,157, Dooragan National Park 162 41,116 334 Cathedral RockNational Park 222 Cape ByronStateConservation Bundjalung NationalPark 183 Budderoo NationalPark 135,325 Budawang NationalPark 304, Broadwater NationalPark 184 WaterNationalParkBrisbane 136 Bournda NationalPark 340 Bouddi NationalPark 137-8 Botany BayNationalPark 109 NationalParkBorder Ranges 212 Boonoo NationalPark 225 Booderee NationalPark 330 Blue MountainsNationalPark 121 Ben BoydNationalPark 342 TopsNationalParkBarrington 140, Bald RockNationalPark 225-6 37-9, 41 Museum 121 Museum 173-4 Park 187 156, 201 206 170 6 National Parks & Wildlife Service 37-9 National Parks & Wildlife Service Kosciuszko NationalPark 41, National ParkKinchega 272 BoydNationalPark 121 Kanangra 183 Iluka Hat HeadNationalPark 168 Guy Fawkes NationalPark River NationalPark, 261 Gundabooka NationalParkGoulburn River NationalParkGibraltar Range 224 279 ScenicReserve Galore Eurobodalla NationalPark 334 Ku-ring-gai ChaseNationalPark Ku-ring-gai Royal NationalPark 41,107, 163-5 Macquarie Port Nymbol BinderayNationalPark 174 Nightcap NationalPark 41,199 New EnglandNationalPark 222 Namadgi NationalPark 354,365 342 NationalParkMyall Lakes 160-1 NationalParkMutawintji 266 NationalParkMurramarang 332 NationalParkMungo 41,273, Mt WarningNationalPark 210-11, NationalPark 41, 254 Mt Kaputar NationalPark 41,134-5 Morton Montague Island335 RocksNationalParkMimosa 337 NationalParkMarramarra 116 Kwiambal NationalPark 229 178 Yengo National Park 152 Wollemi National Park 121,152-3 287-8 Wetlands Centre Australia144 NationalPark 218 Werrikimbe Weddin NationalPark 246 Washpool NationalPark 224 Warrumbungle National Park 41, Wadbilliga NationalPark 336 Tucki Tucki 196 354,365 Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Sydney HarbourNationalPark NationalPark 262 Sturt Park Solitary IslandsMarine 295-303, 222 154-5 107, 112-14, 109-11, 202 249, 252, 41, 52-3 179 Resort 110 296 201 113 7 Nyngan 257,262-3 Nymbol BinderayNationalPark 174 Nundle 226 Nowra 326-8, Beaches(Sydney)64, Northern 174 CoastBotanicGardens North North Coast157-212, North & Norman LindsayGallery 363 Nolan Gallery Nobbys Beach140,142 307 Nimbin Rocks209 Nimbin 199-209 Nightcap NationalPark 41,199 Newtown 62, newspapers 367 Newcastle 142-6, 183 New ItalyMuseum Art New EnglandRegional New EnglandNationalPark 222 New England213-29, 173 River Never Never Neutral Bay62 Nelson Bay158 184 Museum Naval &Maritime 352 National Zoo&Aquarium National Science&Technology 350 Gallery National Portrait Parkes, Henry224, 243 Parkes 243-4 paragliding 226, 227,369 Pambula 319,341 Palm Beach64 Paddington 60 P NationalParkOxley WildRivers 218 Oxley, John274 Oxford Street 60, 40-4 outdoor activities outback travel392-3 Orange 238-40, Ophir 239 opal mining265 opal fields255,256, Beach158 One Mile 293 Gaol Old Wentworth Old Parliament House 350 242 Old DubboGaol Old Bar162 O Museum 121 Museum 219 Museum Centre 352 86 327 238 84 143 208 158 214 , 167 , 4 179 Parkes Radio TelescopeParkes Radio 230,243, 57 Pyrmont Bridge Pulpit Rock127 pubs 47,368 268 Gallery Pro Hart 57 Museum Powerhouse Potts Point60 378 postal services possums 36 Stephens158-60 Port 157,163-6, Macquarie Port population 21,30-1 politics 21,25,26,27,28 platypuses 36 plants 37 planning 15-17,373 Pioneer Women’sHut311 Pioneer Park 285 Museum Pigeon HouseMountain135,331 119 Picton photography 378 phonecards 379 23-4,52 Phillip, Arthur Perry’s Lookdown127 Perry Dunes293, Perisher Blue301-2 penguins 335, Pearl Beach136 Patterson 148 Paterson, Banjo26,239 383 passports 111-12 Parliament House(Sydney)58 Parliament House(Canberra) , the 274-93, Riverina, 118 Richmond League (RSL) 26 Services Returned restaurants 47,48 reptiles 36 rental accommodation368-9 Rock178 Red Head162 Red HandsCave121 Red Place349 Reconciliation 40,307-8 rafting radio 367 R Questacon, 365 quarantine 396 Q 349-50, Technology Centre see 206 National Science& 204 3 275 164 205 rock climbing40,123-5,136,152, road rules394-5 Royal NationalPark 41,107,109-11, 268 Service Royal FlyingDoctor 59 Royal BotanicGardens 353 Royal Australian Mint FeverRoss River 400 Rose Bay61 Rodd Island53 Rocks, the54-5 Rushcutters Bay61 rugby union31,361 rugby league31,100,361 snakes 372,401 snakes Centre 167 Slim Dusty Heritage 251 Skywatch Observatory 43, 297-303, skiing Six FootTrack 130 Sir HenryParkes 243 Museum Hill) Sculpture Symposium(Broken Scottish Rocks330 Scone 154 School oftheAir268 Saumarez Homestead221 Samurai Beach158 St Thomas’Church163 Cathedral59 St Mary’s St JamesChurch57 Basin330, St Georges St Andrew’s Cathedral56 St Albans116 safe travel16,385 S Silverton 257,271-2, Silverton 251 Observatory Siding Spring shopping 101-4,193,361-2 Shoalhaven 324 Shoal Bay158 Shellharbour 323 sharks 372,401 Shark Island53 55 Gallery SH Ervin sexually transmitteddiseases400 senior travellers373 Rocks 157,161 Seal 323 Cliff Bridge Sea sailing 43,65, 225, 254 110 269, road hazards394 outback travel392-3 hitching 395 animal hazards371-2,400-1 208 Index (N-S) see also 7 208 boating 203

419 INDEX INDEX sustainable travel 41,42 Susan Island180 60 Surry Hills 44 surfing 17 Surfest 373 life-saving surf sunburn 402 Sublime Point122 NationalPark 262 Sturt Charles258,261 Sturt, Stroud 155 Stockton Bight158 Stockton Beach146 Steamfest 147 56 state recreation areas 39 State LibraryofNSW58 state forests 39 sports 31,100-1, sports Splendour intheGrass190,375 spiders 372,401 131-6, Southern Highlands South WestRocks168-9 South Coast319-42, solo travellers378 Park Resort Solitary IslandsMarine Sofala 234 Snowy Mountainshydro-electric snowboarding, 420 000 000 Wollongong 323 Tweed Heads194 Sydney 65 South Coast332 Newcastle 144 Narooma 335 Central Coast139 Byron Bay189 Bermagui 337 beaches 402 Batemans Bay332 Whian StateConservation Illawarra Escarpment323 Cape ByronStateConservation Bungonia StateConservation AreaArakoon StateRecreation 169 sports 179 scheme 27,303

Photograph pages pages Map Area 210 Park 187 Area 312 Index (S-W) see see also individual skiing 320 131 Syndicate Ridge Walking Trail173 Walking Syndicate Ridge Sydney Tower50,58, YachtSydney toHobart 70,375 Race Sydney 50-106, Sydney OperaHouse50,54, 55 60 Museum Sydney Jewish Sydney HarbourNationalPark 41,52-3 27,55, Sydney HarbourBridge Sydney Harbour52-3, 57 Sydney Aquarium Tibooburra 262 Three Sisters 123, Thredbo 294,298-301, 269 Gallery Thankakali Terrigal 138 Tenterfield 224-5 tennis 101 Temora 281 Telstra Tower353 378-9 telephone services Tea 160 Gardens taxis 396 taxes &refunds 377-8 Tathra 338-9 Taronga Zoo 62 162 Tamworth Festival CountryMusic 17, Tamworth 215-18, Talbingo 309 T 86 walking tours66-7, walking travel within104-6 travel to/from104 tours 56,68-9 offices52 tourist shopping 101-4 52 postal services 52 medical services 57,103 markets 53 itineraries internet access52 history 51 food 91-5 festivals 69 &events 98-101 entertainment 51-2 emergency services 95-8 drinking children, travel with67-8 52-64 attractions 64-6 activities accommodation 70 215, 374 , 87 ,

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