South 150 New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory 7 Contents Introduction 4 Victoria 44 Regional map 5 Tasmania 186 112 New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory 6

Victoria 44

Queensland 76

Western Australia 112

Northern Territory 222 76 South Australia 150

Tasmania 186

Northern Territory 222

Photo captions 258

Index 270

Acknowledgements 272

Beautiful World Australia 2 rara Sea

Tor Sea ot orraale # #^ # oe ela # aa atoal ar # orth erle thel are ar atoal ar # # Australia #] tl atoal ar Such is Australia’s scale that it can be snowing at one end of the country while daytime Katherine l o S T aretara oral Sea Rossville temperatures may be tropical at the other. In the hours that it takes to fly across its 8.6m sq #\ eool reat arrer ee atree atoal ar # ae Tel ree # ot lla # # km area (or the four days if you take the Ghan train from Adelaide to Darwin), you’ll pass over atoal ar # rll # ooroooora atoal ar # aa ore atoal ar Broome #\ vast deserts, forests, mountains, gorges and lakes. It is, after all, a continent. atoal ar NORTHERN rr atoal ar # Forty five million years ago, Australia split from the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana TERRITORY # oteello la T el arle # hta la are eere S and remnants of that land’s fauna and flora evolved into the unique Australian species that # ST #\ Mackay you see today – quokkas in Western Australia, quolls in Tasmania. Tracts of forest that date aoell ae aloo # atarra ## #] are ar atoal ar Alice Springs back to the era of the dinosaur survive in several locations. # So a QUEENSLAND S ata But, as art critic Robert Hughes wrote in The Fatal Shore, his seminal account of Australia’s ST Tta ## # lr

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# She oat end of the world.’ Its land may be old – and the earliest humans arrived 50,000 years ago – T T Coober Pedy #^ #\ ST #\ Surfers Paradise but Australia’s modern cities are some of the youngest and most creative on the planet, #\ #\ Byron Bay Geraldton SOUTH AUSTRALIA #\ Bourke some fewer than 200 years old. a # Fler # atoal ar ae NEW #\ Kentucky This book of photography depicts the most beautiful aspects of Australia’s natural world #\ Silverton T SOUTH #^ ottet la # # and its most extraordinary scenes. We’ll travel from the warm waves of the Queensland rra ter alle lare alle # er WALES # eeatralte #\ Esperance # # le ota atoal ar # #\ Port Lincoln #\ coast, ushering surfers to shore, to the red deserts of its centre, where the land is so Busselton #^ aroa alle atoal ar #^ Margaret River #\ ACT aaroo la # #\ inhospitable that settlements are subterranean. We’ll also visit Australia’s thriving, raa #_ Jervis Bay atoal Beechworth #\ #\ reat trala ht Kingston ar # oo atoal ar # #\ cosmopolitan cities, experience rural life, and climb its highest mountains, trees and a very Bright # Daylesford #\ le atoal ar etoe oat # #^ #\ Mallacoota The ta # # famous bridge. # roaolo atoal ar The reat ea oa # hll la We’ve organised the book by state and territory: the personality of each shines through VICTORIA # lo rootor Taa a Strat Sea the images, from raw and rugged Tasmania to the rocky, alien landscapes of the Northern Stanley #\ TASMANIA The Tare # #\ # a o Fre oerato rea rale otaae St lar atoal ar # Launceston Territory. We hope that this pictorial journey through Australia inspires you to take many trips # Fraloro # Freet atoal ar l er atoal ar #^ of your own around this remarkable country. #\ Port Arthur

Beautiful World Australia 4 5 Beautiful World Australia Byron Bay › Surfers' paradise

New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory 14 Jervis Bay › Sydneysiders' escape

New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory 42 43 New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory Esperance › Lucky Bay Esperance › Lake Hillier

Western Australia 140 141 Western Australia Index Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) Barossa Valley 152 142–143 A L National Park 236 Clare Valley 153, 155 V 112–113 Aboriginal Australia 108–109, 110–111, 228, lakes & rivers 60–61, 72–73, 75, 92–93, Nitmiluk National Park 222–223 Coober Pedy 154, 178–179 Victoria 44–75 Rottnest Island 131 233, 248–249 102, 114–117, 141, 161, 176–177, 186–189, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 224–225, Eyre Peninsula, The 162 Alpine National Park 58, 62–63 World Heritage Area 134–135 art & architecture 24–27, 34–35, 64–65, 199, 204–205, 211, 216–217, 222–223, 240–241 Flinders Chase National Park 164–169 Beechworth 74 Tunnel Creek National Park 114–115 74, 124, 142–143, 154–155, 160–161, 242–243, 252–257 Watarrka National Park 232 Flinders Ranges 170–173 Bright 46–47 Windjana Gorge National Park 116–117 180–183, 192, 218–219, 233, 248–249 West MacDonnell Ranges 242–245 Hahndorf 184–185 Croajingolong National Park 70–71 wildlife 12–13, 18–19, 22–23, 68–69, 82–83, N Kangaroo Island 164–169 Daylesford 75 87, 91, 103, 120–121, 126–127, 130–131, Kingston 180–181 140, 166-167, 178, 198, 212, 229–231, B national and marine parks 10–11, 20–21, P East Gippsland 60–61 Murray River 176–177 237 beaches 7, 14–17, 36–37, 42–43, 48–49, 44–45, 48–51, 54–55, 58–59, 62–63, people 14–16, 38–39, 41, 53, 66–67, Grampians National Park 72–73 Oodnadatta Track 182–183 wineries & vineyards 138, 150–153, 155 53–55, 76–79, 88–90, 94–95, 110–111, 70–73, 86–87, 92–93, 102–103, 100–101, 104–105, 108–111, 184–185, Great Ocean Road, The 52 Piccaninnie Ponds Conservation Park 126–127, 140–141, 158–159, 234–235, 112–121, 125, 144–145, 148–149, 156–157, 199, 228, 236 Melbourne 64–67 156–157 250–251 164–169, 179, 186–189, 206–207, 212, Mt Buffalo National Park 59 Port Lincoln 162–163 222–225, 232–233, 240–241, 252–255, Otways, The 56–57 Q surfing & adventure sports 14, 16–17, 53, C 257 Queensland 76–111 Phillip Island 68–69 59, 76–77, 90, 139, 199, 204–205 Port Campbell National Park 54–55 cities 24–27, 32–39, 64–67, 88–89, New South Wales & Australian Capital 100–101 Torquay 53 100–101, 142–143, 158–161, 192–196, Territory 7–43 Cape Tribulation 78–79 Wilsons Promontory National Park 48–51 208–209, 238–239 Blue Mountains National Park 10–11 Cooya Beach 110–111 T Yarra Ranges National Park 44–45 Bourke 8–9 103 Tasmania 186–221 F Byron Bay 7, 12–13, 16–17 Girringun National Park 102 Bay of Fires Conservation Area 214–215 farming & fishing 41, 84–85, 98–99, Canberra 24–27 Gold Coast, The 88–89 Binalong Bay 214–215 W Hunter Valley 18–19 110–111, 132–133, 170–171, 220–221 80–84 Cape Huay 204–205 Western Australia 112–149 Jervis Bay 15, 42–43 Great Sandy National Park 86–87 Cataract Gorge 210–211 Broome 126–127 Kentucky 41 Mackay 84–85 Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair Busselton 128–129 Kosciuszko National Park 20–21 G Mossman Gorge 108–109 National Park 188–189 Cape Naturaliste 130 Silverton 40 geology, flora & natural landscapes, see Mount Mulligan 96–99 Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers Cocos (Keeling) Islands, The 122–123 Snowy Mountains 20–23 also lakes & rivers; national parks 8–11, Mt Warning 106–107 National Park 200–201 Esperance 140–141 South Coast NSW 29–31 20–21, 28–31, 44–47, 50–52, 54–57, 59, North Queensland 91 Freycinet National Park 206–207 Geraldton 124 Sydney 14, 32–39 62–63, 70–71, 78–81, 94–97, 106–107, Rossville 104–105 Hobart 192–196, 208–209 Kimberley, The 114–117, 132–133, 136–137 Northern Territory 222–257 112–115, 118–119, 122–123, 125, 134–137, Sunshine Coast 76–77 Huon Valley 220–221 King Leopold Range 146–147 Alice Springs 228–229, 238–239, 246–247 144–145, 148–149, 156–157, 162–165, Whitsunday Islands 94–95 Launceston 216–217 Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park Arnhem Land 248–251 168–169, 172–175, 179, 190–191, 196–197, Wooroonooran National Park 92–93 Mt Wellington 190–191 148–149 Darwin 234–235, 237 200–203, 224–227, 232, 240–241, Port Arthur 218–219 Margaret River 138–139 Devil’s Marbles 226–227 244–247 Stanley 213 Montelbello Islands Marine Park 118–119 233, 252–255 S Tarkine, The 196–199 125 Litchfield National Park 256–257 South Australia 150–185 Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park 212 Ningaloo Marine Park 120–121 MacDonnell Ranges 230–231, 242–245 Adelaide 158–161 Tasman Island 202–203 North Kimberley Marine Park 144–145 Adelaide Hills 174–175 Tasman National Park 186–187

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