Australia & Oceania

For over thirty years James Halliday AM has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his Halliday Wine Companion is recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. A best-selling annual, the Halliday Wine Companion 2024 has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783899559514Author MonocleFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag

Lonely Planet's Fijian Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Fijian phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Book hikes along inland trails and order local cuisine with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741177749Author Laura WatersFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Hardie Grant ExplorePublisher Hardie Grant ExploreWeight(grams) 930g

What does it mean to be an explorer in the twenty-first century? Explorer is the story of what first led Benedict Allen to head for the farthest reaches of our planet - at a time when there were still valleys and ranges known only to the remote...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375706134Author Tony HorwitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Food lovers rejoice! Enjoy 40 of the best food and drink experiences across both Australia and New Zealand. Each 'gourmet trail' features food producers, farmers' markets, restaurants, cafes, wineries, distilleries and breweries, all combining to create...

Lonely Planet's Best Bike Rides New Zealand is your passport to 38 day trips on two wheels. Use pedal power to see a destination through a new lens by picking a ride that works for you, from just a couple of hours to a full day, from easy to hard.From...

Part memoir, part travelogue, Tales From the Torrid Zone is rooted in Alex Frater's birthplace, the tiny tropical republic of Vanuatu where his father ran its hospital and his mother, in her front garden, built its first school. From this obscure South...

The astonishing true story of trust, pain, becoming lost, and finding a way back to yourself despite it all'An intimate preservation of a moment in time, full of personality' THE TIMES__________Life is beautiful - even in the dark . . .Oliver Mol was...

"a comprehensive roadmap to thrilling two-wheel adventures" - Bicycling Australia Lonely Planet's Best Bike Rides Australia is your passport to 40 day trips on two wheels. Use pedal power to see a destination through a new lens by picking a ride that...

New Zealand is the home of 197 native bird species including their famous national bird -- the kiwi. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring prominent bird-viewing areas. Laminated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771298032Page Count 1Imprint ITMB PublishingPublisher ITMB PublishingWeight(grams) 51g

When you think of Australian wine, you think of James Halliday. For almost 40 years, the legendary winemaker and critic has been the most trusted name in the industry, and his celebrated Halliday Wine Companion is the final word in what to drink now...

Frommer's books aren't written by committee, by A.I., or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We use seasoned, locally-based journalists like Jessica Wynne Lockhart. She has checked out all of New...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767921992Author J. Maarten TroostFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

Great Railway Journeys in New Zealand and Australia is an absorbing description of 35 trips that highlight some of the most interesting, scenic and rewarding railway journeys in both countries. These include the renowned long-distance journeys, such as...

After two months on board a Russian container ship sailing 15,000 miles across the world, Josie finally arrives in New Zealand with her bike. Over the next nine months she cycles 10,000 kilometres all over North and South Islands while experiencing the...

Of Canoes and Crocodiles is a story of adventure in the remote and threatened landscapes of Papua New Guinea. In 2018, Tony Robinson-Smith and his wife Nadya Ladouceur bought dugout canoes and paddled down the Sepik, the country's longest river...

Benedict Allen travelled through Papua New Guinea in search of a tribe that would let him participate in an initiation ceremony into manhood. He was finally admitted to the ceremonies of the Sepik tribe, whose totemic god is the crocodile. With fifteen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785731358Format PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Berlitz TravelPublisher APA Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767903868Author Bill BrysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher...

Lonely Planet's Pocket Hobart is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Explore the Salamanca Market's delights, climb the imposing Kunanyi/Mt Wellington and relax in a sunny beer garden; all with your...

New Zealand's Biggest Year is an epic birding tale of how two friends become rivals and set out to break the all-time record for the most Aotearoa New Zealand bird species seen in one calendar year. Their rivalry results in more birds being spotted in a...

Echoing the experiences of Robert Louis Stevenson - who spent several years in the South Pacific - here is the story of a contemporary writer who lived in and came to love the Solomon Islands. Most unexpectedly, Will Randall, once a happy schoolteacher,...

Insight Guides Australia Travel made easy. Ask local experts.Comprehensive travel guide packed with inspirational photography and fascinating cultural insights, now with free eBook.From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473569976Author Alison KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Runs with a BarcodePublisher Runs with a BarcodeWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

New Zealand's wine industry has grown rapidly over the last thirty years, with the world's wine drinkers falling particularly hard for the Marlborough region's distinctive Sauvignon Blancs. But New Zealand wine goes far beyond the exuberant whites grown...

A highly personal account of a phenomenal, once-in-a-lifetime adventure that saw Bruce and his wife, Lynn, embark on a year of travel and birding across the entire continent in a camper van. Their aim was to see Australia, but also to keep a list of the...

Sven Lindqvist is one of our most original writers on race, colonialism, and genocide, and his signature approach-uniting travelogues with powerful acts of historical excavation-renders his books devastating and unforgettable. Now, for the first time,...

'a guidebook that might just save your life' HERALD SUNBob Cooper's incredible bushcraft skills have been developed through more than 30 years of experience in Australia's harsh outback. He has picked up tools of survival from the experiences of living...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999765866Author Anna McNuffFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Anna McNuffPublisher Anna McNuffWeight(grams) 694gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 24mm

An illuminating road trip through the history, life, and attractions of one of the most beautiful countries in the southern hemisphere The beauty and grandeur of New Zealand has captured the imagination of movie-goers over the past couple of years, and...

Charley Boorman is back in the saddle for a brand-new, adrenaline-fuelled adventure!He begins his journey racing north from Sydney up the Gold Coast, where he hitches a ride in a Spitfire. In Papua New Guinea he takes a hand-made canoe through tropical...

A new work by a highly acclaimed author - The Big Music(2012) was described as 'One of the finest novels of the past decade' by the TLS The essay will appeal to all fans of Katherine Mansfield A profound meditation on the nature of home and artistic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781006893674Author Watkin TenchFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

Pagan Portals: Australian Druidry works as a supplement to the study of Druidry and other nature-based spiritual paths as practiced in Australia. The seasons, animals, plants and ancestral histories of the land in Australia are quite different from those...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679762874Author Robyn DavidsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Lonely Planet's South Pacific Phrasebook is your handy passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and useful Spanish phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs. Chat over dinner with a local family in Fiji, understand the hula...

A guidebook to the Overland Track between Ronny Creek in Cradle Valley and Cynthia Bay on Lake St Clair. Covering 80km (50 miles), this long-distance trek through Tasmania's Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is suitable for most hikers with...