This 406-page guide includes a section detailing Australia's history, 13 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture. Ranging from Aboriginal Dreamtime artworks to Bush tucker, it is a region-by-region visitor's guide to the whole country. It includes a comprehensive travel tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Its key features include: places - region-by-region gazetteer section, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; essay features - incisive essays on the islands' history, people and culture; photo features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the country's most exotic attractions, including Aboriginal Art and the Great Barrier Reef's ecology; travel tips - practical listings section, including accommodation, restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes, entertainment, nightlife, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers; and hundreds of full-colour photos and 19 maps.