Lockie Leanord, SCUMBUSTER is a delightfully funny story that kept me reading for hours. Set in a small town in Australia, the story provides a fresh comic nature never written before. The story is full of everyday life situations that today's youth must deal with, but finds a way to keep the good humor rolling along. The idea that stood out the most to me about this story was the underlying issue of friendship. This story proves that people should not judge others by appearance but should actually get to know them before being judgemental. All the way through you will be laughing and enjoying this truly mixed-up, yet very normal life of Lockie and Egg.

I have been researching the discrimination faced by the Aboriginal people for several years. Until I found this book, I'd never seen any book that I thought accurately portrayed the situation. The book is excellent. It contains general information about important issues and has very detailed sections for each state/territory. It is a necessity for anyone interested in the Aboriginal history and culture!

I saw the Austalia pack, and immediately had to have it! I'm planning a gap year to Oz in september of this year, and thought it would be really helpful. When i got it i was amazed. Its really interesting, whilst being fun and very helpful too! The phrase book will help me to fit in with the culture over there, and the other two books have helped me to plan my travelling, informing of places i would never have dreamed of visiting and inspiring to do so. Thankyou Lonely Planet! i can't wait to go and experience it all for myself!

I used this map book on a recent trip to Australia. I used it extensively and in conjunction with other travel books. We drove a rented RV from Sydney to Cairns (about 1500 miles). Had a blast and found this map book very useful.

Although the hikes in this book were numerous, I did quite a few and all were breathtaking. Bushwalking in Australia is an excellent guide to hiking all over the continent and seeing every type of terrain that this diverse place has to offer. This book made my time is Australia so much more valuable and was worth every penny. It even has instructions on how to take trains and buses to trailheads. One of the best hiking books I have ever used.

This book is an excellent and still pretty up-to-date book on PNG's many and varied dive sites. Good way to plan a dive trip, by seeing which site descriptions most appeal to you. PNG's dive sites are very variable; fabulous visibility one day can be down to murky on the next. Little explored country in terms of diving, new sites are being identified all the time. Hopefully they'll update the book in a few years to include the many sites not known at the time it was first published. All in all, a very helpful and thorough book.

Rob Kay provides far more than just a survival guide in this wonderous creation. This book will take the reader on the most magical journey into Fiji's history, geography, language and art, and much much more.

Upon opening this book, the reader will never be able to put it down as each detail expand's the limits of one's imagination. The reader will lap up and hang onto every word as the mind enjoys its feast.

If you never traveled to Fiji, you definitely will want to after reading,or even skimming this incredible book.

I go to Melbourne fairly regularly for business (from Sydney). I am looking for some interesting things to do and this book meets that need. It is comprehensive, and in a plus for Lonely Planet, the maps are good. Real street maps, not out of scale, sketch maps.

I am taking the family there for a holiday soon and this book will be invaluable.

Recommended.

This book is the best I have found about New Caledonia. It is so hard for Americans to find good accurate info on New Caledonia but this book does it all. I knew more about some places than many of the locals. It helped me understand where I was going and helped me better integrate into the society there. Wonderful book. I am a lonely planet person now. :-)

how to avoid breaking my ankle--which I did! The guide, like all Lonely Planet publications I've used to date, is ecellent.