In my first visit to Sydney I covered more ground and learned more about the city than my Sydney-veteran companion had seen in numerous trips. The maps and directions were accurate, and the tidbits were a great combination of history and quirky facts and folklore.

Sydney is a beautiful city and this books gets visitors out of the usual tourist spots. Many of these sites truly are hidden...I found myself searching a graveyard for a unique tomb, walking down a lizard-populated path of rainforest reserve hidden in the middle of a residential area, investigating the mystery of a missing heiress, and scheduling a shiatsu massage (the author was right...getting scrubbed, stepped on, and kneaded was an ideal finale to a day of touring).

For all those who think they know Sydney- be prepared to be amazed!! Interesting facts and local tales enable the reader to rediscover popular tourist areas such as Bondi and Kings Cross. Detailed maps and directions will see you discovering new and beautiful areas known only to locals. For those who love Sydney and those wishing to discover it, this book has something for everyone. Extremely easy to read and immensely enjoyable, see your city with new eyes!!

Haynes has put a great deal of effort, energy, and insight into an incredible exhaustive exploration of what the Australian Desert means to Australians and how it came about . Especially interesting to me are the sections on Australian Explorers and how their hardships, especially failures have been transformed into myths. As American who spent a semester in Australia, taking an Australian Studies course, I found this book supported what I had learned, while futhering my interests. Haynes provides numourous books, films, poems, works of art in detail discussion about many big name Australian creatives such as Nolan and White. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to know more about Australian Culture.

This is the most accurate view of life in sydney during the sixtys. Forget all the others , this one has sex, violence, and stacks of ROCK AND ROLL! I was at the aztecs shows, I saw the fights and had the women. Don't bother with anything else. P.S. there is a HUGH surprise on the last page!

Sex Work and Sex Workers in Austrailia is one of the most comprehensive books on the sex industry that I have ever read. This book's main focus is on prostitution and it is broken down on many levels:female,male,transsexual,health care,oral histories, and foreign workers(eg. Thai).It is very easy to read and one leaves this book with an excellent history lesson as well as viewpoints from both men and women which balances this book. Highest Recommendation!

Joe is twelve years old and is moving to Cockle Bay to live with his cousin Meg and her family. He has never heard of Scarface, the leggend shark before he got there. He was swimming with his cousins when suddenly he was being chased by a huge shark. It was scarface. He just barely got away from him, and then his adventure started. Once the town knew that Scarface was back they had to catch the giant shark. They went to see if they could.
While they were on their hunt for Scarface they ran into a few problems. They couldn't catch him. They had Scarface on the line a lot, but they couldn't get him into the boat. When they got a few days in their boat had a problem, and blew up from a gas leak. That sent the kids, Meg and Joe, and Meg's dad on to Wayward Island.
It is an Island where Joe's Uncle pastures sheep. The family is stuck on the island and they have no food, and are stranded. Their boat was sunk, and they were burned from the explosion. Meg's dad was burnt the worst. So the rest of the book is a fight to get off the island and save the dad. Shadow Shark is a great mystery at the end. I recommend reading this book if you like good adventure books.

Wonderful story of separated twins raised in different class environments in Australia, and what happens to the respective families when they try to "switch back". I read this for the first time when I was 8, and for the next few years, checked it out of the library as often as possible. Great characters, families. Good teen book.

This is an extremely valuable book for anyone researching or studying the Australian FMCG / grocery business.

It is very accurate and not at all self serving to the industry who are followers not leaders.

It contains a wealth of quantitative information in a structured fashion, while remaining easy to read.

It is worth buying for anyone who has anything from an assignment to a PhD to do on the topic.

This screenplay gives more insight into the minds of Peter and David Helfgott and the absolutely stunning film. The action is clearly explained, making it that much easier to understand the plot. A great book!

If you work in the field of Child Protection/Family Services and feel discouraged and/or burned out, this is a must read. I read it on vacation last week, I could not put it down! It is well written and provides lots of case examples. The material is especially appealing and accessible if one is familiar with Solution Focused Brief Therapy principles. Bravo and well done to the authors!