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Lonely Planet Perth & Western Australia (Lonely Planet Western Australia) Paperback – January 1, 2007

by Terry Carter (Author), Lara Dunston (Author)

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lonely Planet; 5th edition (January 1, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 296 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1741045398
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1741045390
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #5,862,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #973 in General Australia Travel Guides
- #2,331 in General Australia & South Pacific Travel
- #20,081 in Travel Reference & Tips

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Molly R. McCown

Great

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2013

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This little book, while not the most current edition, was fun to look through. I especially enjoyed the Australian slang section at the back! Helpful.

Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2008

In general, Western Australia still seems to be off the usual tourist path for most outside visitors to Australia, so there wasn't much selection when it came to finding an appropriate guidebook. For the most part, guides seemed to be too broad (covering all of Australia), or too specific (focusing just on Perth). Despite being an absolutely enormous place on its own, few choices seemed to address the state of WA.

We picked this book up out of desperation, but for the most part, it did a decent enough job. In typical Lonely Planet style, there were lots of budget options for food/accommodation and plenty of details on tours and logistics. Most of the information appeared to be accurate, and a few tips proved quite helpful.

My biggest qualm with book is that its layout centers around towns, and in such vast and spread-out areas, a town-by-town approach isn't the most useful. Many of the smaller towns have few attractions or amenities, and nearly all of the must-see destinations (national parks, wineries, caves, capes, coasts, etc) lie in between these small towns.

Finally, despite the extensive use of flowery adjectives, the descriptions of individual sights often remain vague. For some of the national parks especially, the description seems to be just a list of key points copied from a park map or guide, sometimes with no description whatsoever.

In the end, it did prove to be a useful aid to our tour of the southwest and south coast of WA, but we definitely needed to augment it with some of the literature and information from the local tourism agencies. It was certainly better than nothing, but hopefully further research will lead to some improvements in later editions.

One possible alternative is West Coast Australia (Footprint West Coast Australia) , which seems to have better descriptions of some of the southwest parks but covers only the western edge of the state.

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Mr. John Corke

Perth & w. ausralia

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2009

A very expensive book which I had in fact Cancelled JP Corke

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Lack of Publication Date

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2009

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The lack of a publication date on the amazon site makes it difficult to know what year the book was published.

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2009

I am a 'foreigner' who has spent a lot of time in Perth and Western Australia. Initially I had a copy of rough guide Australia, but thought it was not detailed enough on Western Australia (purely because of quantity not quality).

This book is simply not upto scratch. My final straw using this book was going to a restaurant in Northam, recommended by this book, which had been shut for several years! If Rough Guide does not cover something, it is because there is no need for it to be covered!

My advice would be to purchase Rough Guide Australia. It covers everything in the depth it needs to be covered.

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Tony K

Only Lonely Planet

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2012

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It's a Lonely Planet Book. What more is there to say.

Lonely Planet Guides are the de facto travel guides.

We don't travel with anything less, and purchase them for reference for places that we MAY want to visit, even if we don't eventually go there.

Fiona

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2016

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Helped route plan a holiday

Mrs S Usher

EXCELLENT

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2014

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My children live there and even they found this book of immense value. So very much to see and do. And although I'm biased I think they have the best beaches in the world

Gary Grigg

Great Little Traveller Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 30, 2014

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Came in useful for my trip to Perth.
It highlighted a few placees of interest that I pointed out to my brother who lives there that he wasn't even aware of.

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mr a g reid

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2014

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Great thanks!

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