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indexAAborigines & Torres Strait
Islanders 47, 83, 105, 116accidents 405accommodation 350–352Adelaide 251air travel 364
cycle-friendly airlines 365to/from Australia 364within Australia 368
Albany 277Albury 89Alligator Creek 332Angaston 248animals 31Apollo Bay 142Ararat 143Armidale 89Atherton 326Atherton Tableland 322Augusta 278Australian Capital Territory 83Australian National Maritime
Museum 55Australia Zoo 305Austral Wheel Race 29
BBairnsdale 144Barossa Valley 241Barry Way 2Bathurst 90Beaudesert 332Beechworth 145Bellingen 78Bells Beach 127Bendigo 145Bicentennial Tree 274Bicheno 206bicycle 373–392
maintenance 379–389panniers 390, 392set up 376–378
Big Pineapple 309Binalong Bay 173birds 34
Birdwood 254Blackall Range 305Blue Mountains 63boat-building 182boat travel 368Boranup Beach 271Boreen Point. 310Bothwell 207Bright 146Brisbane 333Bruthen 142Bunbury 279Bunjil’s Cave 120bushfires 354bushrangers 82business hours 353Busselton 269bus travel 368
bus passes 369
CCaboolture 336Cairns 336camping 350Canberra 91Canning Stock Route 45Cape Leeuwin 271Cape Naturaliste 269Cape Otway Lighthouse 126Cape Tribulation 337Carriageworks 56car travel 370
insurance 371Castlemaine 147Cathedral Fig Tree 331Cawongla 296cell phones
see mobile phonesCentennial Park 56Chauncy, Nan 192Chauncy Vale 192Childers Cove 125children, cycling with 353Chillingham 294Chiltern 133climate 353Clunes 114Cockle Creek 7, 208Coffs Harbour 92Coles Bay 208
conservation organisations 39convicts 47Cook, James (Captain Cook) 47Corryong 74Cradle Mountain 198, 209credit cards
see moneycrocodiles 36, 403currency
see moneycustoms regulations 354cycling
events 23, 356food 358history 28mandatory equipment 405organisations 362road rules 406
Cygnet 210
DDaintree 338Darling Harbour 54Daylesford 148dehydration 396, 400Deloraine 211Denison Canal 170Denmark 280Derby 176Devonport 211diarrhoea 401dieback disease 81Dinner Plain 140Dogline 213Doo Town 171Dorrigo 93Dove Lake 198Dover 212driving
see car travelDuncan, Greg 203Dunkeld 148Dunolly 115Dunsborough 280
EEaglehawk Neck 213embassies & consulates 355emergencies 408emergency numbers 408
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environment 30–39Eumundi 338Evandale 214exchange rates
see moneyExplorers’ Tree 68
Ffauna
see wildlifeferry services 368festivals 356first aid 395
first-aid kit 393–405First Fleet 47fitness 394–396Fleurieu Peninsula 229flora 36food 357
cycling food 358Franklin River 203Friendly Beaches 172
GGardiners Falls 308Geelong 149Giant Tingle Tree 275giardiasis 402Gibb River Rd 42Glass House Mountains 10, 304glowworms 297gold fields 62, 105, 109, 129Goods & Services Tax (GST ) 361Gradys Creek 339Grampians 116Granite Gorge 326Great Alpine Rd 136Great Dividing Range 47, 105Great Lake 188Great Ocean Road 122Great Western Tiers 187Greens Pool 276GST
see Goods & Services Tax
HHahndorf 255Halls Gap 149Hamelin Bay 270Hargraves 61Harrietville 137health 393–405
insurance 394nutrition 397
heatstroke 401
Henty River 199Hepburn Springs 113Herberton 339Herbig Tree 257High Country 129, 136Hill End 2, 95History Hill 60Hobart 214holidays 358hostels 351hotels 352hot springs 183Hume Weir 73humpback whales 269hypothermia 401
Iinjuries 404insurance 359
health 394internet 359
JJenolan Caves 63, 95
KKanangra Wall 67Kandos 96Kangaroo Island 238kangaroos 31Katoomba 96Kempton 189Kenilworth 309Khancoban 97King St 56knee pain 398koalas 32Koala Sanctuary, Leanganook 112Kosciuszko National Park 69Kuranda 340
LLake Alexandrina 235Lake Barrine 330Lake Burley Griffin 2, 85Lake Eacham 330Lake St Clair 216Landsborough 303, 340Latrobe 187Launceston 216Lawson, Henry 61Leeuwin–Naturaliste Ridge 269Liffey Falls 7, 188Lobethal 251Lorne 152
MMacquarie, Lachlan 47Magnetic Island 314Majestic Theatre 309Malanda 327Maldon 5, 152Manorina 300Mapleton 341maps 359Mareeba 341Margaret River 281Margaret River wineries 271Maria Island 170Maryborough 153Matilda Hwy 43Mawson, Douglas 241Mawson Trail 8, 250McLaren Vale 255Melbourne 154Miena 217Milawa 134Millaa Millaa 342Millaa Millaa Falls 330mobile phones 362Mole Creek 196money 360Montezuma Falls 202Montville 308Mossman 321motels 352mountain biking 84, 407
Glenorchy Mountain Bike Park 206mountain pygmy-possum 137Mt Abrupt 5Mt Alexander 112Mt Cooroora 309Mt Elliot 312Mt Field National Park 218Mt Glorious 301Mt Hotham 5, 137Mt Kosciuszko 47Mt Nebo 299Mt Roland 197Mt Stuart 313Mt Tamborine 298Mt Warning 291Mt Wellington 164, 189Mt William Ranges 116Mudgee 98Murray River 69, 235Murwillumbah 342museums
‘Man from Snowy River’ Museum 74
Australian Museum 57
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Goldfields Historical Museum 115McCrossins Mill Museum 81National Museum 88Stockman’s Hall of Fame 43Sydney Jewish Museum 57Turon Technology Museum 62
Myponga 238
NNannup 282National Gallery of Australia 87national parks 38
Belair NP 233Bowling Green Bay NP 312Crater Lakes NP 330Dorrigo National Park 78fees 361Great Otway NP 122Kosciuszko NP 69Lamington NP 298Leeuwin-Naturaliste NP 270Maria Island NP 170Mt Field NP 218Mt Hypipamee NP 327Port Campbell NP 5Walpole–Nornalup NP 9
Never Never Creek 2New South Wales 46–103, 48Nillup Village 272Nimbin 10, 343Nimbin Rocks 29699 Bend Road 7Noosa Heads 344Normanville 256Nowendoc 98Nullarbor 40Nuriootpa 256nutrition 397
OOberon 66Old Parliament House 88Old Petrie Town 301Oliver Hill 266Omeo 141Oodnadatta Track 41opium 176Orford 218Otway Ranges 122Ouse 219Oxley, John 81
Pparks & reserves
Tasmanian Devil Conservation Park 168
Tinderbox Marine Nature Reserve 182
Parliament House 88Pemberton 282Penny-Farthing Championships 214Perth 283Peterborough 125Phillip, Arthur 47plants
see floraPoint Addis 127Porcupine Township 115Port Arthur 168Port Campbell 156Port Campbell National Park 5Port Douglas 345Port Willunga 8, 239Promised Land 79public holidays 358pubs 352Purling Brook Falls 294
QQueensland 287–349, 288Queenstown 219quokkas 266
RRailton 187Rail Trail 134rail travel
see train travelRainbow District 295Richmond 221Risdon Cove 192rock art 120Rocks, the 57Rosebery 221Ross River Fever 402Rottnest Island 9, 263, 285Rutherglen 157
Ssaddle sores 398safe travel 405Scottsdale 222Shannon 286sharks 403Sheffield 222Shipwreck Coast 122Shot Tower, Taroona 180
Smeaton 114smoking 357snakes 35, 403Sofala 59, 62South Australia 226–259, 227special events 356
cycling events 356spiders 404Spiky Bridge 171Springbrook Plateau 294Springton 257Stawell 158Stawell Gift 158Steppes 189St Helens 223stingrays 271Strahan 224Strathalbyn 257stretching 399Stuart Hwy 41sunburn 400Surfers Paradise 10, 345Swifts Creek 158Sydney 51, 52, 98–101Sydney Aquarium 55Sydney Fish Market 55Sydney Harbour Bridge 57Sydney Opera House 57Sydney Wildlife World 55
TTalbot 114Tanunda 258Taranna 168Tarnagulla 115Tasmania 161–225, 162Tasmanian devil 34Tasmanian Devil Conservation
Park 168Tasmanian Trail 186Tasmans Arch 170taxes 361telephone services 361
emergency numbers 408Thredbo 101–103Thunderbolt (Fred Ward) 82Thunderbolts Way 2ticks 404time 363
see also business hoursTimor 114tingle tree 276Tintaldra 74tipping 361tool kit 379
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Torquay 127Tour Down Under 228tourist organisation 363Town of Murals 222Townsville 311, 347train travel 371
train passes 372travellers cheques 361trees
see floratuart forest 269Tullah 199Twelve Apostles 125
Vvaccinations 394, 395Valley of the Giants 275Vaucluse House 57Vaughan Springs 113Victor Harbor 258Victoria 104–160, 106
Victoria Falls 141visas 363
WWalcha 102–103wallabies 32Wall in the Wilderness 203Walpole 286Walpole–Nornalup National Park 9Walwa 103Wangaratta 159war memorials
Australian War Memorial 88Rocky Creek War Memorial Park
323Warrnambool 159water 359, 396weather 353Welcome Stranger 115Weldborough 176Western Australia 260–286, 261
whale watching 160South Australia 235, 269Western Australia 269, 278
Wheelie Good Businesses 135wild camping 351wildlife 31, 238Willunga 239Wineglass Bay 208wine regions 252wineries 132
Barossa Valley 241Margaret River 271Rutherglen 133
Wollemi pine 63wood chopping 187World Heritage areas
Queensland 314, 316, 322
YYackandandah 135Yungaburra 348
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Return Trip Traffic Lights Veer Right Point of Interest Roundabout/Traffic Circle
Left Turn
Right Turn
CUE SHEET SYMBOLS
Mountain, Hill
Caution/Hazard Continue Straight Veer Left
Lighthouse Lookout Mine Mountain, Volcano National Park
Pass, Canyon Waterfall
Hazard
Spot Height Trig Station River Flow
Geographic
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Picnic Area
Transport Border Crossing Bus Station
Beach Buddhist Canoeing, Kayaking Castle, Fortress Christian
Monument Museum, Gallery Pool Ruin
Skiing Winery, Vineyard Zoo, Bird Sanctuary
Diving, Snorkeling
Surfing, Surf Beach
Garden
Petrol Station Train Station Parking Area
Gate Cave Chalet
Out of Town:
In Town: SYMBOLS
Airport
Sleeping Camping Shopping Eating
Place of Interest
Place of Interest
Bike Shop Visitor Information
CAPITAL (NATIONAL)Large City
Small City, Town, Village
CAPITAL (STATE)Medium City
Locality
POPULATION
Sportsground Park Urban
Airport AREA FEATURES
Marine Park Disputed
Ancient Wall Cliff
Regional, Suburb State, Provincial
International BOUNDARIES
Swamp Lake (Dry) Water Canal
Intermittent River River, Creek
HYDROGRAPHY
Tram Cable Car, Funicular Bus Route
Rail (Fast Track)
Ferry Monorail
Rail (Underground)
Rail
TRANSPORT
Side Trip Alternative Trip
Walking Trail
One-Way Street Tunnel
Unsealed Road
Lane Under Construction
Street Mall/Steps
Tertiary Road Secondary Road
Primary Road Freeway Tollway
ROUTESCycling Route
Cycling Route direction
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Highlights 2
Table of Rides 16
What to Bring 21
Costs & Money 26
Environment 30
Outback Tracks 40
The Great Ocean Road 122
Across the High Country 136
Tassie’s East Coast 165
Wines & Climbs 241
Southwest Forests & Seas 266
Sunshine Coast & Hinterland 304
The Daintree & Cape Tribulation 317
Accommodation 350
Transport 364
Your Bicycle 373
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