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Ultimate Backroads & Detours: Australia
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Ultimate Backroads & Detours: Australia is the latest guide from Lee Atkinson, exploring 35 of the best backroad trips and detours the country has to offer. The perfect companion to Ultimate Road Trips: Australia and Ultimate Coastal Road Trips: Australia, Ultimate Backroads & Detours: Australia provides...
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Ultimate Backroads & Detours: Australia is the latest guide from Lee Atkinson, exploring 35 of the best backroad trips and detours the country has to offer.
The perfect companion to Ultimate Road Trips: Australia and Ultimate Coastal Road Trips: Australia, Ultimate Backroads & Detours: Australia provides useful tips and descriptions for all drivers – from solo travellers to family adventurers. A hand-picked selection from each state highlights wildlife, scrumptious local eats, beautiful geographical sites and town treasures, making this the perfect guide for anyone looking to embark on an epic Australian road trip. Those looking for a longer trip can tackle one of three interstate itineraries.
For each journey there are drive difficulty ratings, a snapshot of the highlights each trip has to offer and practical information, such as drive times and weather conditions, providing you with all the information you need to discover Australia on four wheels.
Featuring notable and lesser-known roads such as Flinders Ranges, Bucketts Way, Pioneer Valley, Kimberley Coast and the Road to Nowhere, this book is the ultimate car passenger.
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781741178845
Publisher: Hardie Grant Explore
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 July 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hardie Grant Explore
Illustration: Full-colour Photography
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 906g
Pages: 256
About the Author
One of Australia’s most experienced travel writers, Lee Atkinson has been writing about her adventures for Australian newspapers, magazines and travel guides since 1991. A self-confessed road trip junkie who loves getting away from the crowds in wild and remote places, she believes 'that any excuse to hit the road is a good one.' Lee is the author of 16 travel books and two smartphone apps about travelling in and around Australia and co-editor of two anthologies of travel writing, as well as a contributor to Explore Australia’s Camping Around Australia guide and the road-tripping bible, Explore Australia. Her most recent books published by Hardie Grant Explore are Ultimate Road Trips, Ultimate Coastal Road Trips Australia, and the best-selling Ultimate Road Trips Australia. See www.leeatkinson.com.au.
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