Ultimate Family Holidays: Australia
by Catherine Best

Planning a family trip is a lot easier when someone's already road-tested it with kids in tow, and that's exactly what travel journalist Catherine Best offers here. Drawing on more than 25 years of professional travel writing and countless trips with her own three kids and husband, Best has put together 65 family-friendly experiences from right across the country.

Rather than organising by state, the book is arranged by theme, covering staycations, walks and wilderness, culture and curiosity, holiday parks and farm stays, wildlife encounters, swim spots, thrill-seeker adventures, epic stays, and a catch-all "just for fun" chapter. That structure makes it easy to plan around what your family actually wants to do, whether that's spotting kid-friendly highlights at bucket-list destinations like Uluru and Rottnest Island/Wadjemup, learning through hands-on experiences at spots like the Dinosaur Trail in outback Queensland, or just enjoying quirky fun at places like Gnomesville in Western Australia. Every entry comes with practical tips on where to eat, sleep, and explore, including budget-friendly picks.

Best's connection to the outdoors, from mountain climbing to scuba diving to outback camping, runs through the whole book, and it follows on from her first title, Ultimate Caravan Trips: Australia. For families looking to swap the everyday for an adventure, this is a genuinely practical starting point.

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