Glossary
Concepts:
Guided: Guided walking holidays include the services of a knowlegeable and highly experienced guide
INN-to-INN: Walk a continuous route through National Parks, walking from one accommodation to the next, luggage moved ahead while you walk
Self-Guided: Walk independently without a guide, using Auswalk's marked maps and detailed Walk Notes
Touring trips: Travel with a group around a region, stopping for full day or half day walks along the way
Place names / destinations:
Arthurs Seat: Summit of small mountain overlooking Dromana and the Mornington Peninsula
Atherton Tablelands: Picturesque highland area above Cairns, noted for numerous waterfalls and tropical rainforest walking
Ayers Rock: Huge monolith located in the very centre of Australia, known to the indigenous people as Uluru
Australian Alps: Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales
Ben Boyd: National Park in southern NSW featuring Green Cape Lighthouse & the Light to Light Walk
Binna Burra: Wilderness Lodge in Lamington National Park near Brisbane
Blue Mountains: Range of rugged cliffs with numerous waterfalls and canyons, about 2 hours west of Sydney
Bogong High Plains: An area of the Alpine National Park in Victoria - see the Victorian High Plains walking holiday.
Bunya Mountains: Not far from Brisbane, outstanding rainforest walking and unique bunya pines
Byron Bay: Popular surfing seaside town on the NSW north coast
Cairns: Gateway town to Far North Queensland & the starting place for most trips to the Great Barrier Reef
Cania Gorge: One of the gorges visited on the Carnarvon Gorge trip
Cape Schanck: Rugged cape on the Mornington Peninsula - you can visit a lighthouse here
Cape Tribulation: Where the rainforest meets the reef in the Daintree National Park
Carnarvon Gorge: Rugged outback oasis with stunning gorge - accessed from Brisbane
Central Australia: Area containing Alice Springs and Uluru
Charlotte Pass: Very small, secluded alpine village in the Snowy Mountains
Coffs Harbour: Popular seaside town on the NSW north coast, famous for its buzzing jetty
Cradle Mountain: Tasmania's best known mountain
Croajingolong: National Park on the Wilderness Coast in Victoria, near the NSW border
Daintree: Tropical rainforest National Park in Far North Queensland, includes the famous Daintree River
Dinner Plain: Purpose-built alpine village near Mt Hotham. Features quaint timber cottages of varying shapes and sizes.
Dorrigo: Rainforest National Park in northern NSW, famous for it's Sky Walk
Far North Queensland: The area from Townsville northwards via Cairns
Franklin River: Wilderness river in Tasmania, saved by conservations from being flooded to build a hydro scheme
Freycinet Peninsula: National Park on the east coast of Tasmania, well known for the Wineglass Bay Walk
Glen Helen: Remote outback station in Central Australia, on the banks of the Finke River
Grampians: National Park half way between Melbourne and Adelaide - rugged ranges, Aboriginal rock shelters and remote walking
Grand Canyon: There are Grand Canyons in the Blue Mountains and Grampians - much smaller than the American one but scenic and fascinating in their own right!
Great Barrier Reef: One of the 7 wonders of the world, this coral reef can be seen from space
Great Ocean Road: Famous coastal route between Melbourne and Adelaide, well known for the 12 Apostles and other limestone formations
Great Ocean Walk - Surf Coast Section: Auswalk's INN-to-INN holiday on the Torquay to Lorne stretch of the Great Ocean Road
Great Ocean Walk - Otways Section: Auswalk's INN-to-INN holiday on the Apollo Bay to the 12 Apostles stretch of the Great Ocean Road
Green Cape Lighthouse: Situated in a very remote setting in the Ben Boyd National Park
Halls Gap: The town at the heart of the Grampians National Park
Hawkesbury: River just north of Sydney
Hobart: Capital of Tasmania, island state to the south of the Australian mainland
High Plains: Victorian alpine region including the highest peaks in the state.
Jindabyne: Lakeside gateway town for the Snowy Mountains, Australia's High Country
Light to Light Walk: Long distance walking route from Boyd's Tower to Green Cape Lighthouse in the Ben Boyd National Park
Kata Tjuta: Aboriginal name for what used to be called the Olgas, a group of domed rocks in Central Australia
Katoomba: Major township in the Blue Mountains, where the Three Sisters are located
Kings Canyon: Remote, rugged canyon in Central Australia
Kosciuszko: Mount Kosciuszko is Australia's highest mountain, situated in the Snowy Mountains
Lake St Clair: Australia's deepest lake, situated in the centre of Tasmania
Lamington: Rainforest National Park about 2 hours south of Brisbane
Lamington Traverse: Auswalk's walk from O'Reillys to Binna Burra in the Lamington National Park
Larapinta Track: Long distance walking track in the West MacDonnell Ranges near Alice Springs, Central Australia
Lighthouses Trek: Auswalk's touring trip ex Canberra, visiting lighthouses at Montague Island, Green Cape and Point Hicks - stay overnight in lighthouse keepers cottages
Lorne: Busy coastal tourist town on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria
Magnetic Island: Small island off the coast at Townsville, about 300km south of Cairns - idyllic beaches and 350 days of sunshine each year
Mallacoota: Remote seaside settlement on the far north coast of Victoria, near the Croajingolong National Park
Montague Island: Small island off the coast of Narooma in southern NSW - huge seal colony and lighthouse
Mornington Peninsula: Narrow peninsula 2 hours from Melbourne, forms one of the heads of Port Phillip Bay
Mossman Gorge: Stunning rainforest walking just north of Cairns in Far North Queensland
Mount Kosciuszko: Mount Kosciuszko is Australia's highest mountain, situated in the Snowy Mountains
Mt Feathertop: Victoria's 2nd highest mountains - accessed by the Razorback Walking Track
Narooma: Coastal town in southern Queensland - access point to Montague Island
New South Wales: Australia's most populous state with Sydney as its capital
Northern Territory: Stretches from Darwin down to the centre of the country
Olgas: European name for Kata Tjuta, a group of domed rocks in Central Australia
O’Reilly’s: Wilderness lodge in the Lamington National Park, 2 hours south of Brisbane
Ormiston Pound: Spectacular outback circuit walk in the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia
Peninsula Ramble: Auswalk's INN-to-INN trip on the Mornington Peninsula
Perisher Valley: In the Snowy Mountains - a bustling ski village in winter and sleepy hollow in summer
Point Hicks Lighthouse: Remote lighthouse on the northern coast of Victoria in the Croajingolong National Park
Point Nepean: The very tip of Mornington Peninsula - historic forts are preserved in the National Park here
Queensland: North eastern state of Australia with the capital city of Brisbane
Rainforests & the Waterfall Way: Auswalk's touring trip ex Brisbane - features Girraween National Park, the Waterfall Way, Dorrigo, Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay and Lamington National Park
Red Centre: Area containing Alice Springs and Uluru, sometimes referred to as Central Australia
Roof of Australia: Auswalk's traverse of the Snowy Mountains, walking from Guthega to Perisher to Charlotte Pass then Thredbo alpine villages
Snowy Mountains: Australia's High Country containing the highest peaks in Australia - about 6 hours drive SW of Sydney
Sorrento: Attractive seaside resort town on the bay side of the Mornington Peninsula
Strahan: Attractive coastal tourist centre on the west coast of Tasmania - gateway for cruises on the wilderness Gordon River
Tasmania: Small island state to the south of mainland Australia, with the capital of Hobart
Thredbo: The busiest of the Snowy Mountains alpine villages
Three Sisters: World famous rock formation in the Blue Mountains
Townsville: Major town in Far North Queensland, access point for Magnetic Island
Two Bays Walking Track: Crosses the Mornington Peninsula from the bay beach at Dromana to the back beach at Bushranger Bay / Cape Schanck
Uluru: Huge monolith in Central Australia - European name is Ayers Rock
Victoria: Southern state with Melbourne as its capital
Waterfall Way: Road linking Armidale with Coffs Harbour in northern NSW - famous for its numerous waterfalls and rugged escarpment country
West MacDonnell Ranges: Remote and rugged range to the west of Alice Springs in Central Australia
Wineglass Bay: Picture-postcard bay on the Freycinet Peninsula on Tasmania's east coast
Wollomombi Falls: Australia's second highest waterfall, on the Waterfall Way near Armidale NSW
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