Sydney & New South Wales

Swandive at Bondi or `go glamour' at Tamarama: swim with the cool kids at Sydney's superb beaches, p63.

Explore lunar plains, outback dunes, sun-soaked coasts and moss-cloaked rainforests, p41.

Follow your nose: we've sniffed out the best coffee, loveliest wine and freshest produce, p45.

1800 hours of research by six Australian travel writers (geologists, journos, architects and novelists).

One leading environmental scientist and climate change expert, Tim Flannery.

130 words in local `lingo': tell the difference between a larrikin, a dag and a shark biscuit (you'll meet them all at one pub).

500 divine national parks: trek, mountain-bike, 4WD and camp, eco-style.