Ultimate Family Holidays: Australia

By Catherine Best

Ultimate Family Holidays: Australia is packed with travel inspiration, featuring 65 exciting experiences from around the country. Your new holiday handbook is organised in themes: staycations, walks and wilderness, culture and curiosity, holiday parks and farms stays, wildlife encounters, swim spots, thrill-seeker adventures, epic stays and just for fun.

Author Catherine Best gives you travel tips and ideas for across the country. Check out kid-friendly options at bucket-list locations such as Uluru and Rottnest Island/Wadjemup, ditch the schoolbooks and learn by immersion at cultural highlights like the Dinosaur Trail in outback Queensland, or simply enjoy a gardenful of fun at Gnomesville in Western Australia. Whatever your family’s holiday fancy, this book has got you covered, and also includes helpful hints on where to eat, sleep and visit (including budget-friendly options). Rally the kids, it’s time to get packing.
Not Yet Published
$45.00 RRP
ISBN
9781741179286
Publish date
28 October 2025
Category
Australia, Travel
Format
Paperback
Page count
272
Weight
942 grams
Dimensions
240 x 210 mm

About the author

Catherine Best is an award-winning travel journalist, magazine editor and storyteller who has been writing professionally for more than 25 years. She started her career as a news reporter, when journalism seemed like a logical outlet for someone destined to write, but soon discovered there was more beauty and joy in travel writing than being part of the 24/7 news’ cycle. It’s in nature – climbing mountains, scuba diving and camping in the outback – where Catherine finds her greatest inspiration and connection to place. Sharing in her passion for wild places are her three kids and husband, who are her favourite travelling companions. When not off on an adventure, you will find Catherine at home in Melbourne with her three musketeers, consoling the labradoodle, who is too often left behind, and planning the next mods on her family caravan. Catherine’s first book, Ultimate Caravan Trips: Australia, was published by Hardie Grant in 2022. You can follow her adventures on Instagram, @catherine_best_.

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