AUSTRALIA-3 – back in 1983
We’re just winding up research and production for the next edition of our Australia guide (Australia-15). This time around it has involved 15 writers who between them put in 65 weeks of on-the-ground research. The current edition is Australia-14.
Which made me think about Australia-3. The first two editions of Australia (Australia-1 in 1977 and Australia-2 in 1979) were all my own work and nothing to write home about!
In any case Australia didn’t get many international visitors back then. In late 1982 we decided to produce a much bigger and better Australia guide ...
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Once while Travelling: The Lonely Planet Story
