Synopses & Reviews
A jewel of the Southern Hemisphere, Australia offers visitors a fascinating blend of gorgeous beaches, dramatic Outback vistas, unique animal and plant life, and glittering cosmopolitan cities. In National Geographic Traveler: Australia, 3rd Edition, esteemed writer Roff Smith takes readers throughout this sun-drenched land, including famous Bondi beach in Sydney, the gold-mining towns in the far west, the underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef, and the remote rivers of Tasmania.
About the Author
Originally a New England Yankee,
Roff Smith has lived most of his adult life in Australia. He began work as a journalist for the
Sydney Morning Herald and later as a feature writer for Melbourne's
Sunday Age. He joined
Time Magazine in 1993, and as an award-winning senior writer he covered stories around Australia and as far afield as New Guinea, French Polynesia, and Antarctica.
In 1996, Roff set off alone into the Australian Outback on a 10,000-mile bicycle trek. The story of his journey appeared as a three-part series in National Geographic, and is described in more detail in Cold Beer and Crocodiles: A Bicycle Journey into Australia, published in 2000 by National Geographic Adventure Press. In 1999, his book Australia: Journey Through a Timeless Land was published by National Geographic. Roff now lives in South Australia, where he freelances for a number of international magazines and publications.