Gold Coast & Region in Queensland in a series of maps from Hema presenting Australia’s main cities with three maps: a detailed street plan of the central area, a road map of the city with its outer suburbs, plus a map of the wider surrounding region for out-of-town excursions. The Gold Coast map has on one side street plans of the central Gold Coast area from Southport & Main Beach to Broad Beach, plus of Coolangatta – Tweed Heads, both with lists of accommodation facilities. The adjoining Gold Coast Suburban map at 1:37, 300 covers an area between the South Stradbroke Island & the state border & in addition highlight surfing beaches. On the reverse a regional map at 1:70, 500 of the Gold Coast & Hinterland covers a wider surrounding area including the Springbrook & Lamington National Parks. Both the suburban & the regional maps are indexed & show the road network indicating unsurfaced roads & tracks. Symbols mark roadside rest areas, campsites, accredited information centres, places of interest, etc. Topography is indicated by names of mountain ranges & selected peaks, plus rivers & lakes; national & state parks, conservation areas & reserves are all highlighted. The both maps also show postal codes. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Touring map of the Gold Coast region of Queensland from UDB Gregory’s. The main map at 1:160, 000 covers the Gold Coast & its hinterland as far as the Mount Lindesay Highway. On the reverse there at street plans at 1:25, 000 of Runway Beach to Broadbeach, Mermaid Beach to Palm Beach, Currumbin to Tugun, & Coolangatta
- Tweed Heads areas, plus an enlargement for Surfers Paradise highlighting accommodation. The map

Includes:: brief descriptions of “ The best of the Gold Coast” & lists of local events, wineries & facilities in national parks. To see other titles in this series of touring maps from UBD Gregory’s please click on the series link.


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Rejected by his tribe & hunted by the kin of the man he killed, Ukhayyad & his thoroughbred camel flee across the desolate Tuareg deserts of the Sahara. Between bloody wars against the Italians in the north & famine raging in the south, Ukhayyad rides for the remote rock caves of Jebel Hasawna. There, he says farewell to the mount who has been his companion through thirst, disease, lust & loneliness. Alone in the desert, haunted by the prophetic cave paintings of ancient hunting scenes & the cries of jinn in the night, Ukhayyad awaits the arrival of his pursuers & their insatiable hunger for blood & gold. Gold Dust is a classic story of the brotherhood between man & beast, the thread of companionship that is all the difference between life & death in the desert. It is a story of the fight to endure in a world of limitless & waterless wastes, & a parable of the struggle to survive in the most dangerous landscape of all: human society. ...

This globe by National Geographic is a 30 cm (12”) stylish globe. With its political antique style mapping, a walnut base & a metal, brass finish half meridian, it adds an elegant touch to any room. The sphere features political mapping from the renowned National Geographic clearly conveying up to date information of the world (over 2, 000 place names). The countries are differentiated by different understated colouring & the topography is defined by relief shading & main mountain ranges are named. In particular, the ocean floor boasts impressive details showing relief shading, continental shelf & ridges. This is a beautiful globe offering the latest information & a stylish look, & will enrich both modern & traditional settings. ...

One Thursday in 2008 the price of gold went above a thousand dollars an ounce for the first time in history. All over the world, at least in countries with gold-bearing soil, people with no experience of prospecting began shopping for shovels & pickaxes, gold pans, tents, generators & all manner of equipment they had no idea how to use. & off they went mining. In 2013, Steve Boggan followed them, packing his bags & flying to San Francisco to join the 21st century`s gold rush in a quest to understand the allure of the metal
- & maybe find a bit for himself, too. Meeting a selection of colourful characters, he gets a crash course in small-scale prospecting while learning about the history & economics of gold. He also takes us back in time to the original gold rush, two centuries ago, tracing the path of the first intrepid 49ers who abandoned their roots & trekked thousands of miles, risking death for the chance of riches. Written with Boggan`s characteristic wit & self-effacing charm, Gold Fever is a hugely entertaining travelogue & a moving insight into a key period in the creation of modern America.
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One Family. Five generations. An epic story of love & loss. China, 1879 With the Opium wars at their height, Fong Tak-Fat boards a ship to Canada, determined to make a life for himself & support his family back home. He will endure great hardship as he works to build the Pacific Railway & save every penny he makes to reunite his family. Canada, 2004 Amy Smith knows nothing of her family history, a secret her mother will not share, until she is summoned to her ancestral home in China to collect the forgotten belongings of family members whom she has never met. Can Amy finally unlock the door to her past? Telling the story of one family`s journey through five generations & across the seas, Gold Mountain Blues is a heartrending tale of sacrifice, endurance, hope & survival. ...

Gold Rush Geology by Thames & Kosmos introduces children to Earth Science. Pan for fake gold from inside a block of plaster “dirt”. Learn the techniques of panning for gold & about the precious element itself. An eight page manual with one experiment. Age 7 years+. ...

For much of the twentieth century travel by air was a luxury available only to the wealthy, & accordingly the airlines
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Golden Bay, the north-western end of New Zealand’s South Island at 1:60, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible maps from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities including campsites. The map shows a selections of local hiking & tramping tracks, indicating those suitable for mountain biking. Contour interval is 20m. In addition to the NZ national grid the map has lines for latitude & longitude at intervals of 10’. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Despite communist incursions & tribal insurrection, Norman Lewis describes a land of breath-taking natural beauty peopled by the gentle Burmese. This is a country where Buddhist beliefs spare even the rats, where the Director of Prisons"es Chaucer & where three-day theatrical shows are staged to celebrate a monk taking orders. Hitching lifts with the army & with travelling merchants, Lewis is treated to hospitality wherever he stops in this war-torn l&, & reveals a country where `the condition of the soul replaces that of the stock markets as a topic for polite conversation`. ...