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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Have you ever imagined giving up your day job & heading for the hills in search of gold? Journalist Steve Boggan decided to do just that when the price of the precious metal scaled dizzying heights in the wake of the global financial crisis. Clueless, & with neither equipment nor experience, Boggan flew to California & followed in the footsteps of the `49ers`, miners who fuelled the original Gold Rush of 1849. Along the way, terrified of bears, bubonic plague & rattlesnakes, he met a cast of colourful characters, including a former Navy Seal who risked his life every day & a man who once went on the run for five years in the mistaken belief that he was wanted by the law. In charming & witty prose, gold-fevered Boggan recaptures the excitement, the hopes & disappointments of the hunt, going beyond the story of modern prospectors to give a moving insight into the birth of modern America. ...

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`. ...

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area on both sides of the famous bridge on a waterproof & tear-resistant hiking & biking map for anyone who wants to get the best from the area’s picturesque terrain. Coverage in San Francisco starts just south of the Geary Boulevard & the Union Square, so

Includes:: Russian Hill & Fisherman’s Wharf, & continues across the Golden Gate Bridge beyond Sausalito & Marin City to include the Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Tiburon Peninsula & Angel Isl&. In the southern part of the Golden Gate NRA & north of the bridge topography is shown by contours at 50m intervals. Colouring indicates parks & conservation areas. Roads & trails are divided into hiking or minor hiking trails with no access for bikes, hike-&-bike trails, paved roads with bicycle & pedestrian paths, plus fire roads with access for bikes. Symbols indicate information points, campgrounds, picnic areas, bus stops, car parks, etc. Also highlighted are 21 locations which have notes about them provided on the reverse. No geographical coordinates are markedm on the map. Within the city only main streets are named, & the map shows metro stations, main bus & cable car routes, ferry terminals & routes, etc. The areas around the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge & of the Sausalito Steps are also shown in more detail on enlargements. The map has an index of points of interest, visitors centres, bicycle & outdoor shops, campsites & beaches, etc, plus advice on local public transport. Coverage further north continues on the publishers’ Mt. Tam map.

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