Hema Maps New Product: 3001 things to see and do in Australia
The ultimate Australian travel guide
The first edition of 3001 things to see and do around Australia
Published by Hema Maps and including Hema locator maps, 3001 things is the ultimate travel guide – one 376-page book for a ‘big lap’ style tour which is also designed to use to discover many things in local areas.
James came up with the idea for 3001 things while on a 110,000km trip around Australia mapping indigenous song lines.
As he travelled around Australia, he realised two things:
- Many of the places he would only visit once in his lifetime, so he didn’t want to miss out on the best beach, view, drive or hike because he didn’t know that it was there
- With a simple, easy-to-follow map with dots, he could get more people out to see these incredible places and hopefully raise awareness of the importance of protecting them for future generations.
“There are thousands of activities to see and do and there are equally thousands more that I have left out,” James said. “I hope by using the book travellers will be able to spend more time doing and seeing and less time researching.
“My main aim of this book is to help you spend less time planning and more time doing as you travel around Australia.”
3001 things to see and do around Australia includes attractions by state, territory and region for easy navigation including must see-sites, adventures and family fun as well as history, culture and exploration.
This book makes it easy to plan your activities and routes, thanks to the use of activity icons combined with Hema’s award-winning cartography.
The activities have been combined into the following three types:
- Indigenous: where there is an indigenous experience, indigenous art or indigenous history
- Natural Wonders: which is purely nature with no or limited influence by humans such as: geology, fossils, forests, waterfalls, coral reefs, beaches, animals and sunsets
- Man Made Landmarks: where there is a manmade component to that thing to see or do, for example: classic drives, museums, botanical gardens, lighthouses and historic monuments
3001 things incorporates the ///what3words (w3w) locator system which is the easiest way to talk about accurate locations. It has divided the world into a grid of three metre squares, and given each one a unique combination of three words. It’s designed to help people describe hard to find locations, such as hiking trails and caravan sites.
A sample of what to look for is shown below which has been taken from the first activity listing in Queensland (page 21 of 3001 things)
5 Mile Creek Swimming Hole, Cardwell:
///magic.vehicle.swooping
Emergency services are now incorporating w3w into their spatial directions for search and rescue and emergency response.
Anyone can use what3words for free via the free app or web map, www.map.what3words.com. The app works totally offline and is ideal for even discovering locations in the most remote areas easily and quickly.
About the Author:
James Allen grew up in Melbourne with parents who loved to explore. He was fascinated by the natural sciences and history but mostly by explorers. Mawson, Ranulph Fiennes and Jacques Cousteau were his poster heroes. James graduated with degrees in Earth Sciences (Geology), Economics and Polar Studies and then worked as an explorer looking for resources across the deserts of Central Australia, the Pilbara and Bass Strait as well as other countries.
Over the years, his interests and skills grew to include mountaineering, scuba diving, sailing, paragliding, hiking, biking, 4WD, rock climbing, canoeing, birdwatching, dendrology, climatology, oceanography and more. He has climbed the seven summits, skied to the poles, sailed oceans and crossed many deserts. He is a single dad and has travelled extensively with his five children and takes them wherever and whenever he can.
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