Stone's Victorian Trails

[vagrom]

Someone sent me a flyer for Derrick Stone's new Walks,Tracks and Trails of Victoria. It's $45 but I got the State Library to get it in. It's comprehensive enough warrant the cost and at last includes/begins with quite a bit of walking out in the Mallee Wimmera. Not heaps but anything is an advance on what used to be the case. I guess Parks Vic is hoping to spread the load and the desert is excellent at "other" times of the year.
Has anyone seen it and what opinions have you heard of it? It's not just for walkers, but for cyclists and car touring too but there's plenty of overlap in those areas and uptodate information can only be helpful.
It's interesting to see how much cheaper it is to buy overseas if you look on http://www.abebooks.com, where an initial entry claims it is US published. CSIRO may indeed have overseas arrangements. 14 entries all US and UK, except for Aussiebooks offering it in Australia, for $58 smackers, though of course it's available at $45 from CSIRO.
Everybody, must get Stone's ...

[RodLawlor]

Try http://www.bookdepository.co.uk

A$31.45, including postage

[vagrom]

Yes, thanks Rod. A substantial difference and including postage. Food miles. Book Miles. It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll.

[crockle]

Everybody, must get Stone's ...

Well, they'll Stone you when you're at the breakfast table...

Enquired about this in 2 city bookshops over the weekend - no stock, not known by staff, though happy to take an order.
Possibly has not been sold in to the book trade in a massive way.
So maybe it's off to the UK for my copy (there's just something not quite right about all that O/S price discrepancy stuff though). Not that there's anything wrong with global consumer capitalism of course..

[jcr_au]

I notice that its available as an ebook, but still costs $40.00

Also a brief look at the index shows Pink Lakes to Pine Plains as 50km, easy 1 1/2 hours
Mournpall & river tracks 70km easy 6 hours
Major Mitchell trail mildura - howlong 1700km easy/med 6 days

When you go to the Pink Lake Pine Plain track page its actually listed as a 2wd drive & the others available to preview appear to be drives as well

http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_displ ... IID=474374