Download or read book A Field Guide to Central Australia written by Penny Van Oosterzee and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated guide to the landscape, plants and animals seen along the main tourist routes of Central Australia, from Alice Springs, west to Kings Canyon, south to Uluru and the Simpson Desert. Describes the main habitats and species of the region, and discusses the role of geology and climate in landscape formation. Includes maps, references and an index. The author is director of an ecotourism company. Her other publications include 'The Centre', which won the University of NSW Press Science Book Prize.