CultureShock! Australia takes you to the island continent and teaches readers how to blend seamlessly into the land.

• Insights into the people and their culture and traditions.
• Advise on adapting into the local environment.
• Essential information on the coutnry's history, traditions, beliefs, etiquette, cusine and leisure activities.
• Suggestions on how to get the most out of the travel experience.
• Linguistic help and hints on how to learn the language and do business.
• A useful list of foreign words and phrases and a conprehensive resource guide.
• A glossary books for further reading and a list of interesting websites for additonal reference.
• Lively and humorous illustrations that capture the essence of the text.

CultureShock! Australia is chock-full of information that will help you assimilate effortlessly into life in the land Down Under. Written in an easy-to-read style, this book covers all the basics for settling in, including the options you should consider before deciding whether to have a pool in your backyard or a full-fledged garden in the front, and what to do when your teenagers assert their rights. Peer beneath the laid-back veneer of the Australian people and learn more about what they hold dear as well as their attitudes towards 'tall poppies' and multiculturalism. Discover how to entertain guests around the 'barbie' and what to do when given a 'shout'. Find out more about how to speak Strine as well as how important leisure is in the Australian working world. CultureShock! Australia is the only guide you will need to fully understand the Aussie people and their culture and truly enjoy your stay in the land of the Southern Cross.

Ilsa Sharp is uniquely well positioned to explain culture shock in Australia. She comes to the subject from many different directions: British-born, she has worked as a journalist in South-east Asia since 1968. She holds a degree in Chinese Studies from Leeds University, England, and is married to a Singaporean-Tamil. In 1989, she and her husband migrated from Singapore to Western Australia. She is now an Australian citizen. Ilsa is the author of several books, including histories of Raffles Hotel, the Singapore Cricket Club, the national lottery Singapore Pools, and the Land Transport Authority, in Singapore. An active environmentalist since the 1970s, she has served on the Councils of the Singapore and Malaysian Nature Societies, and has also worked as Manager of Public Relations and Marketing for Greening Australia (Western Australia), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the conservation and renewal of native vegetation. When not working on writing assignments, Ilsa enjoys walking, reading, cooking and eating Asian food, bird-watching, gardening native Australian plants and vegetables, and practising Qi Gong, a type of Chinese meditation yoga.