Whether it is one of the old faithfuls or one of the new generation of high quality colour books being produced now, Reference Books are an essential part of the research that goes into any good walk.
I often refer to one or more of these books while planning a walk or afterwards trying to find out more about something I've seen.
- Title:
- A Complete Guide To Reptiles of Australia
- Author:
- Wilson, Steve & Swann, Gerry
- Publisher:
- New Holland Publishers
- Year:
- 2003
- ISBN:
- IS978 1 87633 472 1
- Title:
- A Field Guide To Australian Wildflowers Volume One
- Author:
- Hodgson, Margaret & Paine, Roland
- Publisher:
- Rigby Publishers
- Year:
- 1987
- ISBN:
- 0 85179 255 3
- Title:
- A Field Guide To Australian Wildflowers Volume Two
- Author:
- Hodgson, Margaret & Paine, Roland
- Publisher:
- Rigby Publishers
- Year:
- 1977
- ISBN:
- 0 7270 0203 1
- Title:
- A Field Guide To The FUNGI of Australia
- Author:
- Young AM
- Publisher:
- UNSW Press
- Year:
- 2005
- ISBN:
- 0 86840 742 9
- Title:
- An Illustrated Guide to Sydney 1882 (Facsimile Edition)
- Author:
- Gibbs, Shallard & Co
- Publisher:
- Angus & Robertson
- Year:
- 1982
- ISBN:
- 0 207 14433 8
- Title:
- Australian Butterflies in Colour
- Author:
- Burns A, & Rotherham ER
- Publisher:
- AH & AW Reed
- Year:
- 1980
- ISBN:
- 0 589 50258 1
- Title:
- Australian Fungi
- Author:
- Fuhrer, Bruce
- Publisher:
- Bloomings Books
- Year:
- 1985
- ISBN:
- 1 876473 40 1
- Title:
- Australian Fungi Illustrated
- Author:
- McCann, I R
- Publisher:
- Macdown Productions
- Year:
- 2003
- ISBN:
- 0 9750780 0 3
- Title:
- Australia's Volcanoes
- Author:
- Ferrett, Russell
- Publisher:
- New Holland Publishers
- Year:
- 2005
- ISBN:
- 1 877069 09 4
- Title:
- Bent Backs
- Author:
- Brown, Jim W
- Publisher:
- Industrial Printing Co
- Year:
- 1989
- ISBN:
- 0 646 05172 5
- Title:
- Best River and Alpine Walks around Mt Kosciuszko
- Author:
- McClelland, Matt, & Wild Walks Team
- Publisher:
- Woodslane Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2010
- ISBN:
- 9781921606045
- Title:
- Blue Mountains Geographical Encyclopaedia
- Author:
- Brian Fox, Michael Keats OAM and John Fox
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2018
- ISBN:
- 978 0 9870546 9 2
- Title:
- Bushwalking: Katoomba to Mittagong Track
- Author:
- Sloss, Robert
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1995
- Title:
- Canyons Near Sydney
- Author:
- Jamieson, Rick
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 2001
- ISBN:
- 0 646 41076 8
- Title:
- Complete Book of Australian Mammals
- Author:
- The Australian Museum
- Publisher:
- Angus & Robertson
- Year:
- 1983
- ISBN:
- 0 207 14454 0
- Title:
- Day Walks in Therabulat Country
- Author:
- Keats, Michael
- Publisher:
- Southwood Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2006
- ISBN:
- 0 646 45582 6
- Title:
- Eucalypts A Bushwalkers Guide
- Author:
- Leonard, Gary
- Publisher:
- UNSW Press
- Year:
- 2002
- ISBN:
- 0 86840 340 7
- Title:
- Finding Your Way in the Bush
- Author:
- Carter, George
- Publisher:
- Canberra Bushwalking Club Inc
- Year:
- 2007
- ISBN:
- 978 0 9598790 1 8
- Title:
- From Katoomba to Jenolan Caves: The Six Foot Track 1884 - 1984
- Author:
- Smith, Jim
- Publisher:
- Second Back Row Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1984
- ISBN:
- 909325421
- Title:
- Gundungura
- Author:
- Sydney University Rover Crew
- Publisher:
- Sydney University Rover Crew
- Year:
- 1970
- Title:
- Hiking: Katoomba - Wentworth Falls - Kanangra Walls : Cloud Maker Track
- Author:
- Sloss, Robert
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1997
- ISBN:
- 0 9586512 1 3
- Title:
- Honey and Pollen Flora
- Author:
- Clemson, Alan
- Publisher:
- Inkata Press
- Year:
- 1985
- ISBN:
- 0 909605 33 5
- Title:
- How To See The Blue Mountains
- Author:
- Smith, Jim
- Publisher:
- Second Back Row Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1986
- ISBN:
- 909325529
- Title:
- Industrial Archaeology in Australia (Rural Industry)
- Author:
- Birmingham, Judy, Jack, Ian and Jeans, Dennis
- Publisher:
- Heinemann Publishers Australia Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1983
- Title:
- Lapstone Zig Zag Railway
- Author:
- William Bayley
- Publisher:
- Locomotion Productions
- Year:
- 1975
- ISBN:
- 0 909587 07 3
- Title:
- Layers of Time
- Author:
- Geological Survey of NSW
- Publisher:
- NSW Dept of Mineral Resources
- Year:
- 1997
- ISBN:
- 7313 0274 5
- Title:
- Narrow Neck and the Birth of Katoomba
- Author:
- Barrett, Jim
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1996
- ISBN:
- 0 646 30440 2
- Title:
- Native Orchids of Australia
- Author:
- Jones, David
- Publisher:
- Reed New Holland
- Year:
- 2006
- ISBN:
- 1 877069 12 4
- Title:
- Native Plants of the Blue Mountains
- Author:
- Baker, Margaret & Corringham, Robin
- Publisher:
- Bower Bird Books
- Year:
- 2004
- ISBN:
- 0 646 18496 2
- Title:
- Old Leura and Katoomba
- Author:
- Katoomba Rotary Club
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1982
- ISBN:
- 0 9593411 0 2
- Title:
- On Suspect Terrain
- Author:
- Brownscombe, Ross
- Publisher:
- Forever Wild Press
- Year:
- 2004
- ISBN:
- 0 646 43876 X
- Title:
- Pathways To History: Exploring the Blue Mountains
- Author:
- Powell, Greg
- Publisher:
- MacStyle Media
- Year:
- 1995
- ISBN:
- 1 875293 21 3
- Title:
- Place Names of the Blue Mountains and Burragorang Valley
- Author:
- Barrett, Jim
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1994
- ISBN:
- 646 21701 1
- Title:
- Rails, Roads & Bridges
- Author:
- Aston, Neil
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1988
- ISBN:
- 0 9588163 1 X
- Title:
- The Burning Mists of Time
- Author:
- Pells, Philip and Hammon, Philip
- Publisher:
- WriteLight
- Year:
- 2009
- ISBN:
- 978 09775639 6 8
- Title:
- The Complete Field Guide To Dragonflies Of Australia
- Author:
- Theischinger Gunther & Hawking, John
- Publisher:
- CSIRO Publishing
- Year:
- 2006
- ISBN:
- 0 643 09073 8
- Title:
- The Gardens of Stone and beyond - Book 1
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780987054609
- Title:
- The Gardens of Stone and beyond - Book 2
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780987054616
- Title:
- The Gardens of Stone and beyond - Book 3
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780987054623
- Title:
- The Gardens of Stone and beyond - Book 4
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780987054630
- Title:
- The Passes of Narrow Neck
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2008
- ISBN:
- 978064648112-8
- Title:
- The Proteaceae of the Sydney Region
- Author:
- Blombery, Alec & Maloney, Betty
- Publisher:
- Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1992
- ISBN:
- 0 86417 433 0
- Title:
- The Roadmakers - A History of Main Roads in NSW
- Author:
- Dept of Main Roads NSW
- Publisher:
- Dept of Main Roads NSW
- Year:
- 1976
- ISBN:
- 0 7240 0439 4
- Title:
- The Shale Railways of New South Wales
- Author:
- Eardley, Gifford and Stephens, Eric
- Publisher:
- Australian Railway Historical Society
- Year:
- 2000
- ISBN:
- 0 909650 03 9
- Title:
- The Story of Capertee
- Author:
- Bruce Jefferys
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- late 1990s
- Title:
- The Upper Grose Valley - Bushwalkers Business
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780646473192
- Title:
- The Wolgan Valley Railway
- Author:
- Stephens EM
- Publisher:
- Australian Railway Historical Society
- Year:
- 1959
- Title:
- The Wolgan Valley Railway - It's Construction, 2004
- Author:
- Deane, Henry
- Publisher:
- Australian Railway Historical Society
- Year:
- 2004
- ISBN:
- 0 909650 61 6
- Title:
- Toxic Plants & Animals
- Author:
- Covacevich, Davie & Pearn
- Publisher:
- Queensland Museum
- Year:
- 1987
- ISBN:
- 0 7242 2381 9
- Title:
- Tracks, Scats And Other Traces
- Author:
- Triggs, Barbara
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Year:
- 2006
- ISBN:
- 0 19 555099 4
- Title:
- What Animal Is That?
- Author:
- Frauca, Harry
- Publisher:
- Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1982
- ISBN:
- 868240745
- Title:
- Wildflowers of Sydney
- Author:
- Fairley, Alan
- Publisher:
- Bloomings Books
- Year:
- 2001
- ISBN:
- 1 876473 38 X
- Title:
- A Complete Guide To Reptiles of Australia
- Author:
- Wilson, Steve & Swann, Gerry
- Publisher:
- New Holland Publishers
- Year:
- 2003
- ISBN:
- IS978 1 87633 472 1
- Title:
- Australian Butterflies in Colour
- Author:
- Burns A, & Rotherham ER
- Publisher:
- AH & AW Reed
- Year:
- 1980
- ISBN:
- 0 589 50258 1
- Title:
- Complete Book of Australian Mammals
- Author:
- The Australian Museum
- Publisher:
- Angus & Robertson
- Year:
- 1983
- ISBN:
- 0 207 14454 0
- Title:
- The Complete Field Guide To Dragonflies Of Australia
- Author:
- Theischinger Gunther & Hawking, John
- Publisher:
- CSIRO Publishing
- Year:
- 2006
- ISBN:
- 0 643 09073 8
- Title:
- Tracks, Scats And Other Traces
- Author:
- Triggs, Barbara
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Year:
- 2006
- ISBN:
- 0 19 555099 4
- Title:
- What Animal Is That?
- Author:
- Frauca, Harry
- Publisher:
- Doubleday Australia Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1982
- ISBN:
- 868240745
- Title:
- Australia's Volcanoes
- Author:
- Ferrett, Russell
- Publisher:
- New Holland Publishers
- Year:
- 2005
- ISBN:
- 1 877069 09 4
- Title:
- Layers of Time
- Author:
- Geological Survey of NSW
- Publisher:
- NSW Dept of Mineral Resources
- Year:
- 1997
- ISBN:
- 7313 0274 5
- Title:
- An Illustrated Guide to Sydney 1882 (Facsimile Edition)
- Author:
- Gibbs, Shallard & Co
- Publisher:
- Angus & Robertson
- Year:
- 1982
- ISBN:
- 0 207 14433 8
- Title:
- Bent Backs
- Author:
- Brown, Jim W
- Publisher:
- Industrial Printing Co
- Year:
- 1989
- ISBN:
- 0 646 05172 5
- Title:
- Blue Mountains Geographical Encyclopaedia
- Author:
- Brian Fox, Michael Keats OAM and John Fox
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2018
- ISBN:
- 978 0 9870546 9 2
- Title:
- Industrial Archaeology in Australia (Rural Industry)
- Author:
- Birmingham, Judy, Jack, Ian and Jeans, Dennis
- Publisher:
- Heinemann Publishers Australia Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1983
- Title:
- Lapstone Zig Zag Railway
- Author:
- William Bayley
- Publisher:
- Locomotion Productions
- Year:
- 1975
- ISBN:
- 0 909587 07 3
- Title:
- Narrow Neck and the Birth of Katoomba
- Author:
- Barrett, Jim
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1996
- ISBN:
- 0 646 30440 2
- Title:
- Old Leura and Katoomba
- Author:
- Katoomba Rotary Club
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1982
- ISBN:
- 0 9593411 0 2
- Title:
- On Suspect Terrain
- Author:
- Brownscombe, Ross
- Publisher:
- Forever Wild Press
- Year:
- 2004
- ISBN:
- 0 646 43876 X
- Title:
- Place Names of the Blue Mountains and Burragorang Valley
- Author:
- Barrett, Jim
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1994
- ISBN:
- 646 21701 1
- Title:
- Rails, Roads & Bridges
- Author:
- Aston, Neil
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1988
- ISBN:
- 0 9588163 1 X
- Title:
- The Burning Mists of Time
- Author:
- Pells, Philip and Hammon, Philip
- Publisher:
- WriteLight
- Year:
- 2009
- ISBN:
- 978 09775639 6 8
- Title:
- The Roadmakers - A History of Main Roads in NSW
- Author:
- Dept of Main Roads NSW
- Publisher:
- Dept of Main Roads NSW
- Year:
- 1976
- ISBN:
- 0 7240 0439 4
- Title:
- The Shale Railways of New South Wales
- Author:
- Eardley, Gifford and Stephens, Eric
- Publisher:
- Australian Railway Historical Society
- Year:
- 2000
- ISBN:
- 0 909650 03 9
- Title:
- The Story of Capertee
- Author:
- Bruce Jefferys
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- late 1990s
- Title:
- The Wolgan Valley Railway
- Author:
- Stephens EM
- Publisher:
- Australian Railway Historical Society
- Year:
- 1959
- Title:
- The Wolgan Valley Railway - It's Construction, 2004
- Author:
- Deane, Henry
- Publisher:
- Australian Railway Historical Society
- Year:
- 2004
- ISBN:
- 0 909650 61 6
- Title:
- A Field Guide To Australian Wildflowers Volume One
- Author:
- Hodgson, Margaret & Paine, Roland
- Publisher:
- Rigby Publishers
- Year:
- 1987
- ISBN:
- 0 85179 255 3
- Title:
- A Field Guide To Australian Wildflowers Volume Two
- Author:
- Hodgson, Margaret & Paine, Roland
- Publisher:
- Rigby Publishers
- Year:
- 1977
- ISBN:
- 0 7270 0203 1
- Title:
- A Field Guide To The FUNGI of Australia
- Author:
- Young AM
- Publisher:
- UNSW Press
- Year:
- 2005
- ISBN:
- 0 86840 742 9
- Title:
- Australian Fungi
- Author:
- Fuhrer, Bruce
- Publisher:
- Bloomings Books
- Year:
- 1985
- ISBN:
- 1 876473 40 1
- Title:
- Australian Fungi Illustrated
- Author:
- McCann, I R
- Publisher:
- Macdown Productions
- Year:
- 2003
- ISBN:
- 0 9750780 0 3
- Title:
- Eucalypts A Bushwalkers Guide
- Author:
- Leonard, Gary
- Publisher:
- UNSW Press
- Year:
- 2002
- ISBN:
- 0 86840 340 7
- Title:
- Honey and Pollen Flora
- Author:
- Clemson, Alan
- Publisher:
- Inkata Press
- Year:
- 1985
- ISBN:
- 0 909605 33 5
- Title:
- Native Orchids of Australia
- Author:
- Jones, David
- Publisher:
- Reed New Holland
- Year:
- 2006
- ISBN:
- 1 877069 12 4
- Title:
- Native Plants of the Blue Mountains
- Author:
- Baker, Margaret & Corringham, Robin
- Publisher:
- Bower Bird Books
- Year:
- 2004
- ISBN:
- 0 646 18496 2
- Title:
- The Proteaceae of the Sydney Region
- Author:
- Blombery, Alec & Maloney, Betty
- Publisher:
- Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1992
- ISBN:
- 0 86417 433 0
- Title:
- Wildflowers of Sydney
- Author:
- Fairley, Alan
- Publisher:
- Bloomings Books
- Year:
- 2001
- ISBN:
- 1 876473 38 X
- Title:
- Best River and Alpine Walks around Mt Kosciuszko
- Author:
- McClelland, Matt, & Wild Walks Team
- Publisher:
- Woodslane Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2010
- ISBN:
- 9781921606045
- Title:
- Bushwalking: Katoomba to Mittagong Track
- Author:
- Sloss, Robert
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1995
- Title:
- Canyons Near Sydney
- Author:
- Jamieson, Rick
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 2001
- ISBN:
- 0 646 41076 8
- Title:
- Day Walks in Therabulat Country
- Author:
- Keats, Michael
- Publisher:
- Southwood Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2006
- ISBN:
- 0 646 45582 6
- Title:
- Finding Your Way in the Bush
- Author:
- Carter, George
- Publisher:
- Canberra Bushwalking Club Inc
- Year:
- 2007
- ISBN:
- 978 0 9598790 1 8
- Title:
- Gundungura
- Author:
- Sydney University Rover Crew
- Publisher:
- Sydney University Rover Crew
- Year:
- 1970
- Title:
- Hiking: Katoomba - Wentworth Falls - Kanangra Walls : Cloud Maker Track
- Author:
- Sloss, Robert
- Publisher:
- self published
- Year:
- 1997
- ISBN:
- 0 9586512 1 3
- Title:
- How To See The Blue Mountains
- Author:
- Smith, Jim
- Publisher:
- Second Back Row Press Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 1986
- ISBN:
- 909325529
- Title:
- The Gardens of Stone and beyond - Book 1
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780987054609
- Title:
- The Gardens of Stone and beyond - Book 2
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780987054616
- Title:
- The Gardens of Stone and beyond - Book 3
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780987054623
- Title:
- The Gardens of Stone and beyond - Book 4
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox, Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780987054630
- Title:
- The Upper Grose Valley - Bushwalkers Business
- Author:
- Keats, Michael & Fox Brian
- Publisher:
- Keats Holdings Pty Ltd
- Year:
- 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780646473192