I think the design of the last Nowra guide book wasn't particularly slick, but you've gotta remember Rod produced it about 30 years ago and he might have designed it in Word or something and desktop publishing has come a hell of a long way since then. I heard Rod had got himself Indesign for producing this new book, so if he's managed to master that then this new book will look far far better I'm sure.
Sounds like inclusion of some of these new areas would be nice. I bet Rod's got a lot of work just redoing all the older areas though. I wonder if it comes down to a choice of getting the book out before winter or including the new areas and getting it out next spring? Just speculating here.