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The continent or region of Oceania has various definitions - with interpretations including Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, East Timor and parts of Indonesia. The name Oceania is used because it is the ocean and adjacent seas rather than a continent that link the lands together.

Oceania offers a varied landscape - with regions varying from forest to mountain range, to island paradises dotted amongst temperate waters. Due to the region's formation, the islands of Oceania hold a diverse range of animals and plants, often unique to their own island or region.

Highlights

• The Great Walks of New Zealand
• Uluru
• Hike on Franz Josef or Fox Glacier
• Extreme Sports in Queenstown, New Zealand
• Surfing
• The South Pacific Islands
• Scuba Diving: Marshall Islands, Palau, Solomon Islands, The Great Barrier Reef, Poor Knights Islands
• Gondwana Forests of New Caledonia, New Zealand and the Southwest Coast of Australia
• Native Cultures: Aborigines of Australia, The Maori of Aotorea and the many elaborate cultures of Papua New Guinea.

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Areas in Oceania: Australia | Cook Islands | Fiji | French Polynesia | Guam | Kiribati | Marshall Islands | Micronesia | Nauru | New Caledonia | New Zealand | Northern Mariana Islands | Palau | Papua New Guinea | Pitcairn Islands | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tonga | Tuvalu | Vanuatu

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By Snap Shot Stacey
January 5th 2009

A Native's Guide to Melbourne

Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne

Melbourne from Southbank
I took this last year. You can see the dome of Flinders Street Station on the left.

Okay, so I don't know if you can really write a travel blog for the place you grew up in but what the heck, it's a start. The People People in Melbourne are generally pretty easy going. You'll find all kinds of people here. It's common place to see any number of goth's or emo's hanging around Flinders Street station for example, and nobody bats an eyelid. It's easy to get help when you need it and it's also generally pretty safe. (I walked from one end of the city to the other at 1am alone dressed in nightclub clothes and [View Full Entry]

By bullocan
January 5th 2009

Kiwi talk

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » New Plymouth

Hi!!! Just sitting at home watching a movie - ladder 49 (sad one!) while Mark is at work. Thought I would write down some things that I have learnt about NZ - mostly a lot of slang and how to talk the kiwi talk. lol. First, Kia Ora is a Maori greeting. The actual meaning is be well/healthy but ppl here say it as a "hey hows it going" kind of greeting sometimes. Often it's "Kia Ora Bro" lol "bro" is commonly used by the guys around here. Also, the way they say it is more like Kiora (Kee-or-a). I find [View Full Entry]

By Coloradojack
January 4th 2009

Home Sweet Home...

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Timaru

Happy New Year!
The cabin crew on Air NZ Flight 05 festivates as they ring in the New Year 2009.

I figured that I better write while things are relatively fresh in my head, and before I get started at work tomorrow. What an experience thus far! Our flight from LAX to AUK was quite eventful with some clear air turbulence about half way across that made Jack "concerned" in that it caused the 747 to bank to the right 15-20 degrees for a short period of time. The pilot asked the in cabin crew to take their seats. Things smoothed out somewhat, then in about 30 minutes became smooth for the duration. The flight was not very full, so both [View Full Entry]

By Juliejules
January 4th 2009

Kiwis und lustige Busfahrer

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

Kia Ora! welcome to New Zealand, Land der langen weissen Wolke ( in Maori Sprache) Gestern hat meine Busreise bis in die Suedinsel begonnen. Wir sind ueber Hoehlen mit Gluehwuermchen bis nach Rotorua gefahren, das Geysiergebiet mit Schlammpools und heissen Quellen. Auckland werde ich in den letzten Tagen besuchen, a der Bus gestern schon sehr frueh losfuhr. Die Landschaft ist unglaublich schoen und die Pflanzenvielfalt erinnert mich stark an Costa Rica und an meine Heimat :) Da Land ist unglaublich sauber und sie sind sehr umweltbewusst, in Auckland dienen sogar Kuehe als Rasenmaeher! [View Full Entry]

By McHearns
January 4th 2009

gym

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Whangarei

paul

we had a lovely afternoon drinking LOTS of cups of tea and very nice cake from robyn. it was robyn,leigh,ben,jennifer and paul. they had a try on the gymequipment!!! also a foto of the waterlily from amy and mike, it already has a flower. [View Full Entry]

By An Erratic Traveller
January 4th 2009

Peats Ridge Festival 2008

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Central Coast

Peats Ridge Festival
A butterfly strides head and shoulders above the crowd.

Imagine an evening when a whole town is alive with fun. Coloured lights shine out of the darkness. Pedestrians walk everywhere because there are no vehicles. Many of them wear extravagant costumes and carry masks. There's no apparent drunkeness or rowdiness, yet revellers are free to consume as much as they want because they can walk home to their tents. Different venues offer drinks, dinners, music, dance. People wander freely from one venue to the next. Lights sparkle in the night. That was Peats Ridge Fes [View Full Entry]

By rcorbeil
January 4th 2009

January 3rd

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Harbour

The beach in Woolongong

Sydney, Australia - January 3rd - 11:46pm Lee and I planned on getting up at 4:45am to watch the ship sail into Sydney, as you can picture, the alarm went off and I rolled over! Lee went head and did dispatch and I slept and read a bit more. We were meeting up with Jean (a lady Lee and I met at a Miata event in October) and her friend Paul at 10:45am. We headed outside and met up with them. They had a route planned out for us, so we headed out on the open road. They took us the [View Full Entry]

Lee and I on top of the cliff by Woolongong

The road out of Woolongong, little twisty

By FrAnTiLi
January 4th 2009

Januar 2009

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Tauranga

1.1.2009 - am Mittag haben wir unser Lager aufgeschlagen am Fuss des Mount Tarawera

2009! Wer haette das gedacht - wie die Zeit vergeht!!! Unser neues Jahr beginnen wir nicht mit guten Vorsaetzen - wir beginnen mit Taten! Puenktlich um 8 Uhr am 1.1. stehen wir auf der Matte, packen unsere Sieben Sachen und machen uns auf den Weg zum Campingurlaub an den Lake Tarawera. Das Auto platzt und auf dem Dach kleben Paddel und Kajak - wir sind ausgeruestet fuer alle Faelle! NAch zwei Autostunden erreichen wir schon den Campingplatz am Lake. Der Platz ist super voll und ueberall rennen kids durch die Gegend. Manche Urlauber haben Lautsprecherboxen dabei so gross wie ein halbes [View Full Entry]

By rcorbeil
January 4th 2009

January 4th

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Sydney Harbour

Sydney, Australia - January 4th - 3:30pm Well today is the day where I become planted. My travel blogs are no longer going to be from different places in the world. Today is the day that I disembark the floating house. Lee and I got up at 8:00am as we had a few more things to pack and he had to move back to his old room. I was a little depressed as I have to say my farewells to Lee and to the floating house. I jumped in the shower, got ready and finished packing as Lee took the remaining [View Full Entry]

By erinabroad
January 4th 2009

Loving Australia!!!

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

Opera House!

Hello again!! Hope that all is well in the states... I'm still loving it here in Sydney and am discovering even more amazing things about this place each day!!!! The last 2 days have been a little more relaxed, which have been nice, as we have a busy week ahead of us! Yesterday we lounged around for a bit, finalizing some of our plans for our trip up to the Great Barrier Reef and a few other things we plan to do in Sydney. I went on a nice run around the Opera House, Botanical Gardens, and the Rocks, and definitely [View Full Entry]

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