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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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By Loveboat
December 22nd 2009

Daintree National Park - zum Besuch im ältesten Regenwald der Welt Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Inn The Tropics

Koala I

Unser letzter Ausflug an der Ostküste führte uns zum Daintree National Park. Im Vergleich zum subtropischen Regenwald auf Fraser Island ist der tropische Regenwald im Norden der Ostküste noch saftiger und vielfältiger. Was uns auf Magnetic Island noch verwehrt blieb, konnten wir beim Besuch des Regenwald-Zoos in Port Douglas mehr als ausgleichen. Emus , Kängurus, Krokodile und Koalas konnten wir hautnah bewundern und letztere sogar auf dem Arm halten. Somit haben wir unsere To-see-list der australischen Tiere ein gutes Stück abgearbeitet. Aufgrund der hohen Luftfeuchtigkeit tat die Abkühl [View Full Entry]

By Barramundi
December 22nd 2009

Cairns and the Atherton Tablelands Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Cairns » Cairns City

The Atherton Tablelands is considered THE agricultural center when it comes to Cairns. Gourmet traveling, farming and dairies are all culminated in this one place. The Tablelands has started out as a forest, but with the discovery of tin and gold in the area, settlers pushed through and slowly developed the area. From farms, it went to dairies; from forests, it became communities. This happened a few centuries ago, but the efforts of modernization continue to linger even still among the lands. The Atherton Tablelands can be found West off of Cairns. Cairns is also the hub of modern and a [View Full Entry]

By 977
December 22nd 2009

Uluru, Olgas, Alice & Sand in the face. Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

Katie on the plane

Hello my beautiful little people! So we last left off having finished up Kangaroo Island, and since then we dropped back in to Adelaide (after a spectacular lightning storm on the way in) before hopping on a plane up to Alice Springs. Domestic flights are a pretty strange experience, but Qantas are pretty good, and provide carrot cake and a cup of tea mid way on the hour and forty minutes up to Alice. I don't understand why Alice is still there, it is where it is because they needed a telegraph repeater station half way between Adelaide and Darwin so [View Full Entry]

very straight roads in the northern territories

Katie by a crazy tree, after a huge climb, mid-day in the desert

By unpaidbill
December 22nd 2009

What sort of cheapskate uses blog for xmas card?...TWICE!! Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Bega Valley

tank, bathroom, van

I sort of wake and roll over. The first pinky tinge is gathering strength on the hill horizon. Not long after I moved in to the caravan I was well over the narrow bunkish bed and built a frame, got a bed base from the Salvos and a Q-size mattress. It all fitted in with about a poofteenth to spare, believe me, this bed will not be getting out, and now I have built some cupboards and it is totally locked down. And the bed is right at window level. So, it means the bed is actually an infinity bed, or [View Full Entry]

By JeBe Trunte
December 22nd 2009

Movie World + Mt. Tamborine Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast

Mt. Tamborine

Syd for Brisbane ligger der en masse forlystelsesparker, hvor vi besøgte Movie World. Her købte vi billetter til et outback-hesteshow, men desværre er der ikke så mange billeder fra dette da det ikke var tilladt. Vi sov på en campingplads i Mount Tamborine, som havde udsøgt til hele "Gold Coast", og især Surfers Paradise med alle højhusene. [View Full Entry]

By apache2020
December 21st 2009

Coromandel search for gold, bay of plenty and Roturua geothermal town Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

brazil butterfly at last

Heading East of Auckland across the flat plains to the cormandel peninsula we start by camping on the coast road to coromandel town just near the gold rush town of Thames. It v. much still has a wild west feel although strangely enough the first campsite has a butterfly house with all sort of species in. A number were imported from S.America an lo and behold the blue butterfly that we spent our honeymoon in Brazil trying to photograph was there, and this time we got him!!! (or her difficult to tell..) Drove out via East coast to visit Waikawau beach, [View Full Entry]

By naess
December 21st 2009

brisbane og julebake kveld Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Surfers Paradise

utsikt

sitter på kjøkkenet å trøkker i meg en diger skål med fried rice og BBQ souse mmmm kjempe godt, hadde ris til frukost og ris til middag i går å, og gjett hva vi skal ha til middag i dag : friede rice. utrolig nok er jeg ikke i nærheten av å vere lei ris, får nemmelig en ny smak hver gang jeg lager det. uansett så kommer julematen til å smake extra godt når en har spist ris 4 uker i forveien!!! var oppe kl 7 å surfa litt, men var temmlig flatt, kjedelig. men etter å ha surfet hver [View Full Entry]

By Susanti
December 21st 2009

Brisbane Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Brisbane

Hello, Here is your live reporter from Australia... Yesterday I travelled from Townsville to Rockhampton. While driving to Rockhampton, we could watch movies in the bus. I've seen Kangaroo Jack, lol. The movie is about a Kangaroo that runs away with a money package and these guys are in Australia when it happens. It's a silly movie, but it's fun to watch while you're actually located in Australia yourself. The drive went well, sometimes there was a lot of rain. I'm in Brisbane now, and it looks like I'm stuck here for the next 7 nights. Apparently everything is already booked [View Full Entry]

By phil4jordan
December 21st 2009

Sydney Day 1 getting up Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Darling Harbour

Sydney Hotel Room Night View 1

Woke up at 2 in the morning - so took some piccies - as you do! Got up at 07:30 as couldn't sleep any more - sleep patterns all to pot. Brian's morning video commentary is funny - enjoy! [View Full Entry]

By hannmilli
December 21st 2009

Wishing everyone a jolly Christmas and a Merry New Year from Melbourne Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » St Kilda

Hello! I'm back where I began this trip around Australia...good old Melbourne, St Kilda, and its just as lovely as I remember, if not lovelier due to the sunshine. Summer is well on its way and its difficult to believe its Christmas in just a few days! Where to begin my update of where I've been and what I've done?...here goes an attempt to be concise - Cairns to Alice on a Greyhound, 33hours on a bus...epic, but not overly traumatic, saw a whole heap of nothingness along the way, you really ae in the middle of nowhere out there. Alice [View Full Entry]

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