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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 Claire and Brendon
December 25th 2009

Two Christmases in 2008 - London AND Auckland Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

Mum & Dad's back garden

Christmas Day came early in London, fitting in a family Christmas with my two brothers, David & Chris, and sister-in-law Ali, before heading off to NZ for Christmas Day with the rest of our family. Well December was feast after feast. Thanks to Kim and to Paloma and Colin for cooking us fantastic Christmas dinners early on in December. Christmas lunch club with ‘the crew’ was also a whole load of fun. Then on to hosting our own Christmas meal at home in Clarence Ave, Clapham. Chris and Ali surprised us by arriving bang on time for lunch. David’s lateness was [View Full Entry]

By phil4jordan
December 25th 2009

Sydney Day 5 - Merry Christmas Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Bondi Beach

Bondi Beach 2

Merry Christmas everybody! After recording our Christmas message we went to a windy Bondi Beach, had coffee / hot chocolate and came back! - Still, we've been LOL xx [View Full Entry]

By Mandy Nath
December 25th 2009

Merry Christmas??? Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » New Plymouth

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“Oh the weather outside’s delightful, But a BBQ lunch sounds frightful, We’ve got no other place to go, Let it glow let it glo, let it glow!” Wishing you all a warm festive Christmas from sunny New Plymouth, hopefully the snow has melted enough for you all to see family and stagger back from the pub! I know we are behind with our blog updates and they will follow once we come out the other side of our Xmas hang over, but for now, here is what we got up to on our Christmas Eve and Christmas day…………. Having just bought [View Full Entry]

By Sue50
December 25th 2009

Xmas Day Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

Meg and her Santa stocking

Xmas at last. Sarah, Steve and Meagan joined Steve and I for Xmas breakfast. We had a lovely feast of croissants (Meagan's favourite). Then it was off to mum's to see some more family and to have lunch. (see next blog) [View Full Entry]

By robandsuse
December 25th 2009

Very much missing Xmas dinner and pressies Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

After calling home (and me blubbering like a big wuss for about half an hour) we decided to have a picnic in the park. So we bought some supplies (sarnies, crisps and choc) and sat in Hyde Park near a big church which had a nativity scene and xmas tree outside. It doesn't really seem like xmas to us, just like a bank holiday or something. It's also odd because we're 11hrs ahead of UK. As there is a large Asian community here many of the shops are still open. I'm amazed about the number of people eating at Hungry Jack's [View Full Entry]

By Sue50
December 25th 2009

Xmas Lunch at Mums Oceania » Australia » New South Wales

Michael 'does' the tree

We had a lovely lunch at mum's place. Quite a few of the family members were there. My son, Michael, couldn't come to xmas this year as he was working. He did come and visit a few weeks back though, which was great. We had a lovely turkey, ham, pork and prawn lunch with lovely salads and special ice-cream desserts. Thankyou to everyone who contributed and special thanks to mum. Paul, Richard and Pat and their families couldn't make it to lunch today. We were thinking of them and they phoned us at lunchtime. Merry xmas one and all. [View Full Entry]

By naess
December 25th 2009

christmas Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Gold Coast » Surfers Paradise

kjøttkake laging

i og med at vi befinner oss på andre siden av jordkloden for øyeblikket, langt fra pappas julemiddag og mamma sine julekaker. prøvde vi så godt vi kunne og få til en jul, tilsvarede jula hjemme. blei jo ikke akkurat det samme for er ingen snø som daler ned og heller ingen tre nøtter til askepott på tv. men likevel kan vi konkluderere med at vi hadde en helt fantastisk julaften! anderledels, men SYYYK bra! på julaften stod vi opp tildlig og lagde grøt til hele huste. det vil si til 14 stk, vi har nemlig huset fult av tyskerer, finner, [View Full Entry]

By purplekitty83
December 25th 2009

Christmas Blog Entry Oceania » Australia » Victoria » Melbourne » Brunswick

Sundays in Melba

Friday, Dec 25th - Christmas Day Wow, it’s Christmas already. I really can’t believe this year is almost over again. I know it sounds stupid, but I feel like time is passing by faster as you get older… I must admit, I don’t feel Christmassy at all. It’s just not the same celebrating Christmas, when it’s hot outside. Plus I missed out on stuff like the Christmas markets, Christmas songs on the radio, Christmas candy and stuff. And fortunately the shops here aren’t big about Christmas songs and decoration either (as opposed to Kuala Lumpur). For me t [View Full Entry]

By Loveboat
December 24th 2009

Merry Christmas from Australia Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Uluru

Merry Christmas from Australia

Die nächsten Tage werden wir im Outback verbringen und daher über die Weihnachtsfeiertage voraussichtlich weder Zugang zum Internet haben noch die Möglichkeit zu telefonieren. Aus diesem Grund möchten wir Euch allen bereits heute ein frohes Weihnachtsfest wünschen. Trotz der heißen Temperaturen, die uns eine ganz andere Adventszeit beschert haben, und der Entfernung, die zwischen uns liegt, werden wir in Gedanken ganz nahe bei unseren Familien und Freunden sein. Anstatt „weißer“ Weihnachten (Toi Toi Toi) sind dieses Jahr für uns „rote“ Weihnachten angesagt. [View Full Entry]

By LivingTheDream
December 24th 2009

Good as gold, cheap as chips, hot as hell? (Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand) Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

Pohutu Geyser erupting at Te Puia thermal area

(Day 629 on the road) Rotorua stinks. Literally. The town is situated smack-bang in the middle of New Zealand's most active geothermal area, and everywhere you go the earth is smoking, hissing and steaming, basking the city in an omnipresent strong sulphur odour. It is actually quite a strange sensation to walk around downtown and see steam coming out of the ground in various places. Not surprisingly, the thermal activity with its range of geysers and steaming lakes plus a stronghold of Maori culture (the first settlers of New Zealand) draws tourists in their thousands to the area. On t [View Full Entry]

New Zealand imports its Kiwis from Italy - unbelievable

Pretty Rotorua Museum in the Government Gardens

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