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Australasia - Australia, New Zealand and surrounding Islands
- Plan your holiday
 Australia
and its neighbours offer the perfect holiday destination...whether
you are seeking relaxation or exhilaration you will find it all
here. Endless white sandy beaches and emerald seas, lush green
landscapes and tropical rainforest. Deep sea diving, fishing,
wildlife watching and watersports...walking, climbing, or maybe
opera and historic sites are more your scene.
Australia
The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef, lies
a short distance off the north-east coast of Australia.
South Australia offers a temperate climate with most of the population
living here. Northern Australia, with a tropical climate, has
a vegetation consisting of rainforest, woodland, grassland, mangrove
swamps and desert.
Sport plays an important part in Australian culture, assisted
by a climate that favours outdoor activities. At an international
level, Australia has particularly strong teams in cricket, hockey,
netball, rugby league, rugby union, and performs well in cycling,
rowing and swimming. Nationally, other popular sports include
Australian rules football, horse racing, soccer and motor racing.
New Zealand
New Zealand is a country, its location beingin the south-west
Pacific Ocean. It comprises the North Island, the South Island
and several small islands including the Cook Islands.
New Zealand has extraordinary flora and fauna, many plants and
trees unique to the islands. New Zealand's forests are inhabited
by a diverse range of animals, inclusing parrots, skinks, geckos,
frogs, snakes and spiders, to name a few.
New Zealand
Samoa
Samoa maintains its historical customs, social and political
systems, and language. Samoans are a typically open, friendly,
welcoming, and good-humoured people with great pride in their
culture, traditions, history, and nationhood. Samoan hospitality
and generosity are widely noted. Samoa
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Cook Islands
The Cook Islands consist of fifteen small islands in this South
Pacific Ocean. Rugby league is a popular sport in the Cook Islands.
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Tahiti and French Polynesia
Papua New Guinea
Oceania has been traditionally divided into Micronesia, Melanesia,
Polynesia, and Australasia.
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