Oceania travel guides
11 cities in Oceania: where to stay, rough daily budgets, getting around and when to go, plus how to meet the people who live there.
- AucklandNew ZealandNew Zealand's largest city is built across dozens of volcanic cones between two harbours.
- BrisbaneAustraliaA subtropical river city with an easy-going pace and outdoor living all year.
- CairnsAustraliaA tropical, easy-going town that serves as the main jumping-off point for the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest.
- ChristchurchNew ZealandA flat, green city on the Avon River, rebuilt with new energy after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes.
- HobartAustraliaA small harbour city at the foot of kunanyi/Mount Wellington, with sandstone warehouses along the waterfront.
- MelbourneAustraliaAustralia's city of laneways, trams and serious coffee.
- NadiFijiFiji's international gateway is a busy, low-rise town on the dry western side of Viti Levu.
- PerthAustraliaA sunny, spread-out city on the Swan River, with Indian Ocean beaches a short ride from the centre.
- QueenstownNew ZealandA lakeside town ringed by mountains, and New Zealand's base for hiking, skiing and adventure sports.
- SydneyAustraliaA harbour city where the commute can be a ferry past the Opera House.
- WellingtonNew ZealandA compact harbour capital squeezed between hills and the sea, known for its wind, its coffee and its creative scene.