AustraliaCommonwealth of Australia

Presented By : Therese Mae L. Arenas

Australia is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. LocationNeighboring countries include Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east.

GeographyLying the Indian and Pacific oceans, the country is approximately 4,000 km from east to west and 3,200 km from north to south, with a coastline 36,735 km long.

Area 7,686,850 (sq. km)

Capital Canberra (CBR)

Language English

Currency Australian Dollar

Climate the majority of Australia experiences temperate weather for most of the year. Generally, the north is hot and tropical, while the south tends to be sub-tropical and temperate.

Point of entryApproximately half of all international travelers arrive first in Australia in Sydney,the largest city. (IATA: SYD) FACTS:It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area.There are more kangaroos than people.

Cities :

• Adelaide• Alice Springs• Brisbane• Broome• Cairns• Canberra

• Darwin• Gold Coast• Hobart•Melbourne• Perth• Sydney

Countries Capital IATA CodeAustralia Canberra CBRFiji Suva SUVChristmas Islands Flying Fish Cove XCHKiribati South Tarawa TRWMarshall Islands Majuro MAJNauro Yaren District INUNew Zealand Wellington WLGPalau Ngerulmud RORPapua New Guinea Port Moresby POMSamoa Apia APWSolomon Islands Honiara HIRTonga Nuku’alofa TBUTuvalu Funafuti FUNVanuatu Port Villa VLI

Sydney Opera Houseis a multi-venue performing arts center in Sydney, Australia, identified as one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings. (Podium, Roof, Interiors)

On 28 June 2007, the Sydney Opera House became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Byron Bay, New South Waleshome to sweeping surf beaches, lush rainforests, great regional dining and new-age retreats. It is a resort popular with both domestic and international tourists, including backpackers, who travel along the Australian coast; the scenery also attracts skydivers.

Flinders Ranges, South Australia (mountain range) is a home to Wilpena Pound and the underground opal town of Coober Pedy. The largest mountain range in South Australia.

Fraser Island, Queensland the world’s largest sand island.

It was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1992

The island has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths.

Great Barrier Reef Queensland, Australia

Is the world's largest coral reef system. is a complex of coral reefs, shoals, and islets in the Pacific Ocean off the northeastern coast of Australia.

It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known simply as "The G" is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. It is the 10th-largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia. most famous moment in history was as the main stadium for the 1956 Olympic Games.

Hosier Lane, Melbourne Brighton Beach

Barossa Valley is a valley in South Australia located at the northeast of Adelaide city center and is notable as a major wine-producing region and tourist destination. 

Lake Hillier is a pink-colored lake on Middle Island, the largest of the islands that make up the Recherché Archipelago off the coast of Esperance.

The Pinnacles (Western Australia) are limestone formations within Nambung National Park.

The raw material for the limestone of the Pinnacles came from seashells in an earlier era that was rich in marine life. These shells were broken down into lime-rich sands that were blown inland to form high mobile dunes.

The Kimberley is one of the nine regions of Western Australia.

It is in the northern part of Western Australia, bordered on the west by the Indian Ocean, on the north by the Timor Sea, on the south by the Great Sandy and Tanami Deserts, and on the east by the Northern Territory.

El Questro Homestead

Greater Blue Mountains Is a one million hectares of sandstone cliffs, bushland, waterfalls and eucalypt forest. UNESCO listed on 29 November 2000

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.The country geographically comprises two main landmasses –that of the North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island or Te Waipounamu and numerous smaller islands.

State IATA CodeAuckland AKLBay of Plenty TRGCatham Islands CHTChristchurch - Canterbury CHCDunedin DUDFiordland MFNHamilton - Wakaito HLZHawke's Bay NPELake Taupo TUOManawatu PMRMarlborough BHE

State IATA CodeNelson NSNNorthland and Bay of Islands KKEQueenstown ZQNRotorua ROTStewart Island - Rakiura SZSThe Coromandel CMVWaitaki OAMWanaka WKAWellington WLGWhanganui WAG

Capital: Wellington (IATA: WLG)

Point of Entry: Aukland International Airport AKL

Area: 103,483 mi²

Currency: New Zealand dollar

Official languages: Māori, New Zealand Sign Language

Examples:Kia ora (Greetings, Hello)Kia ora koutou katoa (Greetings, Hello to you all – 3 or more people)

ClimateThe average New Zealand temperature decreases as you travel south. January and February are the warmest months, and July is the coldest month of the year.

Basic FactsNew Zealand is a small country, similar in size to Great Britain or Japan. With a population of only four million people it’s also gloriously uncrowded.New Zealand is becoming so popular as a location for movies.

Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island, within Fiordland National Park.

New Zealands most famous tourist destination (cruise)

“Eighth Wonder of the World”

Bay of Islands is a New Zealand enclave encompassing more than 140 subtropical islands by the country's North Island. It’s known for its undeveloped beaches, big-game fishing and Maori cultural artifacts.  

Hobbiton Movie Set was a significant location used for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit film series.

A tourism destination, offering guided tours of the set.

Tongariro National Park

is the oldest national park in New Zealand, located in the central North Island.

It has been acknowledged by UNESCO as one of the 28 mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Sites.

Franz Josef Glacier / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere is a 12 km (7.5 mi) long glacier located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

It descends from the Southern Alps to less than 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level.

Hamilton Gardens is a public garden park in the south of Hamilton owned and managed by Hamilton City Council in New Zealand. It is the Waikato Region's most popular visitor attraction, attracting more than 1 million people and hosting more than 2,000 events a year.

Oceania andSouth Pacific

The primary use of the term "Oceania" is to describe a continental region (like Europe or Africa) that lies between Asia and the Americas, with Australia as the major land mass. The name "Oceania" is used, rather than "Australia," because unlike the other continental groupings, it is the ocean rather than the continent that links the nations together.

Melanesia

Melanesia (Australasia) extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji.

Country Airport IATA CodeFiji Nadi International Airport NANEast Timor Atauro Airport AUTPapua New Guinea

Jacksons International Airport POM

Solomon Islands Honiara International Airport HIRNew Caledonia La Tontouta International Airport NUOVanuatu Bauerfield International Airport VLI

Polynesia

Polynesia made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and Southern Pacific Ocean.

Country Airport IATA CodeAmerican Samoa Pago Pago International Airport PPGCook Islands Rarotonga International Airport RARFrench Polynesia Fa'a'ā International Airport PPTNiue Niue International Airport IUESamoa Faleolo International Airport APWTonga Fuaʻamotu International Airport TBUTuvalu Funafuti International Airport FUNWallis and Futuna Islands

Hihifo Airport WLS

Micronesia

Micronesia is divided politically among several sovereign countries. One of these is the Federated States of Micronesia, which is usually also called "Micronesia" for short and is not to be confused with the overall region. The Micronesia region encompasses five sovereigns, independent nations

Country Airport IATA CodeGuam Antonio B. Won Pat International

AirportGUM

Kiribati Bonriki International Airport TRWMarshall Islands Marshall Islands International

AirportMAJ

Federated States of Micronesia

Pohnpei International Airport PNI

Nauru Nauru International Airport INUNorthern Mariana Islands

Saipan International Airport SPN

Palau Roman Tmetuchl International Airport RORWake Island Wake Island Airfield AWK

Mount Yasur is a volcano on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Is built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash.

Is an easily accessible active volcano, and is a major Vanuatu tourist attraction. The Vanuatu Government monitors the level of volcanic activity in the interests of the public, both tourists and locals alike.

Mamanuca Islands of Fiji are a volcanic archipelago lying to the west of Nadi and to the south of the Yasawa Islands.

The group, a popular tourist destination, consists of about 20 islands, but about seven of these are covered by the Pacific Ocean at high tide.

Denarau Island is a small private island in the Republic of the Fiji Island, west of the main island of Viti Levu. It is located 5 km north west of the town Nadi and 10 km west of Nadi International Airport.

Iririki is a privately lease held island, located in Mele Bay, just minutes from Port Vila, the Capital of Vanuatu. Iririki Island translates to ‘Small Island’ or ‘Safe haven’, and is now a luxurious 4.5-star island escape, a favorite with tourists worldwide and a particularly with Australians and New Zealanders.

Sri Siva Subramaniya temple It is at the southern end of the main road through Nadi.It is the largest Hindu temple in the Southern hemisphere. 

The Waitomo Caves is a village and solutional cave system forming a major tourist attraction in the northern King Country region of the North Island of New Zealand.Famous for their stalactite and stalagmite displays.

Molokini is a crescent-shaped, partially submerged volcanic crater which forms a small, uninhabited islet located in Alalakeiki Channel between the islands of Maui and Kahoʻolawe, within Maui County in Hawaiʻi.

The Maui Ocean Centeris an aquarium and oceanography center located in Maalaea, Hawaii on the island of Maui.

Opened on March 18, 1998 by Coral World International. the 3 acres (1.2 ha) facility is the largest tropical reef aquarium in the Western Hemisphere.

It includes exhibits on coral reef habitats, sea turtles, sharks, and humpback whales, among others.

Bora Bora is a 30 km2 (12 sq mi) island in the Leeward group in the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The island is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef.Is a major international tourist destination famous for its aqua-centric luxury resorts.