Overview :
Oceania Photos
 The
Pacific. Doesn't it dream up images of blue water and wonderful islands?
Because of their relative isolation from the super-powers that is more or
less still true.
Although they were last to be discovered, Australia and the Pacific
islands were a fine addition to planet Earth.
Australia has a very diverse climate. Dry deserts, almost tropcial
rainforest and a temperate climate. This makes that when it comes to
natural beauty, Australia is definitely worth seeing. And although most
of the cities are young, they are attractive places to be.
New Zealand is also a great place for travelers. A laid back atmosphere
and more adventure tourism opportunities than there are dreamt of in your
philosophy: hiking, biking, caving and raving.
The Pacific has this paradise like atmosphere written all over it, and
this is with good reason. A stay on the islands really relaxes you. There
is a lot to see from a cultural point of view as well. Small island
groups like Niue, French Polynesia or Tonga make for the perfect relaxing
holiday. Western Samoa and American Samoa arguably represent the largest
population of polynesian people and they take pride in a strong culture
that has survived outside incursions amazingly well. |
Australia is sometimes not included in Oceania, although a term like
Pacific islands would normally be used to describe Oceania without
Australia
Hawaii and the United States territories with no indigenous population in
the North Pacific are sometimes included, but are normally grouped with
the United States in North America. Hawaiians are a Polynesian race.
Easter Island is a Polynesian island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, part
of the territory of Chile, and is sometimes included in Oceania.
On rare occasions the term may be stretched even further to include other
Pacific island groups such as the Aleutian Islands.
Oceania is one of eight terrestrial ecozones, which constitute the major
ecological regions of the planet. The Oceania ecozone includes all of
Micronesia, Fiji, and all of Polynesia except New Zealand. New Zealand,
along with New Guinea and nearby islands, Australia, the Solomon Islands,
Vanuatu, and New Caledonia, constitute the separate Australasia ecozone.
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World Photos : Oceania
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