AUSTRALASIA – By edgardowelelo@yahoo.com
Encompassing Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the islands of the Pacific Ocean, the continent of Australasia remains relatively little known by tourists around the world.
- TOP ATTRACTIONS IN AUSTRALASIA
- AUCKLAND’S SKY TOWER (NEW ZEALAND)
Take to the sky and soak in the 360 – degree views from Auckland’s Sky Tower. If you are feeling adventurous, take a guided tour to the crow’s nest on the tower’s mast, which takes you nearly 1,000 ft. off the ground. Not for the faint hearted.
- SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE (AUSTRALIA)
Sydney Harbour Bridge links the Southern and northern shores of the city and is deemed the largest and heaviest steel arch in the world. Adventurous types can take the Bridge climb tour, which offers panoramic views of Sidney from the apex of the bridge.
- ROTORUA, NORTH ISLAND (NEW ZEALAND)
- Rotorua sits on the Pacific Ring of fire and is dubbed nature’s spa of the South Pacific. Enjoy the healing properties of the geysers, boiling mud pools and spa therapies or tour around the pre – European Maori village and Tudor – style architecture
- ULURU (AYERS ROCK) – AUSTRALIA
Sitting 273 miles southwest of Alice springs is Australia’s most recognized natural icon. At 1,142 ft. high, Uluru is culturally significant to its Aboriginal owners, the Anangu people, and 500 million years on attracts hordes of tourists.
- SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE (AUSTRALIA)
- Given the go – ahead in 1958 and finally opened in 1973, the Australian icon is perched at the tip of Bennelong point, close to the Sidney Harbour Bridge. After snapping the picture – perfect exterior. Take a tour of the various concert halls or enjoy a musical performance.
- GREAT BARRIER REEF (AUSTRALIA)
- Drawing visitors from all over the world, the world’s largest coral reef has an abundance of marine life and comprises more than 3,000 individual reef systems and coral cays, and hundreds of tropical islands with beautiful sun – soaked, golden beaches.
