Oceania: business, fun & shopping

Oceania spans Australia, New Zealand and the island nations of the Pacific. Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Brisbane are the main business centres for finance, education, mining, agriculture and tourism, while Pacific economies such as Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea rely on fishing, farming, resources and visitors.

Travellers come for the Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, the Sydney Opera House, New Zealand's fjords and adventure sports, and the lagoons of Fiji, Vanuatu and French Polynesia. Shopping highlights include Melbourne's laneway boutiques, Australian opals, New Zealand merino wool and greenstone, and Pacific markets selling woven crafts, black pearls and kava.