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Planet In1 Destination Australia Pacific (Oceania) - Australia
If you are looking for a quality hotel at the right price, you have come to the right place. We have many quality hotels throughout the continent of Oceania, from Perth to Brisbane and from Auckland to Queenstown. We feature accommodation to suit your every requirement, whether you want to go Bungee jumping in the North Island or visit the vineyards of Southern Australia.

Australia is a land of extremes, the first being that it is extremely far away! To most people in the northern hemisphere, the name conjures up images of kangaroos, sheep and wide open spaces. Well, there are certainly wide open spaces. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world, but has the lowest population density with only two people per square kilometre. The kangaroo is unique to Australia and there are about 40 million of them countrywide. The vast sheep farms produce over 70 % of the world's wool, so our preconceived notions are understandable.

For the world's smallest continent but largest island, holding world records is nothing unusual. How about these for some interesting facts: Australia supports at least 25,000 species of plant while Europe supports only 17,500. The world's largest exporter of beef, Australia produces 95 per cent of the world's precious opals and 99 per cent of black opals. Australia boasts over 7,000 beaches - more than any other nation. Along the east coast of Queensland and stretching for 2,300 kilometres, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest and most complex living coral system.

Australia's Aboriginal people have lived and thrived in Australia's unique and challenging natural environment for more than 50,000 years and they are believed to be the world's oldest civilization. European settlement only started here in the late 18th Century and mainly limited itself to the coastal areas, as the vast desert interior was so inhospitable.

Most of the population today is concentrated in the big cities of Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide in the southeast, Perth on the West coast and Darwin in the north. Alice Springs, in the centre of the country, is relatively close to Uluru, (Ayers Rock) which attracts thousands of visitors each year.

There is something for everyone in Australia, from snorkelling off the Great Barrier Reef to backtracking in the Blue Mountains or through the tropical rainforests in the north, surfing or swimming off the many beaches, white water rafting in the rivers, exploring the outback, panning for gold, visiting one of the 14 UNESCO World Heritage sites, taking in a show at Sydney's unique Opera House, learning about Australia's First nation of Aboriginal people, shopping in the cosmopolitan cities or just sunbathing on Bondi Beach, you will never be bored in this beautiful and diverse land.