Regions of Australasia – Australia and Oceania (which includes Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia), plus Antarctica:

Australia

Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge (Photo: adventure2oz.wordpress.com)

1. Australia

New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, and territories

- - Great Barrier Reef, Australia
  - Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock), Australia
  - Sydney, Australia

Oceania

Polynesia

Polynesia is covered in the following six regions (with exceptions noted), in travel priority order:

2. Rapa Nui/Easter Island

Insular Chile/The Sporadic Islands (Chile)

- - Moai, Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island

National Park of American Samoa (Photo: americanfieldtrip.com)

3. American Samoa

American Samoa (U.S.)

- - National Park of American Samoa
  - Marine Protected Areas of American Samoa
  - Pago Pago, American Samoa

Note: The U.S. state of Hawaii is also part of Polynesia, but it has its own page.

4. French Pacific

French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna in Polynesia; plus New Caledonia in Melanesia and Clipperton Island (no permanent population) off the coast of Mexico – all territories of France

- - Tahiti, French Polynesia (France)
  - Bora Bora, French Polynesia (France)
  - Ancien Phare de Tiputa, French Polynesia (France)

Fiordland National Park, New Zealand (Photo: traveldigg.com)

New Zealand (Aotearoa), Cook Islands (state in free association with NZ), Niue (state in free association with NZ), Tokelau (NZ dependent territory), and Chatham Islands (NZ special territorial authority), plus New Zealand’s Outlying Islands (Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, and Subantarctic Islands – no permanent populations)

- - Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound, New Zealand
  - Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand
  - Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers, New Zealand

Mala Iland, Vava'u Islands, Tonga — Mala Iland, Vava’u Islands, Tonga (Photo: whymovetotonga.wordpress.com)

6. Polynesian Countries

Tonga, Samoa, and Tuvalu, plus Kiribati and Nauru (both shared with Micronesia)

- - Mapu’a ‘a Vaea Blowholes, Tonga
  - Anahulu Cave – The Underground Swimming Pool, Tonga
  - Ha’atafu Beach, Tonga

Note: New Zealand is also a country in Polynesia, but it has its own page.

St. Paul's Natural Pool — St. Paul’s Natural Pool (Photo: Mark Stratton, wanderlust.co.uk)

7. Pitcairn Islands

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (UK)

- - Wreck of the HMS Bounty in Bounty Bay, Pitcairn Islands (UK)
  - St. Paul’s Natural Pool, Pitcairn Islands (UK)
  - Sailors Hide and Christian’s Cave, Pitcairn Islands (UK)

Melanesia

8. Melanesia

Vanuatu, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea

- - Yasur Volcano, Tanna Island, Vanuatu
  - Beqa Lagoon, Fiji
  - Naghol (Land Diving), Vanuatu

Note: New Caledonia, which is also part of Melanesia, is a territory of France – it is listed under French Pacific.

Micronesia

Rock Islands, Palau (Photo: amusingplanet.com)

9. Micronesia

Guam and Northern Mariana Islands (U.S. Territories), plus Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and Marshall Islands (all three of these are countries in free association with the United States)

- - Rock Islands, Palau
  - War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam
  - Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Northern Mariana Islands

Antarctica

10. Antarctica

Claims: Adélie Land (France), Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, British Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Queen Maud Land (Norway), and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand), plus Marie Byrd Land, which is unclaimed – none have a permanent population

Permanent bases maintained by all claimants, plus: Belgium, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Ukraine, United States, and Uruguay

Summer only bases maintained by: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, Pakistan, Peru, Spain, and Sweden