New-to-Us

AusPan — short for “Australian Panorama” — is Oceania’s circumnavigation of Australia … on Regatta … R/T out of Sydney.

This 35-day Extended Voyage consists of two segments. (1) “Awe of Australia” … 14 days from Sydney to Bali; (2) “Australian Extravaganza” … 21 days from Bali back to Sydney.

What I really like about this 35-day itinerary is that only 11 days are at sea — that’s just over 30% of the itinerary … enough cruising days to catch our breath between ports of call. The remaining 24 days will see us visiting various ports … mostly in Australia … two in Indonesia. We’ve been to 6 of the ports … 15 will be new-to-us. Yes, the math doesn’t add up to 24 ports. That’s because 3 of them — Brisbane and Perth, Australia, and Bali, Indonesia — will be overnight stops.

I'm sure we'll add some "land time" pre-cruise to take advantage of springtime in Australia. When and where is TBD. We have plenty of time to make that decision.Read more