Australia/New Zealand Cruises
With honey-sweet perfume;
The parakeets go screaming by
With flash of golden wing…
And we must travel far and fast
Across their rugged maze,
To find the Spring of Youth at last,
And call back from the buried past
The old Australian ways….
Australian 'No Worries' is not just good manners, it sums up the philosophy of life for the entire world Down Under. In a place where palm trees sway soothingly to the boom and mutter of the surf, where sunsets paint the western skies with tropical fruit colors, how could there be any worries? Swaying in a hammock in a orchid-scented breeze, the coconut milk deliciously cool against your lips, the islanders' belief that heaven is an exact replica of earth makes perfect sense.
On Java, step back into the colonial days of the Dutch East India Company as you explore Jakarta and Old Semarang. Or journey to Borobodur, where the largest Buddhist Temple in the world is reached via a series of magnificent terraces, each one representing a different stage of enlightenment. At the top, find the Great Stupa. Nirvana at last!
On the enchanted island of Bali, life and art are interwoven...in the elaborate ritual of daily prayer, in the perfect pattern of a rice terrace.
Typical Ports of Call:Sydney, Melbourne, Gladstone, Cairns, Darwin and Broome, Australia. Semarang and Bali, Indonesia. Dunedin, Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington and the Bay of Islands; New Zealand...