Ocean Cruises

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A northern Australia cruise with unimaginable luxury

The pampering on this cruise ship may surpass your wildest imaginings of what a luxury cruise can serve up.

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Joel Katz, managing director Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia, says picking your ideal cruise ...

Five easy steps to choosing the right cruise

Don't start with the ship. Think first about what sort of holiday you want to have. The rest is plain sailing.

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Once you've had a balcony all to yourself, there's no going back.

Why you should pay the extra for a balcony room on a cruise ship

Don't fret about which side of the ship your cabin is on - both have their thrills.

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Why you should visit Norway's quiet achiever immediately

Trondelag, and its capital Trondheim, wedged into the heart of the country, is Norway's quietly achieving region.

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Pink Beach promises an array of vibrant colours.

One of the world's most beautiful islands

Cruise Indonesia and you might imagine Komodo dragons will be the highlight but, as Brian Johnston discovers, there's more to Komodo Island than big lizards.

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A 3700km eye-opening journey in the wild north

White wilderness, wildlife, Inuit culture and North America's only viking settlements are among the highlights of a cruise from Greenland to the Canadian Arctic.

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The most isolated islands on Earth

Craig Tansley takes one of the planet's last combined cargo/passenger ship rides to the world's most isolated island archipelago.

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The 2500-passenger Radiance of the Seas, under charter, hosted Cruisin' Country.

Australia's biggest music festival at sea

Double denim and cowboy boots are must haves when country music fans go to sea.

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Skagen's scenery and light attracted artists in the 1870s.

Amazing natural light phenomenon turns village into a real-life painting

This northernmost tip of Denmark and mainland Europe has produced a sand-and-moorland landscape of luminous light.

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What lies beneath: The magical underwater world of the Galapagos revealed

Marine iguanas forage for algae on a bed of volcanic rocks, sea lions corkscrew playfully through the water - snorkelling in the Galapagos Islands is just like being in a nature documentary.

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The colourful hillside houses of Fort-de-France, the capital city of Martinique.

It's the last great tropical paradise on Earth. So why is it ignored by Australians?

Despite its exotic appeal, with the exception of Cuba – which many of us see as a region in itself – few Australians visit the Caribbean. And we are missing out – big-time.