We just returned from a cruise from Brisbane to Auckland. What a wonderful experience. We did not care for Auckland. We loved the South Island of New Zealand. Wellington was fab. Christ Church..what an experience. We spent the day with friends I made on the internet who live there. They took us all over. We spent time at their home. Australia was terrific. We want to go back so we can go to Sdelaide, Perth, and the outback. You better see the Great Barrier Reef. People are destroying it. The fishermen tell us the gov't. permits too many scuba trips, and people urinate in the water...(disgusting) and step on the coral. The wild life is a phenomenal. A TRIP NOT TO BE MISSED!