Oceania articles

Notes on Australia
Travelers' Intercom, April 2009 issue.
In the March ’09 issue, page 55, Wanda described her pretrip planning before she and her husband, Ray, took the tour “Ultimate Australia” with Overseas Adventure Travel (Cambridge, MA; 800/493-6824, www.oattravel.com) in October-November ’07

Tour companies and single supplements
Travelers' Intercom, April 2009 issue.
James Sibley of Houston, Texas, wrote (Dec. ’08, pg.

Specialized travel agencies
Travelers' Intercom, April 2009 issue.
This is in response to the reader’s letter on code-share tickets (Feb. ’09, pg. 30).

Preparing for an Australia trip
Travelers' Intercom, March 2009 issue.
My husband, Ray, and I took the “Ultimate Australia” tour with Overseas Adventure Travel (Cambridge, MA; 800/493-6824, www.oattravel.com).

Travel Tidbits
Travel Tidbits, February 2009 issue.

Island volcano, NZ
Travelers' Intercom, February 2009 issue.
White Island, in the Bay of Plenty 30 miles off the coast of Whakatane on New Zealand’s North Island, is an active volcanic site.

“New Zealand Encounter” with AAT Kings Tours
Tours in Review, February 2009 issue.
A friend, Joan, and I, both seniors, took the 17-day “New Zealand Encounter” in February ’08, going from the South Island to the North Island, with visits to the Bay of Islands, Auckland, Rotorua, Christchurch, Milford Sound and Mt. Cook.

Report Cards
Report Cards, February 2009 issue.
From MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 12, 2008. . .

Senses heightened at PNG sing-sing
Travelers' Intercom, January 2009 issue.
Today we don’t hear much about cannibalism or headhunting in Papua New Guinea (PNG), but a few years back it was a reality.

Thrills and chills in PNG
Travelers' Intercom, January 2009 issue.
We enjoyed the article on Papua New Guinea by Clark Scott (Oct. ’08, pg. 24). We were there with Mountain Travel Sobek (Emeryville, CA; 888/687-6235, www.mtsobek.com) in 1995 and had some similar experiences.