Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 286.

Australia is regularly voted one of the world's top cruise destinations, and if you've ever

seen photos of the country, you'd quickly understand why.

The endless summer weather, incredible beaches, along with Sydney's scenic, natural harbor,

and iconic landmarks make cruising down under an incredible experience.

And while it's downright bitter cold in North America and Europe, Australia is in the middle

of another big cruise season.

On this episode of the podcast, we take a look at the current cruise season and share tips

and advice for cruising from Sydney.

Here we go.

Here in North America, maybe the middle of winter, but down under in Australia, it's actually the middle of the cruising season. And Australia cruising has never been more popular, with more

Royal Caribbean ships going there,

and a lot more people taking cruises down under, whether they're Aussies, Kiwis, or even

weird Americans who decide to go on a 24-hour flight down all the way over there for a cruise,

and everyone else in between, of course.

And Australia cruising is really, you know, something that I said,

it's something we haven't

really covered all that much. And it was also an excuse to bring back one of my favorite

guests of all time, one of the nicest people on the internet. That's how you know it wasn't

Billy, by the way, because he's not nice. But we do have, of course, Pippa from Ocean

Time here joining me. Welcome back to the podcast, Pippa. Thank you,

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