Australia Cruise Ports

Australia holds 121 cruise ports, 50% of the 240 in the South Pacific. 10 of them are departure ports. The most visited cruise port in Australia sub-region is also its busiest departure port: Sydney, Australia, appearing in 2,106 upcoming itineraries.

By port count it is the largest of 2 sub-regions in the South Pacific, ahead of South Pacific at 119. Its ports span 4 countries, most of them in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

Australia and New Zealand cruise on the southern summer, roughly October to April. Sydney and Brisbane are the main turnarounds, with Auckland doing the same across the Tasman. Itineraries range from short coastal runs up the Queensland coast to two week loops around New Zealand. Ships mostly arrive from Asia or North America at the start of the season and leave again at the end of it.