#AustraliaAndSouthPacific

Australia's Indian Pacific is one of the longest and most beautiful rail journeys on the planet.

The sand on Whitehaven Beach in Queensland, Australia, is remarkably white and never too hot to walk across.

A car traveling along the coast in Hikurangi in Northland near to Whangarei, New Zealand.

Credit: Tessa Desjardins/Travel + Leisure When people learn I’m from New Zealand, I often hear that it’s at the top of their travel wish list—or, if they’ve been, that it’s their favorite country in the world.