Oceania Web Atlas

Written By: Zachary Kai » Published: 29 Mar 2025 | Updated: 7 Jan 2026

A curated directory of personal websites by people living in or from Oceania: Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and other Pacific Islands.

Table Of Contents

Sites
Submission Guidelines
Join The Directory
Credits

Sites

Listed alphabetically by the person's name.

7-Day Adventurer
- Location: Australia
- Fascinating explorations of obscure parts of history, art, and culture.
Brittany Brown
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Honest, heartfelt reflections on the writing and the love life.
Cameron Jones
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- Working on communication with satellites using lasers! How cool!
Charles Miller
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- Musings on the past and present of tech.
Claudine Chionh
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Preserving and archiving through technology.
Damian Castellini
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- A cartoonist and illustrator with a sharp eye for detail, wit, and charm.
Dave
- Location: Australia
- Fiction reviews (so many good recommendations!) and life reflections.
Deborah
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Fiction reviews (so many good recommendations!) and life reflections.
Derek Sivers
- Location: Aotearoa/New Zealand
- Pronouns: he/him
- An entrepreneur and musician turned philosophical writer. The way he thinks is fascinating.
Duncan Berwick
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- A wooden toy maker who takes it to a master craftsman's level.
Elly Loel
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Her site is as accessible as it is a joy to browse. Her digital garden is full of interesting reading.
fLaMEd
- Location: Aotearoa/New Zealand
- Pronouns: he/him
- I love his record and book shelves! And the links he finds never fail to be interesting reading.
Genevieve Tucker
- Location: Australia
- Writing on life, literature, and everything in between. Love the 'tab treasure' section.
Georgie
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Discussions of personal style and development, fitness, and mental health. I love her photos!.
John Lampard
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- Self-publishing since 1997, John's site is a thoughtful blog of cultural commentary.
Justin Fox
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- A photographer with a keen eye for the sublime.
Kai Brach
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- The writer behind Dense Discovery, one of my favorite newsletters, and a delightful human.
Kate
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Her post series 'things that are making me happy this week' are so lovely to read!
Kim Forrester
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Book reviews of literary fiction galore! And good old-fashioned recommendation lists.
Kris Howard
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Snapshots in the life of an American-Australian in Sydney. So lovely to see!
Lisa Hill
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Reviews Australian and Aotearoan/New Zealander fiction + non-fiction. Such thoughtful writing!
Mary Gardiner
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Absolutely stunning photography: from in and around the continent and elsewhere.
Michael Lai
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- There's origami... and then there's this man's hanakami: folded flower petals. Stunning!
Moxie
- Location: Aotearoa/New Zealand
- Pronouns: she/they
- A site that looks like a planner! With gorgeous rainbow colors and stickers galore.
Pfych
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- The delight is in the details: curly bracket links, animated backgrounds, a dark mode moon...
Phoebe Thorburn
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Pronouns: they/them
- Just a delightful, cozy aesthetic, delicious recipes, and thoughtful writing.
Rach Smith
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- A rainbow lorikeet! Rainbow underlined links! Paint splatter cursor trails! A delightful design.
Robert Howard
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- A woodworker by trade, and an incredible one at that. Such craftsmanship!
Ruben Schade
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- Such enthusiasm and curiosity drive his writing. I love the celebration of retrocomputing!
Sathyajith Bhat
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- His weeknotes contain many wonderful links, recommendations, and curios. Great reading!
Simon Foster
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: he/him
- A blog on film: the classical, the local, the arthouse, and the obscure.
Sue
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- A delight to read on everything literary, with an Australian focus.
Wing Pang
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Pronouns: she/her
- Such a delightful design, full of whimsy and charm! I love her illustrations.
Yoona
- Location: Australia
- Pronouns: they/them
- Such an adorable site and color palette! The resources are excellent too.

Submission Guidelines

To be included in the Oceania Web Atlas:

You must be from or living in Oceania
It must be your personal site, blog, portfolio, or store
The site should reflect something about yourself

Join The Directory

Want your site to be featured in the Oceania Web Atlas? I'd love to hear from you! Use the form below or email me: hi@zacharykai.net. (You can also email me for removals or changes.)

Credits

Thanks to fLaMEd, Derek Sivers, John Lampard, Kris Howard, and Michael Lai for suggesting additions. And to John Lampard and Kai Brach for spotting a fix! Also to Elly for a suggestion!

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