Australia

Perth to Albany, Australia
Across the Far West of Australia
Few people worship evasion like the aussies. With southern summer in full swing and the weekend just around the corner, Perthians are taking refuge from the urban routine in the nation's southwest corner. For our part, without compromise, we explore endless Western Australia to its southern limit.
Sydney, Australia
From the Exile of Criminals to an Exemplary City
The first of the Australian colonies was built by exiled inmates. Today, Sydney's Aussies boast former convicts of their family tree and pride themselves on the cosmopolitan prosperity of the megalopolis they inhabit.
Atherton Tableland, Australia
Miles Away from Christmas (part XNUMX)
On December 25th, we explored the high, bucolic yet tropical interior of North Queensland. We ignore the whereabouts of most of the inhabitants and find the absolute absence of the Christmas season strange.
Busselton, Australia
2000 meters in Aussie Style
In 1853, Busselton was equipped with one of the longest pontoons in the world. World. When the structure collapsed, the residents decided to turn the problem around. Since 1996 they have been doing it every year. Swimming.
Melbourne, Australia
An "Asienated" Australia
Cultural capital aussie, Melbourne is also frequently voted the best quality of life city in the world. Nearly a million eastern emigrants took advantage of this immaculate welcome.
Discovering tassie, Part 3, Tasmania, Australia
Tasmania from Top to Bottom
The favorite victim of Australian anecdotes has long been the Tasmania never lost the pride in the way aussie ruder to be. Tassie remains shrouded in mystery and mysticism in a kind of hindquarters of the antipodes. In this article, we narrate the peculiar route from Hobart, the capital located in the unlikely south of the island to the north coast, the turn to the Australian continent.
Great Ocean Road, Australia
Ocean Out, along the Great Australian South
One of the favorite escapes of the Australian state of Victoria, via B100 unveils a sublime coastline that the ocean has shaped. We only needed a few kilometers to understand why it was named The Great Ocean Road.
Discovering tassie, Part 1 - Hobart, Australia
Australia's Backdoor
Hobart, the capital of Tasmania and the southernmost of Australia, was colonized by thousands of convicts from England. Unsurprisingly, its population maintains a strong admiration for marginal ways of life.
Alice Springs to Darwin, Australia
Stuart Road, on its way to Australia's Top End
Do Red Center to the tropical Top End, the Stuart Highway road travels more than 1.500km lonely through Australia. Along this route, the Northern Territory radically changes its look but remains faithful to its rugged soul.
Perth, Australia
the lonely city
More 2000km away from a worthy counterpart, Perth is considered the most remote city on the face of the Earth. Despite being isolated between the Indian Ocean and the vast Outback, few people complain.
Cairns to Cape Tribulation, Australia
Tropical Queensland: An Australia Too Wild
Cyclones and floods are just the meteorological expression of Queensland's tropical harshness. When it's not the weather, it's the deadly fauna of the region that keeps its inhabitants on their toes.
Perth, Australia
The Oceania Cowboys
Texas is on the other side of the world, but there is no shortage of cowboys in the country of koalas and kangaroos. Outback rodeos recreate the original version and 8 seconds lasts no less in the Australian Western.
Perth, Australia
Australia Day: In Honor of the Foundation, Mourning for Invasion
26/1 is a controversial date in Australia. While British settlers celebrate it with barbecues and lots of beer, Aborigines celebrate the fact that they haven't been completely wiped out.
Red Center, Australia
Australia's Broken Heart
The Red Center is home to some of Australia's must-see natural landmarks. We are impressed by the grandeur of the scenarios but also by the renewed incompatibility of its two civilizations.
Wycliffe Wells, Australia
Wycliffe Wells' Unsecret Files
Locals, UFO experts and visitors have been witnessing sightings around Wycliffe Wells for decades. Here, Roswell has never been an example and every new phenomenon is communicated to the world.
Cairns-Kuranda, Australia
Train to the Middle of the Jungle
Built out of Cairns to save miners isolated in the rainforest from starvation by flooding, the Kuranda Railway eventually became the livelihood of hundreds of alternative Aussies.
Melbourne, Australia
The Football the Australians Rule
Although played since 1841, Australian Football has only conquered part of the big island. Internationalization has never gone beyond paper, held back by competition from rugby and classical football.
Discovering Tassie, Part 2 - Hobart to Port Arthur, Australia
An Island Doomed to Crime
The prison complex at Port Arthur has always frightened the British outcasts. 90 years after its closure, a heinous crime committed there forced Tasmania to return to its darkest times.
Michaelmas Cay, Australia
Miles from Christmas (Part XNUMX)
In Australia, we live the most uncharacteristic of the 24th of December. We set sail for the Coral Sea and disembark on an idyllic islet that we share with orange-billed terns and other birds.
Discovering tassie, Part 4 - Devonport to Strahan, Australia
Through the Tasmanian Wild West
If the almost antipode tazzie is already a australian world apart, what about its inhospitable western region. Between Devonport and Strahan, dense forests, elusive rivers and a rugged coastline beaten by an almost Antarctic Indian ocean generate enigma and respect.
Rottnest Island, Wadjemup, Australia, Quokkas
Wadjemup, Rottnest Island, Australia

Among Quokkas and other Aboriginal Spirits
In the XNUMXth century, a Dutch captain nicknamed this island surrounded by a turquoise Indian Ocean, “Rottnest, a rat's nest”. The quokkas that eluded him were, however, marsupials, considered sacred by the Whadjuk Noongar aborigines of Western Australia. Like the Edenic island on which the British colonists martyred them.
Fremantle port and city in Western Australia, female friends in pose
Fremantle, Australia

The Bohemian Harbor of Western Australia
Once the main destination for British convicts banished to Australia, Fremantle evolved into the great port of the Big Island West. And at the same time, into a haven for artists aussies and expatriates in search of lives outside the box.
New South Wales Australia, Beach walk
Batemans Bay to Jervis Bay, Australia

New South Wales, from Bay to Bay
With Sydney behind us, we indulged in the Australian “South Coast”. Along 150km, in the company of pelicans, kangaroos and other peculiar creatures aussie, we let ourselves get lost on a coastline cut between stunning beaches and endless eucalyptus groves.

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How to go

VISA AND OTHER PROCEDURES

Australia uses a system of entry into the country similar to the US, which involves applying for an ETA authorization (Electronic Travel Authority), to a allow ETA, an eVisitor visa or conventional visa. More information at Australian government.

HEALTH CARE

Australia does not require any vaccinations to grant tourist entry into the country.

For more information on traveling health, see the Health Portal of the Ministry of Health and Tropical and Traveler Medicine Clinic. In FitForTravel find country-specific health and disease prevention advice (in English).

TRIP TO AUSTRALIA

Fly to Sydney or Melbourne with a combination of flights from TAP (tel.: 707 205 700) and Lufthansa, via Frankfurt and Singapore. Prices start at €1.100. THE Emirates flies to Sydney with a single stopover in Dubai.

Must Do's

  • Sydney
  • The Kimberley
  • Kakadu and Liechtfield National Parks
  • Red Center​: Uluru, Kata Djuta etc.
  • ​Tropical Queensland and Great Barrier Reef
  • Whitsunday Archipelago
  • Stuart Highway
  • Melbourne and Great Ocean Road
  • ​Ningaloo Marine Park
  • Perth
  • ​Route Perth to Albany
  • Blue Mountains National Park
  • Tasmania

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INTERNAL FLIGHTS

Australian companies Qantas, Tiger Airways, Virgin Australia e jet star they ensure several connections between major Australian cities prices that fluctuate widely from low to high season.

CAR RENTAL

Rent a car or a good campervan (caravans) and set out to discover. Good 4WD vehicles can prove to be helpful in Australia. They provide safer driving even on tarred roads and allow you to navigate the dirt, sand, rock and mud roads of the Outback Australian.

In terms of costs, even if the car consumes significantly less than the campervan, you either use a good tent or you'll end up spending a lot more due to the costly per diems of Australia's roadside hotels and motels, guest houses and inns. 

The lowest price for car rental is around €20 per day, including insurance and in low season. Prices for caravans equipped to sleep and cook on board start at €40 per day, including insurance. Approximately twice as much if they are 4WD. A jeep costs from €60 per day. In addition to these expenses, gasoline costs almost half of what it costs in Portugal. 

TRUCK

Australia is served by several bus companies. Of these, the predominant Greyhound Australia. Greyhound sells a range of passes including the Central Coaster Pass which covers the east coast between Sydney and Brisbane, priced at around €150 for 90 days of use.

As an alternative to car rental and this type of pass, you can also buy a Hop On Hop Off style ticket. There are several Australian companies that market them, sometimes simultaneously with New Zealand itineraries. They allow you to travel on several buses, leave at one destination and re-enter another bus on the way to the next destination, always with the same ticket and at reduced prices

OTHER

Another possibility is to enroll in one of the programs of the numerous tour companies which cover the entire Australian territory. Remember if that – as with Hop On Hop Off buses – will travel with a large international entourage. And you will only be able to stop and explore the places covered by the itinerary.

When to go

Australia occupies so much of the Southern Hemisphere that its weather differs greatly from south to north and east to west. If your idea is to visit the south of the island, avoid the months of June to October when you will find these regions facing the Southern Ocean in the middle of winter, with serious cold, lots of rain and even snow in the highlands of New South Wales , Victoria and Tasmania. If you plan to visit the tropical and semi-tropical part of Queensland (north of Brisbane) it is very important to avoid the months of December to April when there is a serious risk of the region being hit by powerful hurricanes (including grade 5) formed on the warm waters of the South Pacific. If you plan to bathe in the best beaches in this region, be aware that many cannot be used from November to May due to the invasion of sea wasps (stingers), which make victims every year. More information at queensland beaches (in English). The other concern you should be aware of when planning your trip to Australia is not to visit northern Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia during the Southeast Asia monsoon season when most of these regions and their roads are under water . The best time to explore them is from May to November.

Money and costs

The Australian currency is the Australian Dollar (AUD). There are ATMs in the main cities and towns of the state and credit card payments are possible in the most sophisticated establishments. Remember, however, that vast areas of Australia either have no settlements or if they do, they are minimal. It is important not to be fooled by the difference in value between the Euro and the Australian Dollar. Australia is one of those countries where you end up spending more money than you had planned, easily a minimum of €100 to €150 a day, if you don't prepare accommodation and transport in time. Food itself has high prices even in supermarkets in major cities.

ACCOMMODATION

A hyper-popular solution in Australia is to combine transport with accommodation by renting a campervan (caravan). Remember that, especially in high season in every Australian region – especially from November to February – the campervans are rented at a hell of a pace. By December, many of the companies that rent them communicate that they have no availability. If treated early enough, you can rent one of these campervans for less than €50 per day that can be split by several people, depending on the size of the vehicle you rent. guest houses e hostels they have a minimum price of €30 in a double room, €12 – €15 per person in a dorm. As a rule, rates at the cheapest hotels start at €50 – €60. In high season, when the accommodation capacity of the most touristic places starts to run out, even the simplest roadside motel charges €80 – €90 per night in a double room. The best hotels and resortsThese are easily priced from €150 – €500 per room.

FOOD

Australians are used to justifying the exorbitant prices of their food products with the health of the economy aussie, the lack of competition and the vast distances that distributors have to travel. Whatever the main reason, supermarket staples – milk, fruit etc. – cost double, sometimes triple as in Portugal. Any complete meal, no matter how simple, will cost you a minimum of €10.

INTERNET

Most hostels, guest houses, hotels and motels have Wi-fi included on some computers for guest use. If traveling on a campervan you will need to stop at an internet cafe (2€ to 8€ per hour depending on whether you are in a big city or a small town) or in one of the many places with free or semi-free signal, such as the McDonald's chain – where, in principle, will have to consume – or the libraries of major cities.

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