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Australia travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Australia: travel advice level, plug type I, 230V, emergency 000, currency AUD.

📷 Canberra · Tim J Keegan from Lake Macquarie, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-03-19

Latest change (original, English)
Updated information about global travel impacts due to escalation in the Middle East (‘Warnings and insurance’ page).

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalCanberra
CurrencyAUD
LanguagesEnglish
Calling code+61
Emergency numbers000
Plug typesType I
Voltage230 V
Driving sideLeft
Population28M
Type I

📅 Public holidays💱 Exchange rates

📷 Photos

Flickerd · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Joshua Tagicakibau · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
E. Phillips Fox · Public domain · Commons
Donaldytong · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Colin Chick · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
File:St Mary's Cathedral as viewed from Hyde Park, Sydney.jpg: Dxwkx derivative · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Andrew Harvey · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Corey Leopold · CC BY 2.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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