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Travelling to Australia
Immigration and visas
All travellers, except New Zealand citizens, must obtain a visa or travel authority before travelling to Australia.
See also Visas and migration.
Tourism
Plan your trip with australia.com, the official Tourism Australia website, offering a wide range of travel information and planning tools including over 2000 images, a currency converter, daily weather updates, interactive maps, suggested holiday itineraries, holiday deals, specialist travel agents and more. Available in nine languages.
Tourist refund scheme
The Tourist refund scheme enables you to claim a refund, subject to certain conditions, of the goods and services tax (GST) and wine equalisation tax (WET) that you pay on goods you buy in Australia.
New arrivals
A gateway to information ranging from citizenship, health, settlement help for migrants, working conditions to buying a home in Australia.
Customs and quarantine
The Australian Customs Service manages the security and integrity of the Australian border and assists people and cargo to move in and out of the country.
Information for international travellers. Information about what items must be declared for inspection, what happens if you fail to declare or dispose of any quarantine items or make a false declaration, what happens to siezed items and what can't be mailed to Australia.
Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Australia
Jobs in Australia
This Australian Embassy is not able assist people in finding employment in Australia.
See also
Other sites of interest
• www.australia.com: Australia’s National Tourist Office. More than 1000 files with information on Australia
• www.immi.gov.au: information on visas and forms for visas
• www.qttc.com.au: Queensland Tourist Office
• www.westernaustralia.net: Western Australia Tourist Office
• www.nttc.com.au: Northern Territory Tourist Office
• www.discovertasmania.com.au: Tasmania Tourist Office
• www.canberratourism.com.au: Canberra Tourist Office
• www.tourism.nsw.gov.au: New South Wales Tourist Office
• www.visitvictoria.com: Victoria Tourist Office
• www.southaustralia.com: South Australia Tourist Office
• www.atn.com.au/parks/index.htm: National Parks of Australia
• www.acn.net.au: Cultural activities: music, cinema, art, theatre, festivals, history, heritage, etc
• www.ozco.gov.au: Australian Council for the Arts
• www.bedandbreakfast.com.au: information on bed and breakfast
• www.qantas.com.au: Qantas webpage, an Australian airline
• www.jetstar.com.au: Jet Star Airways webpage, a domestic flight airline
• www.virginblue.com.au: airline for domestic flights
• www.singaporeair.com: Singapore Airlines webpage, an airline that flies to Australia
• www.thaiair.com: Thai Airways webpage, an airline that flies to Australia
• www.flypacificblue.com: airline with fligths to South Pacific islands
• • www.yha.org.au: youth hostel association: information on Australian youth hostels
• www.webwombat.com.au: Australian search engine with information on jobs, tourism, academic, legal and governmental institutions
• www.aqis.gov.au: indispensable information on Australian quarantine