Travel in Australia

When to Travel? When to Work?

Australia has a wonderful year-round climate. Because of our diverse seasons - wet and dry, warm and cold - choosing when to travel requires planning. We are sure our wonderful climate is one reason you are planning to come here. So plan ahead..

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The Northern parts of Australia have two seasons: wet and dry. The wet runs from November to April (summer) and the dry from May to October (winter). The months of May to October are best for places like Cairns and Darwin; November to April for places such as Sydney and Melbourne, or Tasmania. The ideal journey would begin in the South in March or April and plan to arrive in the North - Cairns or Darwin - in June, July, or August then begin to head south again. Keep in mind the temperature chart on this page is a GUIDE only. In Uluru it can get as hot as 40 degrees C in Summer and as cold as 0 degrees C in Winter.

How you travel is a matter of personal choice. You can go by bus with companies such as Oz Experience who specialise in trips that take you where others don't. If you are short on time or do not like long journeys then fly in one direction and catch a bus back the other. Or fly both ways and do a series of local guided trips with companies such as Adventure Tours Australia.  Whatever you do keep in mind that Australia is very big and travelling between places takes a long time, and a bit of planning.

Check out a map of Australia 

Facts and Figures on Australia

• Its and Island, and a Continent? - Yes, the largest Island; the flattest continet.
• Australia is the 6th largest country in the world.
• Australia is 7.7 million sq kilometers in size.
• Our dollar buys about .65 Euro cents; .45 pence; .75 USD.
• We are the driest inhabited continent in the world.
• Beaches: We have 7,000 of them. More than any other country. ALWAYS SWIM BETWEEN THE FLAGS.
• We spend 70% of our year under sunny skies.
• Kangaroos? At the last count we had over 40 million. 
• Our longest fence? 5,531 kilometers long. It's called the Dingo Fence and keeps sheep safe from wild dogs.
• 20 million of us live here, but we have the lowest population density in the world - two people per square kilometer.
• We speak English, or our version of it.
• About 5 million tourists come here every year.
• We drive on the left hand side of the road. We also encourage you to do the same if you are here.
• Our financial year starts on July 1st and ends on June 30th.
• The drive between Sydney and Brisbane is 1300 klms long, and takes over 12 hours.
• It takes 3-hours to fly to New Zealand from Sydney.
• 100,000 Working Holiday Makers arrive every year and 250,000 International Students.