Australia travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Australia, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Australia: Sydney, Great Barrier Reef & Cairns, Uluru, Melbourne, Perth, Tasmania.
Required to enter
Nothing. No vaccination certificate is asked for at the border.
Recommended
- Routine vaccinations up to date
Emergency number
000, or 112 from a mobile
Care for visitors
Good and affordable
Excellent. The UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy, Malta and Slovenia have reciprocal agreements giving their citizens access to Medicare for immediately necessary treatment; everyone else pays and should be insured.
Sun is the underrated one — the UV index is extreme by European standards. Swim between the flags; rip currents, not sharks, are what actually drown people.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
The guides in Australia
SydneyAustraliaHarbour, beaches, and endless sunshine
Great Barrier Reef & CairnsAustraliaThe largest living structure on earth, an hour offshore
UluruAustraliaA single rock, 348 metres high, in the middle of a continent
MelbourneAustraliaLaneway coffee, street art and the best food in Australia, in a city that changes weather four times a day
PerthAustraliaThe most isolated big city on earth, with white beaches on its doorstep and quokkas on the island offshore
TasmaniaAustraliaAn island of temperate rainforest, empty beaches and the cleanest air measured on earth