🇳🇿 New Zealand
Closest to home, easiest to plan.
Visa-free
AU plug fits
Where are Australians going?
Entry requirements, adapters, driving rules and price comparisons for the 36 destinations Australians travel to most - all written for Australian passport holders. Know where you are going but not what you will do there? The trip planner builds a day-by-day itinerary for nine of them.
🇯🇵 Japan
Visa-free, cash-friendly, and worth over-preparing for.
Visa-free
Type A plug
IDP needed
🇮🇩 Indonesia
Visa on arrival, plus two fees most Australians don't budget for.
Visa required
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇺🇸 United States
ESTA required - and the one country where insurance isn't optional.
Authorisation
Type A plug
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Australians now need an ETA - this changed in 2025.
Authorisation
Type G plug
🇹🇠Thailand
60 days visa-free - but the arrival card is now compulsory.
Visa-free
Type A plug
IDP needed
🇻🇳 Vietnam
E-visa required - and Australians legally can't drive here.
Visa required
Type A plug
No driving
🇮🇳 India
E-visa required, and the application is fussier than most.
Visa required
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇸🇬 Singapore
Visa-free and effortless - but the arrival card is compulsory.
Visa-free
Type G plug
🇫🇯 Fiji
Visa-free for four months, and your Australian plugs fit.
Visa-free
AU plug fits
🇮🇹 Italy
Schengen visa-free - with EES biometrics now in force and ETIAS coming.
Visa-free
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇵🇠Philippines
Visa-free for 30 days, with a compulsory eTravel registration.
Visa-free
Type A plug
🇰🇷 South Korea
Visa-free, with the K-ETA currently waived for Australians.
Visa-free
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇨🇳 China
Visa-free for Australians - a policy change most people missed.
Visa-free
AU plug fits
No driving
🇲🇾 Malaysia
90 days visa-free, one free digital arrival card.
Visa-free
Type G plug
IDP needed
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Free visa on arrival - and a medication list worth reading twice.
Visa-free
Type G plug
IDP needed
🇨🇦 Canada
No visa, but you cannot board without a CAD $7 eTA.
Authorisation
Type A plug
🇫🇷 France
Visa-free, but the border is biometric now.
Visa-free
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇩🇪 Germany
Visa-free, card-shy, and stricter about cash than you expect.
Visa-free
Type C plug
🇬🇷 Greece
Visa-free, cash-friendly on the islands, and a ferry system worth planning around.
Visa-free
Type C plug
IDP needed
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° Hong Kong
Visa-free for 90 days - and separate from mainland China.
Visa-free
Type G plug
IDP needed
🇪🇸 Spain
Visa-free, late-eating, and cheaper than its neighbours.
Visa-free
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇰🇠Cambodia
Visa required - USD $30, and buy it from the government site.
Visa required
Type A plug
IDP needed
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
The ETA is now free for Australians - but you still have to get one.
Authorisation
Type D plug
IDP needed
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Visa-free for 90 days, but the arrival card is now online only.
Visa-free
Type A plug
IDP needed
🇻🇺 Vanuatu
Visa-free for 30 days, three hours from Brisbane.
Visa-free
AU plug fits
🇹🇷 Türkiye
Visa-free for Australians since April 2026 - the e-Visa is no longer required.
Visa-free
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Visa-free, near-cashless, and hostile to a contactless credit card.
Visa-free
Type C plug
🇳🇵 Nepal
Visa on arrival at Kathmandu - bring USD cash and a photo.
Visa required
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇿🇦 South Africa
Visa-free for 90 days, and a plug type you cannot improvise.
Visa-free
Type M plug
IDP needed
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡· Croatia
Visa-free, on the euro since 2023, and busiest for exactly ten weeks a year.
Visa-free
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇨🇠Switzerland
In Schengen, out of the euro, and expensive in a way that surprises people.
Visa-free
Type J plug
🇮🇪 Ireland
Visa-free, outside Schengen, and not the same rules as the UK.
Visa-free
Type G plug
🇵🇹 Portugal
Visa-free, cheap by Western European standards, and increasingly busy.
Visa-free
Type C plug
IDP needed
🇲🇻 Maldives
Free visa on arrival - but the online declaration is compulsory.
Visa-free
Type D plug
🇱🇦 Laos
Visa on arrival, around USD $35 - bring cash and a photo.
Visa required
Type A plug
IDP needed
What is actually worth booking.
New destination guides and side-by-side comparisons for Australian travellers - which eSIM, which travel card, which insurance is worth paying for, and what to sort before you go. Prices in Australian dollars, a few emails a year.