Climate : Australia is in the southern hemisphere and the seasons are opposite to those in Europe and North America. There are two climatic zones: the tropical zone (in the north above the Tropic of Capricorn) and the temperate zone. The tropical zone (consisting of 40 per cent of Australia) has two seasons, summer (wet) and winter (dry) while the temperate zone has all four seasons.
Required Clothing : Lightweights during summer months with warmer clothes needed during the cooler winter period throughout most of the southern States. Lightweight cottons and linens all year in the central/northern States with warm clothes only for cooler winter evenings and early mornings. Sunglasses, sunhats and sunblock lotion are recommended year round in the north and during the summer months in the south.

Sydney Airport (SYD) (Kingsford Smith) is 8km (5 miles) south of the city (travel time – 30 minutes). Airport Link connects the airport to Sydney Central Station (travel time – 13 minutes).
Adelaide Airport (ADL) 6km (4 miles) west of the city (travel time – 30 minutes).
Melbourne Airport (MEL) (Tullamarine) is 22km (14 miles) northwest of the city (travel time – 30 minutes).
Perth Airport (PER) is 12km (7 miles) northeast of the city (travel time – 25 minutes).
Brisbane Airport (BNE) is 13km (8 miles) northeast of the city (travel time – 35 minutes).
Hobart Airport (HBA) is 16km (10 miles) east of the city (travel time – 25 minutes).
iCairns Airport (CNS) s 8km (5 miles) north of the city (travel time – 10 minutes).
Canberra Airport (CBR) is 8km (5 miles) east of Canberra (travel time – 15 minutes).
Darwin Airport (DRW) is 13km (8 miles) northeast of the city (travel time – 20 minutes).
Departure Tax : None.

Passport
Passport Valid passport required by all.
Visa
Visas are not required for: (a) nationals of New Zealand (b) nationals of the following countries do not need to obtain a transit visa before travel if they are continuing their journey to a third country within 8 hours of arriving in Australia: Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Fiji, Finland,France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (SAR), Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kiribati, Korea (Rep), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Nauru, The Netherlands, Norway, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Portugal, Samoa, San Marino, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, UK (and its colonies), USA, Vanuatu, Vatican City and Zimbabwe. All other nationals must obtain a transit visa before travel, irrespective of the period of transit in Australia. Transit visas are free of charge. Note: Not all airports remain open all night; travellers should check with the airline.