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TRAVELLERS UPDATE - TOURING AUSTRALIA
Select a link to each State or Territory below to take you to the Travellers Updates page you require:
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Info Packed website - Outback Travel Australia
If you are looking for info on outback travel, suggested itineraries or any technical info on vehicles, suspensions, etc check out the Outback Travel Australia website: www.outbacktravelaustralia.com.au. It’s packed full of up-to-date info!
Outback Safety Card
Four Wheel Drive Australia, the peak body for four wheelers in this country has produced an Outback Safety Card for outback travellers. The info, while pretty basic, could save a life. It is available free from their website, www.anfwdc.asn.au, and go to ‘Tourist Info’.
Quarantine Guide
A handy new Travellers guide to Australian Interstate Quarantine is now available. The book details all Quarantine areas in Australia and you may be surprised at how much of the country is affected, and the restrictions on taking food in and out of both states and regions. For more details and a free copy visit: www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au or freecall: 1800 084 881.
Garmin Maps of Oz
Garmin GPS users should check out the following website for downloadable maps for their GPS unit: http://shonkylogic.net/shonkymaps
The GPS Oz website also is a good source of tracks for Garmin GPS users that cover the remoter areas of Australia. Check out: www.gpsoz.com.au/tracks4australia
Online Fuel Watch
The off-road website, exploroz.com, has a 'fuelwatch' feature that is ideal for travellers budgeting for their next adventure. The site lists fuel prices by state and provides statistics on 30day pricing trends for each state and nationally. Click on the state link tables and you get pricing information on specific state locations too! Check it out at exploroz.com/OntheRoad/FuelPrices/Default.aspx.
Transporting your vehicle by Train
It's becoming more common for busy, keen four wheelers to transport their vehicles to Alice Springs, Darwin, or other far-away places. The plan being they fly in, pick the vehicle up and can then spend more time in the part of the country they wish to explore. Trouble is the size of vehicles able to be transported by rail is very dependent on where they are going and how high they are - the height including roof racks! Across to WA from Adelaide the maximum height is 1.94 metres; from Sydney to Adelaide it is just 1.57m, while north to Darwin it is 2.0m.
Going somewhere and neet a Permit?
On the National 4WD Council website at, www.anfwdc.asn.au/permit_information.php, you’ll find handy information on the permits you may require when travelling remote areas of Australia and how to apply for them. This includes permits for national parks, Aboriginal land and some of the tracks and remote regions of Australia that us four wheelers want to visit.
Emergency Contacts
You should call triple zero (000) first. This will connect you to an operator if you are within range of your normal GSM mobile phone network.
If your mobile phone is out of range, dial 112. This will connect you directly to emergency services - if you are within the range of another GSM operator.
Dialling 112 will connect you to emergency services even if the phone keyboard pad is locked. 112 cannot be dialled from the fixed phone network, and may not be available for CDMA phones - you should check with your phone provider.
Telstra's Nationall NextG Network Coverage
Want to know what sort of coverage your NextG mobile phone will have while you are travelling, then you can look up mobile coverage maps on the ANFWDC web site at:www.anfwdc.asn.au/mobile_coverage.php
Telstra also has State Coverage maps available to look at on their web site at:
www.telstra.com.au/mobile/networks/coverage/state.html
HF to be Affected?
The Australian Government is trialing the use of sending computer broadband services over powerlines (BPL). If this is adopted Australia wide it could well have serious effects on HF transmissions and all uses of HF radios and providers of HF services will notice it! For more info check out: www.vks737.on.net under ‘Bulletins’. You can also check out the web site of ACREM - Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors who are also following this closely.
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