Travelling Overseas

Medicare

If you are about to travel overseas, Medicare has a useful website, please click here.


Smart Traveller

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have an excellent website. It is very important and worthwhile to visit the site before leaving on an overseas working holiday or holiday especially during these unsettled times.


The website contents include:

  • Travel advice notices provided on country-by-country basis, and focus on risks to Australian travellers.
  • They are only issued for countries where the potential exists for Australian travellers to experience difficulties.
  • View a list of all Travel Advice
  • General advice to Australian Travellers
  • Ministerial Statements on travel to the Middle East and South West Asia
  • A list of current and past travellers' bulletins to provide the latest news and guidance on general issues of interest to the Australian Traveller.
  • Travellers' FAQ
  • Tips for those wanting to work overseas
  • Passports and Visa information


Contacts

Consular Duty Officer (24 hour): +61 2 6261 3305. Toll Free (local call cost – within Australia only) 1300 555135

Consular Travel Advice Faxback Service call (02) 6261 1299 and follow the instructions provided


Are you about to travel to Europe?

Keep in touch with the latest news from the European Federation of Crohn's and Colitis Associations (EFCCA) website. Please click here to go the efcca website.

Worldwide bathroom guide: http://www.thebathroomdiaries.com/

American Restroom Assoc.: http://www.americanrestroom.org/

British Toilet Assoc: http://www.britloos.co.uk/index.html

Tokyo toilet map: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~AD8y-hys/index_e.htm

Asia guide to toilets: http://www.talesofasia.com/toilets.htm

Guide to toilets in China: http://www.thebeijingguide.com/toilets/chinese_toilets.html

Guide to toilets in Russia: http://goeasteurope.about.com/od/russia/p/russiantoilets.htm