Travel Insurance Australia

The backpackers destination, with lots of adventure!

A relaxed attitiude to life, but try not to forget to take out insurance cover.

Popular attractions are the sandy deserted beaches, rain forest, deserted towns, snow capped mountains, desert gold, life filled clear blue oceans, shopping and cosmopolitan cuisine

Capitals

• Perth (WA)
• Melbourne (VIC)
• Sydney (NSW)
• Brisbane (QLD)
• Adelaide (SA)
• Darwin (NT)
• Hobart (TAS)
• Canberra (CT)

Top Tourist Attractions

• Uluru (Ayers Rock) Australian outback
• Skiing and snow-boarding in Snowy Mountains
• Whalewatching Eden in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland

Adventure/Hazzardous

• bike ride motorcycle tours
• bungy jumping
• white water rafting
• Parachuting
• gold fossicking
• reef fishing
• blue water sport fishing

Rivers and Esturies

• white-water rafting
• Australian coast: reef diving - Great Barrier
• river/estuary fishing

Health Risks

• Sunburn, heat exhaustion/sunstroke
• Insect and animal bites/poisening
• Winter sport accidents: spiders, snakes
• Water hazzards: box jellyfish, stingrays, cone shells

Documents you need to get medical treatment

Proof of UK residence (UK passport or NHS medical card) and temporary entry permit.

What is normally free ?

Public hospital treatment (this includes renal dialysis, but you must make advance arrangements before leaving the UK. Ask your NHS renal unit for further details).

What you pay charges for

• Treatment at most doctors' surgeries
• Prescribed medicines
• Ambulance travel
• Dental treatment

Other information

You'll need to enroll at a local Medicare office but this can be done after you get treatment. Some doctors' charges may be partially refunded by the Medicare scheme. Claim at the local office before you leave.

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