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Living conditions

Health and safety

Health precautions

There is no compulsory vaccination. A certificate of vaccination against yellow fever is required for travelers over one year old arriving in Australia within the 6 days following a stay of at least one day and one night in a contaminated country. Asthmatics may also meet difficulties because of the dust and should always have an inhaler to hand.

International hospitals

Sydney Children’s Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred (Sydney), Australian Private Hospitals Association

For further information on sanitary conditions

Government information website

For further information on safety conditions

Emergency Management Australia website

Contacter votre ambassade

Emergency numbers

Emergencies

000

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference

It is %T:%M %A in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney (GMT+10 in winter, GMT+11 in summer)
It is %T:%M %A in Adelaide (GMT+9h30 in winter, GMT+10h30 in summer)
It is %T:%M %A in Perth (GMT+8)

Summer time period

Summer time from October to April.

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

Most of the country does not have wide variations of climate. Only Tasmania, in the far south, and the Australian Alps south of Canberra sometimes have extreme cold. The further north you go, the smaller temperature differences are, until you reach the tropical zone. Darwin, for example, only has two seasons: the dry one and the wet one. The center of the continent is arid, hot and dry during the day, but often bitterly cold at night. In Sydney and Melbourne the temperatures in summer vary between 22°C and 28°C. In winter they vary between 12°C and 16°C in Melbourne and never drop under 0°C in Sydney.

For further information

Bureau of Meteorology

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

To find an accommodation

Hotel.com.au Hotel.com.au Take a break Bed&Breakfast

To find an apartment

LJ HOOKER
Portal website
Century 21
Raine & Horne
Domain

Sydney Morning Herald website

To find a job

CareerOne
My Career
SEEK
Government agency

Communications

Telephone codes

To call in Australia from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +61.
To call Tunisia from Australia, dial  0011 (ou +) 216.

Mobile telephone standards

GSM, GPRS, WCDMA

Internet suffix

.au

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Last updates: May 2012