Travelling overseas can take a bit of planning. The International Travel section will help you organise your trip.
Travel tips
Smart Traveller - Department for Foriegn Affairs and Trade website providing Information about passports, visas, Centrelink payments etc.
Travel Tips for Seniors from Victoria's Better Health site has some useful travel health tips
Travel Vaccinations also from the Better Health site
Travel Guides
Get up and Go – a travel magazine especially for Australian seniors. Includes overseas travel.
Seniors Guide to New Zealand - produced and distributed by the New Zealand Seniors Card office, it contains information, savings and travel tips for mature travellers. For a free copy, tel. 1800 008 551. You can also apply for a New Zealand Seniors Card.
Try the websites from these well known travel guides.
Lonely Planet
Rough Guides
Frommers
Fodors
Lets Go
Trip Adviser
Tours
Odyssey Travel
Educational tours for the over 45 age group.
Scenic Tours
Accommodation
Youth Hostels Association - not just for the young
Accomline
Home Exchange
Home exchange is an inexpensive accommodation option. Try these sites.
Seniors Home Exchange
Home Exchange
Home Exchange Vacation
Travel Insurance for over 65s
If you have difficulty getting travel insurance because of your age, try these insurers.
Council on the Ageing in SA tel. 8232 0422
National Seniors
Sure Save
1Cover
Also read Travel Insurance - A Guide for Travellers produced by the Insurance Council of Australia.
Disability/Special Needs
Enablenet - a one stop site for information on disability including information on travel
Civil Aviation Travel Authority - tips and information for travellers with a disability
Access travel
Travelaffare - experienced in planning tailored holidays for people with disabilities and older people
Travelling with Grandchildren
Travelling with Children - a fact sheet from Victoria's Better Health site
Airline Travel and Children - again from Victoria's Better Health site
Times
Use this search to find out what time it is now in almost any part of the world, compliments of World Time Server.
Courses
Workers Education Association (WEA) - offers some courses on overseas travel destinations
