What should I pay attention to when traveling to Australia?

Climate: Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, and the season is just the opposite to our country. Spring is September ~165438+1October, summer is12 ~ February, autumn is March ~ May and winter is June ~ August. The average annual temperature in the north is 27 degrees Celsius. You can wear light clothes all year round in the tropics. In the southern temperate zone, it is hot in summer, so you can wear light clothes during the day, but you should bring a coat or sweater to prevent it from getting cold at night. Generally, it is summer in Northern Territory from 65438+February to March of the following year, and it enters autumn in April. You'd better bring a sun hat, sunglasses and sunscreen lotion. Accommodation: Ayers Rock Resort has 6 desert hotels with different levels and styles. From 7: 00 am to 6: 00 pm and from 6: 30 pm to 12, there is a free shuttle bus between six hotels and Ayers Rock Airport every ten minutes. The prices of several hotels are about 1625 to 360 Australian dollars, which are generally discounted. There is also a backpacker camping area in the resort, which is divided into a camping cabin and a tent area. Visitors can also rent an RV. Gourmet: Kangaroos, crocodiles, emus, camel meat and pearl arowana, a unique seafood in the Northern Territory, are all worth a try. Several hotels in Ayers Rock Resort have different styles of restaurants, from steak dinner to country barbecue. Time: Ayers Rock Time is faster than Beijing Time 1.5 hours. Alice is half an hour ahead of Beijing time in spring. Shopping: The streets of Ayers Rock Resort and Alice Springs Town are full of primitive handicrafts, indigenous fabrics, handicrafts and pottery. Geography of Australia and New Zealand: Australia is the largest island in the world, with a total area of over 7 million square kilometers. Australia is one of the most advanced countries in the southern hemisphere. The whole Australian mainland is divided into six provinces and two regions (Canberra, the capital, and the northern part of Darwin). New Zealand is only over 2000 kilometers away from Australia. It is divided into two parts: North Island and South Island. Its natural features are extremely diverse, including majestic glaciers, silver snow scenes, endless pastures, steaming hot springs and lush forests. The scenery is unique and picturesque. Currency description: Australia 100 Australian dollar =650 RMB New Zealand 100 Singapore dollar =550 RMB cannot be exchanged in Australia, please prepare the required foreign currency. According to the regulations of China Customs, each person can carry other foreign currencies equivalent to $5,000 each time he leaves the country. Flight matters: (1) Airport assembly: According to airline regulations, international flights should arrive at the airport three hours in advance to go through relevant airport exit procedures. Please arrive at the airport at the appointed time. If there is any delay, please inform the team leader or the team leader in time, otherwise the whole group will not be able to go through the relevant procedures and may cancel the original schedule. (2) Group air tickets: Travel group air tickets belong to group air tickets. According to airline regulations, there are three prohibitions on group tickets, namely, no refund, no change and no exchange. (3) Luggage consignment: free consignment of one piece of luggage (weight less than 20kg, total length, width and height less than 260cm). Daily necessities, laundry, fruit knife, etc. You can put it in the suitcase. (4) Carry-on luggage: carry-on luggage 1 piece (the total length, width and height shall not exceed 1 15cm). Please put valuables and fragile items or items that need to be taken at any time in your carry-on luggage. For example: self-provided medicines, cameras, video cameras, batteries, negatives, etc. Please take your passport, air ticket, cash and other valuables with you, and you will be responsible for the loss. You can't have any knives in your carry-on luggage. Please put the tool in the luggage. If you don't check them, you will be detained by the customs at your own risk. Entry and exit matters: (1) Exit declaration: 200 cigarettes, 250g of tobacco or 50 cigars and one bottle of wine can be brought duty-free. Cameras, camcorders and laptops with long lenses or zoom lenses need to be declared when leaving the country to avoid tax troubles when entering the country. You must go through the red channel when you go through the customs. If you don't declare, please take the green channel. (2) Entry declaration: You can bring gifts not exceeding 400 Australian dollars into Australia. In New Zealand, you can bring gifts of not more than S $500. If you carry more than 5,000 Australian dollars or Singapore dollars or other equivalent foreign currency, you must declare it to the customs when you enter the country. (3) Customs regulations: Those who go to Australia and New Zealand have strict customs. Never bring meat products (canned food), fruits, seeds, beef, pork, eggs and other foods into the country, so as not to violate the local criminal law. (4) When going through customs, flying or waiting, please don't talk to people or strangers who are not in the group casually, and don't carry luggage for others out of kindness, so as to avoid being used by bad people and accidents. Please take good care of your luggage to avoid losing it. Seasonal clothing: (1) The four seasons in Australia and New Zealand are opposite to those in China, and the seasons are as follows: spring: September to 1 1 month; Autumn: March to May; Summer:1February to February of the following year; Winter: June to August. Please refer to the attached table for the specific temperature. When traveling abroad, clothes are mainly comfortable. (2) The temperature difference between Australia and New Zealand in the morning and evening is quite large, about 10-20 degrees. Please bring your own clothes. (3) Due to the strong sunshine, please prepare sunglasses, sunscreen and hat. (4) If there is Penguin Island in the itinerary, due to the long waiting time and strong wind at the seaside, prepare a thick coat for dining: (1) Team dining: breakfast is a western-style buffet, and lunch and dinner are mainly Chinese food. Chinese food in these two countries is mainly in the south. Northern guests with heavy mouths can bring some pickles. (2) Drinks are not included during meals, and tea is free. If you need a drink, you should pay. (3) Drinking water: In principle, only tap water with cold water faucet can be directly drunk, while hot water from faucet cannot be directly drunk. Hotel rooms usually provide free black tea bags or coffee bags, and guests can use the electric kettle provided by the hotel to boil water. (4) If there are vegetarians or Muslim diners in the group who have special requirements for meals, please let us know when signing up so that we can take care of our diet. (5) When traveling in Australia, you can buy some biscuits, instant noodles and other foods to cope with the possible phenomenon of missing meals. Hotel accommodation: (1) Hotel facilities: towels, shampoo and soap are generally provided. Please bring your own toiletries such as toothpaste, toothbrush and slippers. (2) Hotel room: Generally, there are two people in one room, mainly two beds, and there will be large and small beds. Please forgive me! (3) Dining in the guest room: the items in the mini-bar or refrigerator in the guest room need to be paid by the guests, please pay attention. Hotel telephone: the telephone between rooms is free, but external calls need to be paid. External calls made by guests are credited to the account by the hotel computer. When you check out, please deliver it yourself at the front desk of the hotel. (4) Hotel TV: Generally, there are two kinds of hotel rooms: pay TV and free TV. Generally, the local tour guide will inform the front desk to close the pay TV program. If guests need to use pay TV, please ask the waiter or tour guide about the charging standard, operation method and precautions to avoid unnecessary losses. (5) Voltage in Australia: The voltage in Australia and New Zealand is generally 220 volts, so three sockets must be used. Hotels generally do not provide multi-standard sockets. You can borrow plug converters from the front desk or housekeeping department. However, due to the limited quantity, if guests need to charge their mobile phones and cameras, they are advised to bring their own plug converters. (6) Going out at night: Guests should avoid going to remote places at night, and try to go together and take care of each other. Please ask the hotel front desk for the hotel business card and carry or remember the name and address of the hotel with you, so as to return to the hotel smoothly after going out. (7) When you leave the hotel every day, be sure to check whether your belongings are lost, so as not to delay the trip. (8) Please pay attention to the safety exit and the room number of the tour leader. Traffic safety: (1) During your visit to Australia and New Zealand, please remember the car number, model and color of the tourist bus so that you can find the bus smoothly when you get lost with the team. (2) When sightseeing, large luggage can be put on the tour bus, and valuables should be carried with you to avoid being lost. (3) Air-conditioned buses are widely used in Australia. Snacks, drinks and smoking are not allowed in the carriage. Please cooperate with the driver. (4) Australian and New Zealand laws generally stipulate that when a car is driving on the expressway, tourists must sit in their seats, and are not allowed to walk in the aisle, nor are they allowed to open the window and stick their heads out of the window. (5) The local driving directions in Australia and New Zealand are opposite to those in China. Please pay special attention! Please pull over when hiking. When crossing the crosswalk, there is a button under the traffic light post at the intersection. If you press it, the traffic light will turn green in three minutes. Please cross the road in time. (6) If you get lost during the tour, please stand on the road we walked, and don't wander around by yourself. Please bring change, emergency contact address book and hotel business card with you. If you get lost, please call the hotel manager in Australia for help. (7) Although law and order in Australia and New Zealand are relatively good, we should go to free activities together at night and don't go back to the hotel too late. When going out for free activities, you should report to the tour leader or tour guide, and don't go to unsafe places. (8) Be sure to fasten your seat belt before the plane takes off and lands. If you want to change seats, please change seats after the safety lights go out after the plane takes off, so as not to interfere with other passengers. Leisure shopping: (1) Shopping abroad is a kind of enjoyment, and it is worth buying at a good price. Australian specialty wool products, emulsion, wool quilt, wool underwear, propolis, nourishing fish liver essence, shark cartilage powder, deep sea fish oil, etc. Australian gems, wines and animal toys can also be used as tourist souvenirs. (2) Credit card: It is recommended to use the foreign currency card of ICBC or China Merchants Bank. (3) Business hours: Generally speaking, the business hours in Australia are from Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm, with no rest time at noon, and large shopping malls are closed at night. Shops in major cities have longer business hours on Thursdays and Fridays. (4) The expenses you paid this time include the items on travel itinerary, meals and tickets, but you have to pay extra for the extra items according to your own wishes. It is a pleasure to spend a little money to get more project arrangements and better treatment, and it will not waste your rich itinerary. Tipping custom: (1) overseas tipping-drivers and tour guides pay $5 per person per day according to local customs. (2) Tip the porter, usually $65,438 +0 yuan RMB for a piece of luggage. As a tip for the cleaner who cleans the room, you can put 2 yuan Australian dollars on the pillow. Special reminder: (1) You may feel uncomfortable when traveling abroad, so you should prepare some commonly used drugs for emergencies. If you need to take certain drugs for a long time, such as hypertension, heart disease, stomach trouble or diabetes, be sure to bring enough drugs and doctors' prescriptions just in case. (2) When going abroad, it is best to replace the camera battery with a new one and bring more film. Film and batteries in Australia are very expensive. Whether the film has been used or not, it should be put in the carry-on bag to avoid exposure due to X-ray inspection at the airport security check. Communication mode: (1) Time difference: In summer, Queensland is 2 hours faster than China, and other areas on the east coast are 3 hours faster than China. New Zealand is five hours ahead of China. In winter, Australia is 2 hours faster than China, and New Zealand is 4 hours faster than China. (2) Telephone: To call back from Australia, please press 001-86-(area code)-(telephone number). China mobile phone can be used in Australia, please press 001-86-(area code)-(telephone number). Call Australia: Please press 006 1- (area code)-(hotel phone).