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The Big Lap · free game
Learn about Oz, the fun way
Lap Australia in a quiz game and learn the inside secrets of Oz.
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Plan your trip, day by day.
Tell us what you’re after and get a week-by-week route: where to go, where to stay, where to find work and how to get between stops.
Example plan · 42 days · 12 stops
🎉 East Coast Party
- W1Sydney → Newcastle
- W2Newcastle → Port Stephens → Port Macquarie → Coffs Harbour
- W3Byron Bay → Gold Coast
- W4Brisbane → Noosa → Rainbow Beach
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Places to stay
Hostelworld
The biggest range of hostels in every Aussie city and beach town.
Insurance
SafetyWing
Monthly travel medical cover you can start and stop as you go.
Phone & data
Airalo
An Aussie eSIM you can set up before you land.
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Getting around
JUCY
Campervan hire for the road-trip-sleep-anywhere life.
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