Rough Budget:
To see a full budget guide, view my Australian budget blog post. This is a quick overview of spending money you might need in Australia. Please keep in mind this will vary for everyone and is a rough guide.
Flights- I flew from Melbourne to Coolangatta airport and back to Melbourne. For a return flight, I paid $90aud. These prices range from $40aud on sale to $200aud in peak travel times. If you’re an international traveller flight price will vary depending on what country you’re flying from.
Other big travel- I rented a car for 3 days to drive to Brisbane. I went with Jucy rentals, who rent to people under 21. I paid $147aud including insurance.
Accommodation- I like to stay in 4-star hotels in surfers paradise. For 6 nights I paid $600aud. While I’m in Brisbane I stay in 3-star hotels. I paid $213aud. In total, I paid $813aud. Hostels are quite cheap in Australia, you would pay around $20-40aud a night.
Food- I tried to stick to a max of $30aud a day. I don’t eat breakfast so it meant I spent less on food. Some days I only spent $20aud, other days if I ordered uber eats it cost me $20aud for one meal. It all averaged out and I spent a total of $300aud in 10 days.
Shopping- I don’t buy any souvenirs while in Australia, but I do like to do 2-3 shopping trips and buy some clothes for myself. I put aside $200aud for shopping. Which I stuck too.
Travel- While in Surfers paradise, everything is pretty much in walking distances so I don’t need any uber’s, I do catch the tram and trains to get to the theme parks. I paid $15aud for public transport. From Coolangatta airport to surfers and back I paid $65aud in uber’s. In Brisbane, I had a hire car so I didn’t pay for any other transport. The total travel while in Queensland was $80aud.
Attractions- While in surfers paradise I didn’t do many attractions. I went to the theme parks, which took up four days. A multipass to sea world, wet n wild and movie world which cost $139aud and a multi-pass to dreamworld and white water world, which was $84aud. On my way back to the airport on my last day, I went to Currumbin sanctuary. While in Brisbane I went to Australia zoo, I also spent a lot of time just exploring the city, I did things that were free and I didn’t really spend much on attractions while in Brisbane. In total, I spent $343aud on attractions.
In total, I paid $92 a day, not including Flights, other big travel, insurance, visas, resort fees and bonds.
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