Toronto to Australia

Pointers...

Flights in Australia are VERY VERY cheap, and easy to book/board. They dont even check your tickets

Unlock your cell phone and get a sim card with data when you land, You will need to take pics of Your Credit Card + Passport and email it directly to the phone company... Can take 1-2 days, Best to try to activate it in the airport as there is Free Wifi, The rest of the free wifi in hotels and so on is awful

I believe 5gb of data only costed 30 dollars? Which will never ever expire. I only got this done 1/2 way through my trip and was struggling for wifi the 1st 1/2

If you can listen to some Australian Radio on the TuneInRadio App, to try and get the hang of the accent...

Expect everything to cost a bit more

If you have any other questions send a pm ill try to answer i was there once for 3 weeks aswell.

O if you can get a direct flight... To La, then La to Australia... Quantas is by far the best airline for a flight of that legnth

FunkMasterPhil wrote: ↑I'm planning to making a 3 week lone trip to Australia in May.

If anyone has been and would gladly like some travel tips and advance and/or any other misc comments that you think would be helpful to consider.

Thanks =)

Find an ALDI store... get the $5 SIM Card which comes preloaded with $5 Credit located at the CASH.
You will need to call them to validate you are a legit person (either using a passport or a personal Credit Card where they will charge a minimal amount in AUD and ask you to call back with that amount - so make sure you can access your CC online to check the amount in AUD (This is important because in my case, I missed the original AUD when i checked online ... but only found out later that I was able to access the original AUD amount but on my statement it showed the charge as CAD )

After you are registered, the $5 can be used right way as calls or data... I bought another 3GB for $30 valid for 30 days ..which was plenty as long as you do not do a lot of streaming.

Store locater and plans
https://www.aldi.com.au/en/shopping-at- ... ing-hours/
https://aldimobile.com.au/

if you are going to drive there... make sure you respect the speed limit. From what I understand they are pretty strict and lots of cameras ( red light and speed cams )... oh of course they drive on the left

Otherwise, public transport is great and punctual... easy access to wide range of beaches but weather may be a bit cool .

If you are having stop overs in US, make sure you have enough time to go through security checks in US... a minimum 2 -3 hrs .... Sometimes, the search engines will give you cheaper fligths with 1 hr or less in LA or NY... which can be very risky since you sometimes have to change gates which can be far apart ...