Suggested packing list – 20 kilograms preferably in a suitcase with wheels, plus one piece of hand
luggage (115cm) max 7 kilograms
Backpack for day trips. Empty water bottle.
Mobile phone on international roaming, charger, European power point adaptor
Ipod and recharger
Camera with long life batteries
List of addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of family and friends (on paper in case
electronic devices go flat). Pen.
Money belt to wear around waist or money pocket to wear around neck. Passport and spare photo.
Euros, Travellex cash passport, travellers’ cheques - allow minimum of $20 per day. Photocopy of
any credit cards
Beach towel, bathers, thongs
Bath towel or travel chamois (more compact)
Toiletries including soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, roll on deodorant, not spray.
Remember to put into a small snaplock bag (1 litre max). Small containers only (100 ml max) if in
hand luggage.
No “short, sharp, shinies”, such as nail scissors or tweezers, as they will be confiscated.
Medication and photocopy of prescriptions
Light raincoat, or small folding umbrella
Sunhat, sunglasses, sunscreen. Roll-on insect repellent.
Clothes for various temperatures, as though it is summer, weather could be quite variable. Jeans,
track pants, shorts, light tops, pyjamas, shoes for warmer days, sandshoes, lots of underwear and
our “trip top”. A set of better clothes for going out with your host family. Plastic bags for dirty/wet
clothes.
Presents and perhaps a thank-you card for your host family. Pre-wrap or bring wrapping paper,
scissors and sticky tape (in suitcase not hand luggage.)
Photos of your family, local area, even school to show your hosts
Any Australian food you are addicted to, which may not be available there e.g. Vegemite, Earl Grey
Tea, Twisties, Weetbix, Milo.