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Driving in Australia
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
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50 / 100 / 110 km/h · 31 / 62 / 68 mph
urban / rural / motorway
Recommended · Both accepted
English-language licences are accepted; an IDP is required if yours is not in English.
0.05% (0.5 g/l)
Urban motorways in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are tolled electronically - rental companies charge them on, often with a fee.
Not required by day.
Compulsory and strictly enforced; rules are detailed and vary by age.
Left-hand traffic. Speed enforcement is heavy, cameras are everywhere and tolerances are small. Kangaroos are a serious collision risk at dawn and dusk - avoid driving between them in rural areas. The Northern Territory has 130 km/h stretches; everywhere else is 110 at most.