Straight answers to the questions overseas visitors actually ask about Australia — visas, costs, best months, driving, wildlife, coffee and tipping.

The coffee is the best in the world and the pub meals are enormous. What a flat white is, how to order at a bar, what a parmi is, why nobody tips, and the dishes you should not leave without trying.

Forty thousand humpbacks migrate up and down Australia's coasts every year, and for six months you can see them from a headland, a ferry or a boat. Here is the calendar, the best spots on each coast, and how to choose a cruise.

Nearly every overseas visitor needs a visa for Australia, and for most it takes ten minutes and costs nothing or A$20. Here is which one applies to you, how to apply, and the mistakes that get people turned around at check-in.

Kangaroos on a beach at dawn, quokkas that pose for selfies, wombats that ignore you, penguins that march past your feet. The best places in Australia to see the animals wild, free and on their own terms.

Most people do the Great Ocean Road as a 12-hour day trip and see it through a bus window. Here is the two-day version: where to stop, where to sleep, where the wild koalas are, and how to have the Twelve Apostles almost to yourself.

Tasmania is the Australia most overseas visitors skip, and the one Australians keep going back to. Cool climate, wild coast, the best food in the country and a national park on every horizon. Here is a week that covers it.

Sydney is a harbour city, a beach city and a bush city at once. Here is how to spend three, five or seven days seeing all three, where to stay, and how to use the ferries like a local.

Uluru is a four-hour flight from anywhere and worth every hour. How to get there, how long to stay, what to book, what the climb ban means, and the Kata Tjuta walk most people miss.

The reef is 2,300 kilometres long and there is no single right way to see it. Cairns or Port Douglas, day boat or liveaboard, snorkel or dive, and the months that make or break the trip.

Australia is not cheap, but it is more predictable than its reputation. Here is what accommodation, food, transport and the big-ticket experiences actually cost, with three sample daily budgets.

Australia is the size of the continental United States with the population of Texas. Here is where a hire car is essential, where it is a liability, and why you should fly between cities and drive within regions.

Australia's seasons run backwards, its north and south have opposite weather, and the wrong month can mean a beach you cannot swim at. Here is how to pick your dates.

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