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Travelling to Tasmania

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Booking Flights to Australia

When booking flights, please ask your travel agent to book you through to your final destination. There is no international airport in Tasmania, therefore you will have to transfer from an international flight to a domestic flight. There are airports at both Launceston and Hobart and four airlines fly to Tasmania from major cities in Australia.

Arriving in Australia

After you leave your international flight you will:

  • have your visa checked
  • clear Customs
  • be able to change money
  • transfer to a domestic flight to Launceston or Hobart.
Immigration and Customs

Prior to landing, Australian Immigration and Customs forms will be handed to each passenger. Complete these on the plane before landing. You may be fined A$200 to A$2000 if you do not tell Customs officials about restricted products you are bringing into Australia. For information about what can and cannot be brought into Australia, please refer to Australian Customs Service and Australian Quarantine. 

Special Note regarding currency: Amounts of $A10000 or more, or equivalent in foreign currency (meaning notes and coins of legal tender), must be reported when you arrive in Australia or depart from Australia. If you do not declare that you are carry this currency, you may be fined.

When you leave the plane, you will queue to have your passport and Immigration form checked by an Immigration Officer. Then you collect your luggage and show your Customs Declaration form to a Customs Officer. If you have goods to declare you will be asked about the goods you declared and your bags may be searched.

If in doubt declare goods!

Transferring flights

At Melbourne:
The domestic and international terminals are in the same building at Melbourne Airport. The domestic check-in desks are on the level above the International Arrival Hall. After clearing Customs, go up to the domestic check-in area, and check in your luggage, and obtain a domestic boarding pass.

At Sydney:
At Sydney airport, you must transfer to the domestic terminal. Students transferring from international to domestic flights in Sydney can arrange the transfer themselves or obtain assistance. After clearing Customs go downstairs to the domestic check-in area. Here your luggage will be accepted for transfer and a domestic boarding pass issued.

Airline staff will assist you to catch an airport shuffle bus for the trip to the domestic terminal. The trip takes about 10 minutes. If you need help, ask the airline counter staff.

Travel times:

Sydney - Launceston 1 hour 40 mins (approx)*
Sydney - Hobart 1 hour 50 mins (approx)*
Melbourne - Launceston 1 hour (approx)
Melbourne - Hobart 1 hour 10 mins (approx)

* Flight may be via Melbourne

Alternative travel options to Tasmania

Airlines servicing Tasmania:
Qantas
Virgin Blue
Jetstar (subsidary of Qantas)
Tiger Airways

Ferry Service:
Ferries operate between Melbourne and Devonport.
Timetables, costs and bookings

Bus Service:
A regular bus service runs between Hobart and Launceston, as well as from the Devonport ferry terminal.
Timetables, costs and bookings