Money and Costs
Currency
Australian dollar ($)
Daily Costs
Budget: Less than $150
- Hostel dorm bed: $25–35
- Hostel double room: $80–110
- Budget pizza or pasta meal: $15–20
- Local bus ride: from $3.30
Midrange: $150–300
- Motel or B&B double room: $130–250
- Breakfast or lunch in a cafe: $20–30
- Car hire per day: from $35
- Short taxi ride: $25
Top End: More than $300
- Boutique-hotel double room: from $250
- Three-course meal in a top restaurant: $80
- Guided wilderness day tour: from $120
- Decent bottle of Tasmanian wine: from $32
Bargaining
Bargaining and haggling isn't really part of Australian culture. That said, there's a definite 'cash' culture in commerce here, where you might get a lower price on a purchase if you pay cash rather than use a credit card (thus relieving the vendor of some of their official tax obligations).
Money
Bendigo Bank and Commonwealth Bank both have ATMs here.