Money and Costs

Australian dollar ($)

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 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).

Bendigo Bank and Commonwealth Bank both have ATMs here.