Here's one I cant find on the search engine..

Have you noticed that some Asian countries require the passport to be valid for at least three months (if not even 6 months) when you enter the country. Why don’t you apply for a new passport before leaving Australia? That would solve your problem.
At least here in Finland I must give my old passport away when I get a new one. They kindly cut the stamped pages out of the old one, if I want to keep them as a souvenir. At the old good times I could keep the old passport, they only cut out a piece of one corner.

That being $226 (32 page) or $340 (64 page).

Wow that's expensive. And I though US/UK passport were expensive.

The information I have got from the Ozi Consulate's web site in The Hague is that there is no problem getting a passport re-newed there..

I would email them. Although some countries allow this, most only issue regular passports only to citizens permanently resident in a country. Most other embassies only give temporary papers to tourists to enable them to return to their home country. It may be different with Australian embassies (actually at a price of $340 it better be) but your really need to make absolutely sure - the last thing you want is to arrive in The Hague just to be told you need to fly back to Australia before being able to continue your travels.
Btw: I still haven't fully understood why you aren't applying for a new passport before you start your travels.

Further to the info above, I checked http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/assisting_within_limits.html and it says "Australian consular officials: can issue emergency passports or travel documents" which may indicate that you indeed cannot get a permanent passport unless legally resident overseas. So you really need to call the embassy before you leave.

I wish to use my current passport for a few reasons..

1.. I have pages left to use.. This will be my 4th passport in 10 years.. I want my moneys worth.. Yes those prices are quiet high for a passport... I am Frugal..lol

2... I already have one Indian Visa in my current passport to use on the way over.. If I send off my passport to be renewed now, then I will have to send off that new passport to get the Indian Visa again.. 10 days for an ozi passport to be issued and about the same to get another Indian Visa.. Im cutting it a bit too short.

I have sent an email off to the passport people here in Oz.
I'll keep you posted.

Cheers
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It may take more than ten business days. The embassy in the Netherlands has to send your application to the Australian High Commission in London as it is the only facility in Europe capable of issuing e-passports.

If I were you, I would get a new passport while still in Australia.

there is really no problem. First of all, you don;t have a visa. You are granted 90 days visa-free stay. The stamp is merely proof that you entered on a certain date- and they might not even stamp you but just scan your passport. When you get a new passport, you retain your old one. The stamp is still proof that you entered on a certain date. As would be your boarding pass from your original flight. The stamp in itself is not a document that has any legal value, like giving you teh right to be in Schengen. You have that right anyway (for 90 days)

There is really no need to worry. The worst that can happen is that when you leve, the immigration officer at Departure notices that you have a new passport and asks you when you entered schengen, and he may ask to see your old passport with stamp as proof. That's all.

There's no problem.

You may need to show the stamp in your cancelled passport if anyone asks but other wise not a problem.

Thanks guys, very helpful..

I have re-studied the Ozi Consulates web site in The Hague.
It clearly states that its a 10 business day turn around for processing.
They also make it quiet clear that lost or stolen passports will attract a penalty fee of $100
( that penalty fee keeps rising depending on how many you've lost within a certain period ).

The site explains nothing what-so-ever in regards to only issueing a travel document that would only allow me to fly home. You would think they would have in big bold print that they only offerred emergency documents and the applicant would have to fly home to arrange a new passport..
This is 2011 afterall.

Cheers everyone.. I will get back to ya's as to what feedback I get from the email I've sent to the Ozi government.

The site explains nothing what-so-ever in regards to only issueing a travel document that would only allow me to fly home.

They're usually only issued as a last resort. Perhaps if someone needed to get back to Oz for a funeral, but there wasn't time to issue a passport. They really really do not want to issue one of these.