According to the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Adelaide, the National Day holiday is approaching, and the Chinese Consulate General in Adelaide wishes to remind Chinese visitors to South Australia to pay attention to their safety while enjoying the holiday.
First, please know the local laws and regulations, entry and exit regulations, customs and public security situation in advance, and estimate the tourism risk. Please select regular, qualified channels to book hotels, vehicles, travel items. Before entering the country, you should carefully read the contents of the Australian entry card and fill it in truthfully. When you are not sure whether the contents of the entry card are required to be declared, you can ask the airline crew to fill in the entry card truthfully.
2, please share your itinerary with your family and friends in advance, let me know your contact details, keep your cell phone signal clear during your trip, and report to your family every day in a timely manner. If you stay in remote mountainous areas for long periods of time, you should inform your family and friends of your location in advance. Don't go out late at night or go out alone to avoid being robbed or attacked.
If you choose to drive yourself, please pay special attention to traffic safety. The direction of Australia is opposite to that of China. Always keep in mind that Australia is the right rudder to the left and let it go to the right when entering the roundabout. Be careful at the intersection, do not reverse the vehicle into the right side of the driveway. Seat belts are required for drivers and passengers in both front and rear seats and safety chairs for infants and young children. Note that pedestrians have absolute rights of passage on pedestrian passageways, and pay special attention to children on the side of the road. Do not touch your mobile phone while driving. Recommended not to drive RV travel, RV size, if emergency difficult to control, easy to cause accidents. Try not to drive in the evening on the highway, such as driving kangaroos or animals crossing the road, pay attention to avoid at the same time to control the speed, priority to ensure their own safety.
4, please do not carry a large amount of cash, as far as possible use bank cards and other non-cash consumption. Once the bank card is lost, please contact the issuing bank in time and report the loss. Minimize the risk of credit card theft. While in Australia, please protect personal information, mobile phone number, passport, bank card, identity card, etc., take care to request personal information and remittance requirements; do not place your bank card at will, put it in your line of sight; Please carefully check the bank card bills, check each transaction, and find problems in time. Send a SMS reminder to your bank card to ensure that every expense you make will be prompted so that you can find it in the first place when the bank card is swiped or abnormal expenses occur, and avoid further losses. If you have any suspicious expenses, please contact the bank in time. If a credit card swipe occurs during your stay in Australia, please contact the credit card center of the issuing bank or contact the Australian police for assistance. Tel: 1314 444.
Fifth, please enhance the awareness of exchange fraud prevention, do not trust all kinds of preferential terms of private exchange phone, email, WeChat advertising, and timely attention to the Chinese Embassy and Consulate website, WeChat platform issued related security alerts. In case of such fraud, please report to the local police immediately.
Box jellyfish, freshwater crocodiles, saltwater crocodiles, sharks, red-backed spiders, funnel spiders and other poisonous insects and inland snakes are aggressive and deadly. Attacks on sharks, crocodiles, and other animals kill them from time to time. Please abide by the Wildlife Protection Law and do not expel or feed animals. Do not hunt, fish, or collect plants or shellfish until a permit is required and required.
7. Please keep your passport and other valid documents in order to avoid personal negligence or theft with your belongings. The loss of identity documents will cause great inconvenience to travel. Please fill in the emergency information page of your passport in advance to increase the possibility of loss. Please copy the passport personal information page or identity card and Australian visa in advance. Once the passport is lost, you should report it to the local police immediately so as not to be picked up by the illegal elements. Please contact the embassy and consulate in Australia to make up for your return document in a timely manner.
8. Medical fees in Australia are expensive. Temporary Chinese citizens in Australia are not covered by Medicare health care. If major accidents or diseases occur in Australia without insurance, medical expenses will bring a heavy financial burden. Therefore, travel or medical insurance should be carried out before coming to Australia.
9, please pay attention to personal behavior, civilized tourism, show the good image of Chinese citizens.
In case of an emergency, you can call the following:
-call the Australian Police at 000;
-Consular Protection and Assistance to the Consulate General of China in Adelaide Tel: 0818 2688806;
Chinese Embassy in Australia Consular Protection and Assistance Emergency Tel.: 02 / 6228 3948
Chinese Consulate General Sydney Consular Protection and Assistance Emergency telephone: 02 5519 9550 5519
Chinese Consulate-General in Melbourne for Consular Protection and Assistance Tel: 0339824 8810
Chinese Consulate General in Perth Consular Protection and Assistance Emergency Tel.: 0818 92213729
Chinese Consulate General in Brisbane for Consular Protection and Assistance, Tel.: 07 / 3012 8090
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency call Center Hotline: 12308 (dial in China), 0011 / 86 / 10 / 12308 (dial in Australia)