{"id":831923,"date":"2026-07-29T19:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/831923\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:58:14","slug":"australia-travel-tips-dumb-mistake-tourists-are-making-when-they-come-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/831923\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia travel tips: Dumb mistake tourists are making when they come to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia <\/a>is known globally as the land of long sandy beaches, unique wildlife, tropical reefs and famous landmarks.<\/p>\n

But despite images of Bondi Beach, the Sydney <\/a>Opera House and Harbour Bridge being seared into the minds of most holidaymakers, there\u2019s one big blunder loads are making when they finally land.<\/p>\n

\"You<\/p>\n

You may need a hat in winter in much of Australia.\u00a0iStock<\/p>\n

A survey has found one in five tourists arrive in Australia dressed for entirely the wrong season. <\/p>\n

It seems travellers from the northern hemisphere still seem to overlook the fact the seasons are switched Down Under when planning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Granted, Queensland, the Northern Territory and even parts of Western Australia still get balmy days in the winter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But locals in hotspots like Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Hobart are more likely to be shivering.<\/p>\n

The confusion ran deep, researchers said, with 42 per cent of those asked not knowing it\u2019s currently winter in Australia. <\/p>\n

Another 44 per cent assumed wrongly the country is \u201calways hot and sunny\u201d. <\/p>\n

Possibly because it appears that way on popular shows Neighbours and Home & Away (at least, in the case of the Brits). The rest of those surveyed were American, so have no excuse.<\/p>\n

\"Winter<\/p>\n

You may need a jacket not a bikini in Australia at certain times of year.\u00a0iStock<\/p>\n

As a result, many of those who came to visit had to buy new clothes or swap that hike for something indoors<\/p>\n

Research also found just 52 per cent of Americans knew it\u2019s winter in Australia versus 64 per cent of Brits.<\/p>\n

The findings come from a survey of 1,500 travellers to Australia this month by Casinos Analyzer Australia. <\/p>\n

\"Bondi<\/p>\n

Bondi stages a Winter Festival, with an ice rink being one of the attractions\u00a0istock<\/p>\n

A little bit of research before leaving would have set them right.<\/p>\n

While plucky surfers do go in the water in the winter, Bondi Beach has literally had an ice rink installed in July for years.<\/p>\n

The average winter temperature that month is nine degrees, in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Parts of Tasmania get down to an average of just five degrees. And Canberra can be below freezing.<\/p>\n

One thing many travellers are unable to do, it seems, is to do a quick google.<\/p>\n

Even Facebook groups for travellers, are laden with posts asking: \u201cwhat will the weather be like?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A packed Bondi Beach on a summer day in Sydney.\u00a0iStock<\/p>\n

A simple search for weather for a certain place is it seems beyond them, as this study has now proven.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are plenty of places in Australia to embrace the chilly weather.<\/p>\n

Tasmania is famously a cosy place to explore, with tourism bosses even marketing it as \u2018the off season\u2019.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s Australia\u2019s skiing resorts<\/a>, which may be seeing a lack of snow this year but still have plenty to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia is known globally as the land of long sandy beaches, unique wildlife, tropical reefs and famous landmarks.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-831923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}