Hello Australian chums - and of course, congratulations on your win today at Lords.
At the end of the month me and the family are travelling to the West coast for 3 weeks to see family. Mainly spending out time in Broome, but we’ve got a 4x4 some small (carefully prepared, cautious) trips into more rural areas.
Our cellular UK provider’s rates for using phones is ruinously expensive, so I’m looking for advice on
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Which cellular provider you would recommend to get a - presumably pre-paid SIM while we are out there. Main criteria are
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Probably want about 4-8Gigs data, mainly calls within Australia with probably about 3 hours of calling back to the UK during this period on one phone.
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Anyone know whether it is possible to get the SIMs before we travel in the UK? Or best to get them in Oz? and if the latter - best place to get them?
Sorry for the shopping list of questions. Any advice gratefully received.
If you’re going anywhere rural you have to use Telstra or their budget subsiday Boost. They have the biggest network and best coverage outside the populated areas. That said no one covers the actual outback.
Boost Prepaid 28day plans the lowest tier here has 45GB of data and unlimited calls to the United Kingdom. They have list of retailers where you can buy in store, or you can order them online. I guess you could order them to the UK but it’ll sting if they don’t arrive before you leave. I usually just get one sim and let my girlfriend hotspot when were away.
Hopefully that helps!
That helps a lot. Thank you!
I don’t think you can easily get a SIM prior to travelling (unless your phone supports esim).
However, this guide provides you with info on where you can buy Sims at various incoming Aussie airports - Sydney is first on the list. Boost (as per comment from @tuff_wizard ) is in the list.
https://www.phonetravelwiz.com/buying-a-sim-card-at-sydney-airport-australia-guide/
Yep definately recommend Boost! Has really good rates and data allowances.
I live here and use Boost prepaid as my main phone. You can get 365 day prepaids for $200!
Coming out next weekend - have the Boost deals saved on my phone.
Using roaming is pretty cheap now. Well at least the other way around aussie going to Europe(not u anymore lol) but cant image its much worse coming here.
It is.
