Australia

A 7-to-10-day trip typically runs from around ₹1,50,000 per person for a budget-conscious itinerary to ₹3,00,000 or more per person for a comfortable one, including flights. Australia runs noticeably more expensive day-to-day than most Southeast Asian destinations, particularly for food and domestic transport.

Australia is vast — Melbourne to Sydney alone is roughly the distance from Delhi to Mumbai — so budget at least 10 to 14 days to comfortably cover two regions, such as Sydney plus the Great Barrier Reef, without excessive time lost to domestic flights. Seven days works if you're keeping to one city plus a single nearby add-on.

Yes — Australia consistently ranks among the world's safest countries, with very low violent crime. The practical risks worth planning around are wildlife (marine stingers, sharks, and snakes, mostly avoidable with common-sense precautions), strong UV exposure that requires serious sunscreen, cyclone season in the north from November to April, and bushfire season in the south during summer. Customs is also strict about biosecurity declarations for food, plant, and wood items, with fines that were increased significantly in 2026.

Yes, and it's become one of the more distinctive reasons to time a trip around November. Diwali falls on November 8, 2026, and major community events run across the surrounding weekend in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide, including the Sydney Opera House's sails lit gold and large public festivals at venues like Melbourne's Federation Square and Sydney's Parramatta.