How to Call Australia from Overseas by Heather on August 23, 2007

Are you considering coming to Australia and need to contact hostels, potential employers or relos (relatives)? It can be frustrating trying to figure out what numbers to dial. Here is a quick cheat sheet and a link to help you with ALL of your overseas calling.

• First you dial the access code to make an international call.

In the US and Canada that is: 011
In the UK, Ireland, India, Germany that is: 00
In Japan that is: 010

• Then you dial the country code for Australia, which is 61
• Then you dial the area code for the Australian state you’ll be calling, which are listed below.
• Then you dial the individual phone number, which is usually (but not always) 8 digits. If the individual phone number begins with a 0 (zero) you’ll normally drop that digit and start with the next one.

From the US: 01161 and then the Aussie number starting with Area Code. Example 01161 4 XXXX XXXX (Cell Phone)

• From the UK: 0061 4 XXXX XXXX
• From Ireland: 0061 4 XXXX XXXX
• From India: 0061 4 XXXX XXXX
• From Canada: 01161 4 XXXX XXXX
• From Germany: 0061 4 XXXX XXXX
• From Japan: 01061 4 XXXX XXXX
• From Other Locations: click Here
• To call from Australia to Overseas: Click Here

To Dial a State Land Line: Replace the 4 in the above numbers with the appropriate area code number below. Example: to call Sydney from the US, dial 01161 2 XXXX XXXX.

Area codes for The Australian States:

• South Australia (Adelaide): 8
• Northern Territory (Darwin): 8
• Western Australia (Perth): 8
• Queensland (Brisbane): 7
• Tasmania (Hobart) : 3
• New South Wales (Sydney): 2
• All Cell Phones: 4
• ACT (Canberra): 2
• Victoria (Melbourne): 3

Special Note: Australian telephone numbers including area code can have as little as 5 and as many as 15 digits

• Emergency Numbers Once you are In Australia
• Embassy information Overseas and in Australia
• Information on Arrival into Australia