Personal Membership

Membership is an optional service you can purchase in addition to your site registration. The reason for offering Membership is to provide specific additional features/services on a user-pays basis. We see Membership as the life-blood of ExplorOz and put all our energies into developing and maintaining site features to encourage those who desire the optimal service from ExplorOz to subscribe as a Member.

There have also been many people that have felt uncomfortable using our site and having access to such a wealth of free information and these people have chosen to pay for Membership without ever using some of the features and service that come with it. Of course, we genuinely appreciate that and respect this is done as a donation.

Why do we need to pay for it?

If we could cover our operating costs from other means - shop, classifieds, and advertising, then we wouldn't need to charge our users. However the site has massive visitation numbers, and the site itself utilises significant complexities to manage user-profiles, enable public contributions and downloads, run multiple, large databases, a mapping system that is integrated into almost every page of the site, and a full e-commerce system. All this requires a very advanced web infrastructure and our monthly web hosting charges are significant. At the end of the day however, the site does not gain any "profits" because all earnings are put back into the site operations (staff and operating expenses).

To become a Member, you can choose from either Annual Membership or Lifetime Membership. You can also automatically qualify to earn a free Membership if you purchase over $150 in a single transaction in our online shop.

Personal Membership may not be used by businesses. If you are a business, please join as a Business Member - more information here.

• Members get 5% discount off all products in the ExplorOz online shop


• Members orders over $150 are delivered free by overnight courier


• Free registration to the EOTrackMe service is available for Members only


• Free entitlement to create Display Ads in the Classifieds each worth $19.95.


• Entitlement to any discount or special offer promoted in our Members Rewards Program (offered by our Business Members).


• Use of your own Profile Page - setup info about yourself and use/share this page with your family/friends - automantically creates log indexes to all your site activity and blogs. The Profile Page has tools for uploading photos, and adding contact details/links.


• Create Blogs as often as you like. Publish photos, embed video clips and use Tags to pin your blog to relevant Topic pages. Blogs can be written using the tools online, or you can use the Mobile Updates tool to send your blog directly from your campsite via email.


• Download GPS data from ExplorOz Trek Notes, User Treks and Places (for personal use only).


• Find and read other Members Profile pages. Members are listed (by screen name) in the Members List, linking to each Member's Profile Page.


• Contact other Members using the Member Message service - online text message service (your privacy remains tightly protected). Send messages from link on recipients profile page. You'll see a flashing icon when messages arrive for you, or opt-in to receiving an additional alert by email.


• Opt-in to receive emails contain Forum content to all posts you participate in.


• All your Forum posts will contain tags to link others to your member Profile Page, your Blogs, and any Classifieds you may be running.


• You'll see the "Suppress Advertisement" option alongside ads - click to remove ads from view.


• Get free ExplorOz stickers at the time of joining, and again when you renew. This is included in your Membership Pack with a new Membership Card each year.

When your Membership is processed, we create an account record for you. You'll receive an email confirming your login details and how to setup and customise your Member Profile Page, and how to utilise all the site features of Membership. We'll also send you a Membership Package (Membership Card and Sticker) in the snail mail.

Free Membership can be obtained automatically by making a purchase of $150 in a single transaction (can contain multiple items) from our online shop. Your free membership will be allocated to your shopping cart when you qualify. Renewals can also be obtained free through the shop in a similar way, more information is provided to you via email just before your Membership expires.