Rego and car licence whilst travelling Oz

No relative interstate that I am aware of I did have a niece in SA but she has passed away but her husband still lives there so maybe I should try him.

Worth a shot, all you have to do is keep track of rego due bys etc, easy in phone calender etc . . . then just contact rellie for info to billpay at Post Office, or online etc.
Will be a bonus if rellie lives in SA country.

I wouldn't trust the insurance company to honour a claim where I was proven to be in the wrong, if I used an address other than my residential address. Would you honour it if I just hit a Rolls and they had to fork out a huge wad to fix the house I smashed into, the Rolls and my own car. If you were the driver in the wrong then I wouldn't, no way. I would take your car, van and house to pay for the damages.

If they really need to find out your registered address for voting, rates etc, then it's not hard for people like the RTA, police, ATO and insurance companies to find.

Not worth it. Do the right thing by yourself and us and don't try to cheat the system. It's damned easy to get mail forwarded so you wont miss the rego and any fines they send you.

Hi vk,
I am not cheating the system I don't have physical address anymore I have no house to live in and I am living in my motor home so my address for voting will be my friends or relatives address and I won't have rates or elect or home phone bills for ato police or rta to check so that's not a worry.

Not pointing at you Boffin. I was talking to Les who said "any old address would do." In effect, he was telling you to cheat.

It is obvious from your opening post that you wanted to know the right way. And yes there should be a proper way. What about for voting. Maybe that address can be used. But people shouldn't be telling others to use "any old address".

Well I did say family or friends interstate, after all it needs I be a person you know.
As others have asked, how do backpackers and other such visitors get on ?

You will find your home state will not recognize inspections done in another state. I have bought many vehicle interstate and found I couldn't register it in my name in my home state without the inspection done in my home state.
Funny enough I have registered vehicles in one state (inspection done in that state) while my licence is in another. For years they have been sending the renewals to my interstate address without any issues. Nothing illegal with this, I live and work in one state but have a car, boat and trailer garaged in another state which I regularly fly to.

Tony

In this instance it would be best to ask the relevant authority.

Nothing like getting the truth rather than opinions which may or may not be correct.

"You will find your home state will not recognize inspections done in another state. "

I live in NSW. I recently asked RMA (was RTA) about vehicle inspections in another state if rego became due while you are away.

First, if your absence is foreseeable and you don't forget your rego will become due, you can renew up to three months early.

Second, I was advised by RMA NSW that RMA will recognise an inspection from another state if done at an inspection station authorised to do road worthiness inspections for that state. However the inspection report will have to be mailed to someone who can then take the report and your rego papers to an RMA office and complete the business.

I would pre-arrange this so the appropriate RMA office has advance knowledge and get some kind of reference number or something. If your neighbour, uncle, cousin, brother-in-law, etc were to walk unannounced into a NSW RMA office with an inspection report from Bullamakanka in another state to renew your NSW rego, I would be very surprised if it was accepted on the spot.

Cheers

Exactly It can be done at the correct place in each State.


I left a car in QLD for 18 months and deregistered it. When we came back I took it to a garage and got a roadworthy and then reregistered it. No worries.

So you could let it lapse for 6 months and then simply pay the reg and it starts again? No rwc etc?

Howdy All

"The rego address is where the vehicle is garaged when not in use."

What do the overseas tourists / backpackers do when they purchase a vehicle in Australia to travel this big brown land with no friends, relatives or a garaging address - then sell it before they depart ?

Just curious !


Cheers

Gazz

Member - Nutta posted:
So you could let it lapse for 6 months and then simply pay the reg and it starts again? No rwc etc?

That is absolutely correct.

In SA you can rego either quarterly or annually. The 6 month option to rego has ceased.
No RWC or pink slips required for rego is SA, you simply log on to ezyreg pay your dues and away you go, though vehicles and trailers with interstate rego that want to transfer rego to SA require to pass SA government roadworthy inspection prior to transfer.

To Outback Gaz I bought a new van when in WA. Didnt have a home address anywhere.

Was told to use the van park address and change it before next registration was due. Presume backpackers can do the same.

We got back to QLD (Home state (about 8 months later) and changed rego over to QlLD the day we arrived. Had to do a roadworthy, gas certificate and get it measured. All Good No more worries

Thanks TomH

Was just curious as I bumped into a Pommie couple on my travels a few years ago and they bought an old commodore wagon with no friends, rellies or a home address here and were on the road for 2 years - didn't think about it at the time and I have since lost contact with them and can't ask them !


Happy and safe travels

Gazz