Licence Renewal

Not so You only have to change it if you are living there permanently as in owning a house as a principal residence and have a garaging address there or pay utilities such as rates ,water and power. We travelled for 18 months and never had to change it.
AFAIK Tassie is the only place that you may have to do that.

IF you move to QLD you have 14 days from commencement of residence to change rego and 3 months for licence. After that the vehicle is classed as unregistered and uninsured and you dont have a licence any more.

Wouldn't renting be the same Tom? Not just owning.

Phil

Yes if you are paying the utilities and insurance etc. If you are "travelling" through and staying more than 3 months you dont have to change. We travelled for months in a QLD reg car and a WA reg Van.
Got some funny comments from truckies but cops never worried.
Neither did Centrelink who paid us rent assistance for whenever we paid and sent the forms in on time.

Our neighbour in QLD goes to Darwin for the winter almost every year. doesnt ever change his licence or rego. He lives in his van. However it may be a bit sus after 3 months but havve never heard of anyone doing it

http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/licensing/visiting-moving-from-interstate.asp

http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Licensing/Driving-interstate-or-overseas.aspx

http://www.sa.gov.au/topics/transport-travel-and-motoring/motoring/drivers-and-licences/drivers-licence-transfer

http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/licence/visiting-nsw.html


Tassie of course is different as is NT

http://www.transport.tas.gov.au/licensing/newtotas/interstate

http://www.transport.nt.gov.au/mvr/licensing/faqs/interstate-licence

Can't get into the details of this site without filling it in. I was interested if this is an online application how you do the eye test ( reading the letters at the Registry)required to renew .

Maybe its in very small print so if you cant read it you dont get the licence.
ROFL.

Its there to do so must be some way or they wouldnt have it.

Yes, just don't email them asking for it in booger test. Fail.

Or BIGGER text even lol.
Can't see the keyboard properly, maybe I'll fail the eye test :/

Interesting , as per my comment above it appears that under this application you do not do an eye test. You have to make the declarations about Glasses etc , but in the wrong hands , say someone still desperate to drive but their eye sight is so bad that they could not read an eye chart by any method could continue to drive .

Go interstate and fill in this form , instead of your local Registry where you will be tested.

Dangerous loophole ???

Not everyone does an eye test....I renewed not long ago and didn't do one.

Only problem with that link for renewing is you need to provide an address to send the license to....not much good if you are travelling around.

Or, you can get it sent to someone you know, but they still need to get it to you some how ? Courier ? Express post ?

I know......you can renew up to 6 mths late.....but obviously you won't have a license after the expiry date.....so, the missus will have to drive ! LOL

Do it before you go Gronk. It's called planning and that is what the op is doing mate.

Phil

Sorry Phil, but that's why the OP asked the question, he can't do it before he goes..

I haven't read the details of the forms but a lot of applications include a "postal address" for just this issue. Give a relatives etc address or a "drop box" service that you can get forwarded as you travel.

If it does have a postal address section the the options are countless/

Phil

Not an option for the OP....he's going to be travelling around WA, so no address to send it to !

NSW RMS gives a 6 month window before expiry. If you cannot get your paperwork that I linked to in another follow-up to RMS and provide a pick-up address that you can be at within that 6 month period, then you are trying to make the system fail.

Anyone can do either - ie adjust their arrangements so they can comply within the given 6 months period, or be bloody minded and shown to be an unlicensed fool.

It is YOUR responsibility to have a current licence. I think NSW RMS has given travellers the means to do that. Every five years, with 6 months notice, you just MIGHT have to marginally inconvenience yourself to comply with the law.

All this other stuff is just creating obstacles for the hell of it.

Cheers

If he is going to stay in a van park he will have. We got our mail sent to a friend and then told them where we would be on a certain date and they sent it to there with "Arriving on the 14th June or whatever" We never failed to get it.

We bought a new van in Geraldton and when we registered it they allowed us to use the van park as the address for it. Van parks have a street address so just get it sent to 14 Smith St Humpty Doo or wherever.

That's if the OP wants to be at a van park for a certain length of time....

Or he can do it online and get the license sent to a friend and then get it sent by express post to where ever he chooses....all it will take is spending approx 3 days in the one spot !