Calling Instructions for making long-distance overseas phone calls to Australia from overseas:

1) Discover the lowest telephone call rate for Australia, from the Telephone Call Charges Sheet.

2) Dial the International Dial out code of your country (eg: from UK - 00)

    00 + 61 + City Area Code + Local number

If you want to make a phone call from Australia you will have to dial australia-exit-code (eg: australia-exit-code 44 for UK).

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The actual current date and time in Canberra, Australia can be found at Time in Canberra.

Australia’s standard time is -9 Hours away from Greenwich Mean Time/ UTC.

Australia utilises Daylight Time Saving in most locations.

Telephone area codes in Australia are generally known as Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs). It was formerly termed STD codes in Australia.

These phone area codes are essential only if calling from outside the telephone code area. But it is important when making a phone calls from the mobile phones.

Phone area codes or city codes in Australia usually show geographical areas within Australia that are covered by hundreds of telephone exchanges.

The telephone area code in Australia is generally preceded in the dial string by the Australian country code or the international access code for Australia ("61").

Phone Area codes in Australia in many cases are quoted together with the country access code for Australia.