Australia Car Hire 2024 & 2025 • Freedom Destinations
Car Hire in Australia from £37 per day

Car Hire Australia

Discover the freedom of the open road for all or part of your holiday Down Under. Australians drive on the left, like we do, and their roads are wide and well maintained. With FREEDOM car hire you’ll enjoy:

  • A great choice of air conditioned, modern vehicles
  • Airport or city centre pick-ups
  • One way hire between most major cities
  • Unlimited kilometres (except remote locations)
  • The security of a car hire brand you can trust

Choose the car below that’s right for you and ask your FREEDOM Consultant to make all the arrangements for you.

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Choose Your Hire Car

However far you’re travelling and however much luggage you have, we’ve a car to suit you.

Group C Car Hire Australia

Intermediate

Group C – Toyota Corolla Hatch or similar

Car Hire from £37 per day
Group D Standard Car Hire Australia

Group D – Standard

Group D – Toyota Corolla Sedan or similar

Car Hire from £38 per day
Group E Full Size Car Hire Australia

Group E – Full Size

Group E – Toyota Camry or similar

Car Hire from £45 per day
Group V Car Hire Australia

Group V – People Carrier

Group V – Kia Carnival or similar

Car Hire from £52 per day
Group K Car Hire Australia

Group K – AWD

Group K – Kia Sportage or similar

Car Hire from £46 per day
Group W Car Hire Australia

4 Wheel Drive

Group W – Toyota Prado or similar

Car Hire from £68 per day

Your Holiday, Your Way

Choose from the options below or speak to one of our Aussie Specialists to combine a little of everything.

Say G’day the Queensland Way

Awe-inspiring rainforest, the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Brisbane and the Gold Coast… is any Aussie itinerary complete without time in Queensland?

Car Hire in Australia

Experience driving at its best on empty roads with spectacular changing scenery around every bend. Australian roads are well maintained and they even drive on the left!

Our Australia Car Hire Prices Include: Unlimited kilometres (except remote locations), goods and service tax, insurance (excluding excess) and third party liability and one extra driver. Mechanical breakdown assistance is included to cover non driver faults. Additional Roadside Assistance to cover driver fault incidents including lost keys, battery jump starts and vehicle lock out is available to purchase locally.

Not Included in the Price: Airport collection fees, additional driver fees, accident excess reduction (unless Excess Reduction cover booked), fuel and optional extras such as baby seats and booster seats and one way fees where applicable. All extras are subject to government taxes and are payable locally.

Car Types: Car types shown are subject to availability and Avis reserve the right to substituted with a similar model if necessary.

Driver Qualifications: Drivers must be a minimum of 21 years of age (25 for Groups E to W) and have held a valid driving licence for at least one year. Drivers under the age of 25 incur a surcharge of $27.50 per day. One additional driver is included within the rate. There is a $5.50 per day additional driver fee (max $38.50) payable locally for further drivers to be added to the hire.

The Rental: When taking delivery of your car, you will be asked to sign Avis’s own terms and conditions of hire making the rental subject to a direct contract between each driver and the car hire company. A credit card bond will be taken to cover additional costs such as fuel, damage excess and optional services. All major credit cards accepted.

Restrictions and One Way Rentals: Cars may only be driven on properly formed, sealed, metalled or gravel roads and may not be taken on any boat or ferry (Cape Tribulation ferry, Kangaroo Island & Magnetic Island crossing permitted). Cars may not be driven on the Gibb River Road, Birdsville Track nor various other unsealed roads.

A one way fee is payable locally on one way rentals under 3 days (up to $330), one way rentals into or out of WA and NT ($1,100 + min 7 day hire) and one way rentals in WA ($110 – $1,100 + 5 days hire). From April 2023 all one way rentals within the Northern Territory have a one way fee of $550 and a minimum hire duration of 96 hours.

Rates include unlimited kilometres in all metropolitan locations and within the Northern Territory. Remote locations include a kilometre allowance of 100 kilometres per day. Excess kilometres are charged at 27.5c per kilometre.

Damage Excess An excess of $4,400 applies to all accidents (Group W – $5,500). This can be reduced to $605 (Group W – $1,100) by purchase of accident excess reduction locally at $27.50 per day (Group W – $33). Alternatively, the excess can be reduced to nil and may be prepaid in the UK at £16 per day (Group W – £32) or £28 including airport collection fees (Group W – £52).

Damage Not Covered: Overhead and underbody damage, water damage, third party property, damage to the tyre not attributed to normal wear and tear.

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