Permanent address when on the road?

We use a mailbox. Works well, and all mail is kept in the PO until we collect it.

Cheers
Jim

We have a PO Box, but we also have everything emailed to us. Bills, renewals, reminders etc. We also set up automatic payments where possible!

Whilst travelling around Aus, we had a neighbour collect our mail and send it on to us at an address we nominated.

You can buy a block of land in some backwaters for less than $10k. Put a tin shed on it and visit it every couple of years. Home sweet not your home. Everything can be done by email these days.

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Hi Wayne,

This is not an easy one as the Australian bureaucracy, both government and commercial, has not caught up with the fact that there are many people with no 'fixed place of abode' although the Electoral Commission does provide voting arrangements for "Long Term Travellers Within Australia".

It is a common question on 'Grey Nomad" forums but with no absolute resolution. I guess most people use the address and forwarding assistance of cooperative relatives or friends but not everyone enjoys that convenience.

There are services such as Aussie Mail Man who can provide mail forwarding services for a fee of about $20/month. They can also provide their physical address which could be quoted for purposes such as rego and insurance, although strictly speaking, that may not be entirely legal as it is not your 'place of residence' or 'address where vehicle is normally parked'.

You could also engage the services of a legal practitioner to act as your agent but that may be prohibitively expensive.

You may receive helpful advice from asking your insurance company and the motor vehicle registration in your State.

We have a friend who has no fixed abode.
He uses our address for his mail and as the garaging address for his motorhome.
The motorhome is registered in SA. He has a NSW drivers license that uses another friend's address.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome