Manage your move contains information on how to apply for your move.
You're posted from RAAF Base Williamtown to Canberra. You have one car. You decide to drive it to your new location.
Your vehicle removal assistance will include:
- vehicle allowance
- travel allowance for you and any resident family and recognised other persons travelling with you.
You and a resident family member or recognised other person with a valid driver's licence can share the driving.
You're posted from Sydney to Brisbane. You have two cars. You decide to drive one to your new location and have Toll freight the other.
Toll will freight the car, and you’ll get:
- vehicle allowance for the vehicle being driven
- travel allowances for you and any resident family and recognised other persons travelling in the vehicle with you.
Make sure to include the fact that you need a vehicle freighted when you complete your Application for relocation (AFR).
Cost comparisons
You’re posted from Melbourne to Cairns, a distance of 2817 km.
You have two cars.
You choose to have Toll freight both cars and you and your resident family fly to your new location.
Toll will freight the car, and you’ll get travel allowance for yourself and your resident family travelling with you.
Because the distance from Melbourne to Cairns is more than the allowable distance, Defence will cover your total travel costs, including any necessary overnight stays.
You’re posted from Brisbane to Townsville, a distance of 1331 km.
You have one car.
You choose to drive the car.
Because you’re driving more than the allowable distance, the amount of allowances you can get will be no more than what you would have received had you flown to Townsville and had the car freighted.
This means you might to pay for some of your expenses out of pocket.
Before you freight your vehicle
Make sure you know what evidence the insurer needs if you have to make a claim.
