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Every page on the site, in one place.
Main pages
Places
- All places
- Bali
- Cambodia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Fiji
- France
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Penang, Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- New Zealand
- Panama
- Philippines
- Portugal
- The Algarve, Portugal
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Hua Hin, Thailand
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
- Da Nang, Vietnam
Your situation
- All situations
- Retiring overseas at 55 to 59: going early, before super and the Age Pension
- Retiring overseas at 60 to 66, before the Age Pension
- Retiring overseas at 67 to 74 on the Age Pension
- Retiring overseas at 75 and over: insurance, shorter stays and coming home
- Retiring overseas on your own: costs, pension and going solo
- Retiring overseas as a couple from Australia
- When one of you wants to retire overseas and the other isn't sure
- Living overseas on the Age Pension: what changes and what it covers
- Retiring overseas self-funded: super, tax residency and the pension
- Spending part of the year overseas in retirement: the winter away
- Retiring overseas when you own your home: keep it, rent it or sell it
- Retiring overseas when you rent in Australia
- Retiring overseas with a health condition: insurance and medicines
- Retiring overseas with grandchildren in Australia
- Helping a parent who wants to retire overseas
Guides
- All guides
- Topic: Ways to retire overseas
- The winter away
- The long stay
- The trial year
- Two bases
- The move for good
- Topic: The Age Pension overseas
- The 6, 12 and 26-week rules: what happens to your Age Pension overseas
- Can I take my Age Pension overseas? The 2026 rules for Australians
- Can I claim the Age Pension while overseas? Why you claim before you leave
- Living overseas on the Age Pension: the 2026 numbers for Australians
- Moving overseas permanently on the Age Pension: what changes the day you leave
- Pensioner Concession Card overseas: what happens after 6 weeks
- Topic: Health cover and Medicare
- International health insurance for over 70s: age limits and what to ask
- Does Medicare cover me overseas? Retiring overseas and Medicare
- Taking PBS medicines overseas: the rules for a long stay
- Travel insurance over 70 and over 75 for long stays: age limits and trip caps
- Topic: Visas and staying longer
- Retirement visa age requirements by country: what Australians need
- Thailand retirement visa for Australians: age, bank deposit and the new 30-day rule
- Topic: Costs and budgets
- What retiring overseas really costs: a month in 10 places, from Penang to the Algarve
- Topic: The family home
- Does my house count for the Age Pension if I move overseas?
- Keep, rent or sell the family home when you retire overseas
- Topic: Tax
- Foreign resident tax rates for Australians who retire overseas (2025-26)
- If I retire overseas, do I pay tax in Australia? Tax residency explained
- Topic: Planning and trying it first
- Retiring overseas before 67: the gap years before the Age Pension
- Overseas retirement scams: property, visa agents, romance and investment scams
- How to talk to your partner and family about retiring overseas
- Try retiring overseas before you move: the winter away, the long stay and the trial year
- Topic: Coming home
- Returning to Australia after living overseas: your pension and Medicare
- Topic: Ageing and care
- Aged care overseas or at home? Australian aged care costs and wait times in 2026
Stories
- All stories
- Annette, 55: in Bali, the visa, the rent and the insurance all come first
- Lisa, 65: Penang on a visa granted years before she moved
- Mary-Lou, 65: no home base, and a trip home each year to renew cover
- Peter: rent down from $1,120 to $400 a month, with health cover the catch
- Humphrey, 74: came home after a decade, now heading back
- Dave, 75: a holiday in Thailand that turned into a move
- Lyrella's parents, 80: sold the farm and moved to Bali, where care at home is affordable
- Gerald: a whole month in Thailand for what rent alone costs here
- John, 73: a modest pension in Chiang Mai, with about 40% saved