Hi
A little advice please. I read from other posts that when you first arrive in Aus that one of the first things to do is pay a visit to a Medicare centre and possibly a Centrelink to register. If for say the first 4 weeks you are in a B and B or hotel or staying at an Airbnb place, will they accept that address to send any documents to you? If yes, to exchange my UK driving licence as soon as poss, I see they need official documents to show proof of address so would the Medicare letter at a temporary address be sufficient does anyone happen to know?
thanks in advance.
P S I know I can drive on a UK licence for 6 months but I would need a Queensland licence right from the off.

Why would you need to register with Centrelink? I've been here over 40 years and never needed to darken their doors.

Well I understood that they are a service that can put you in touch with potential employers so as to find work so that's why I use them as an example. Am I mistaken?

LOL, yes, you are. Centrelink is basically the benefits office and they have enough on their plate to do that properly (people are forever complaining about their service!). The CES (Commonwealth Employment Service) was abolished over 20 years ago and if you want a job you're on your own - there are a load of private job agencies around so you might approach some of them or just look in the paper or check out Seek to see what's on offer. There were kiosks in Centrelink at one stage but not sure if there still are. Your chances of getting any benefit are slim to none when you first arrive (unless you get kids when you may get FTB).

As for getting an address - get that first, the other stuff will fall into place. Unless you're sick to begin with, you can even hold back on getting a Medicare card for the short term. First priority - find a place to live. If you're desperate to get mail you can always rent a post office box for the short term.

Got it. Much like the Job Centre here I guess! I have never been to a job centre in my life to look for work. It would probably be the last place I would think of looking for work tbh.
Anyways I thought I had read that Centrelink was one of the first stop off points on arrival and I understand that an official letter from them could be useful as a form of ID to kick getting other official stuff sorted out.
In answer to my question do you know if Medicare take a temporary address even if it were a b and b or hotel even?

AFAIK you can give them whatever address you choose as long as you are able to get mail at that address, you can change it later but, honestly, you probably wont need it that soon and you will probably have got a permanent address within weeks anyway. Even if you havent yet enrolled in Medicare but get sick they will still treat you, under the reciprocal agreement if nothing else.