Does anybody know if you can buy a double bed size mattress in Australia or are they all different sizes over there? Was planning to take double bed over from the UK without the mattress, and just buy a new mattress over there.

You might get some answers if you ask a mod to move your post to the Australia or Barbie forums. This forum is about the immigration process, most people in here have not even got a visa for Australia yet never mind know about mattress sizes.

Ooops, any mods about?

Haven't got a visa either, just planning ahead - in the wrong place though

Yep, you can buy double bed size mattresses here. Have a look at somewhere like thebedwarehouse to get prices.

I think the proportions are different though, so be careful....

Indeed, we bought a king and it was MASSIVE! Probably a US king. We downgraded to a Queen which is the same size as a UK king. Best to take a tape measure with you when you go shopping.

Double is the same, but Queen/King are not.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_size

King / Queens definitely different. We bought a king matress for our UK king bed frame and was different size luckily we bought from a manufacturer who collected the matress and adjusted it to our UK size!

measure ur old mattress and let me know...I work in bedding store so can let u know

Excellent - thanks.

It is 4' 6" by 6' 4 " or in mm's it's 1371 mm by 1930 mm

How does that compare?

Different to Ikea in Australia

Double: 1350mm by 1890mm

Queen: 1520mm by 2020mm

(which are different to Ikea UK)

You will find the mattress to match your bed frame a lottttttttt cheaper in the UK!

Looks like we would be better buying a new one now and shipping it. Thanks for all your replies

You [I]may[I]want to think about the cost of taking a spare new one as well because you are unlikely to match the mattress size if you really love your bed frame.