http://shop.cancercouncil.com.au/s-2...aspx?pagenum=3

this link might help

other wise type cancer council shop into google

Alternative 100+...means staying indoors though

Thanks for the replies will give them all a try and see what is best, I quite enjoyed making the kids look like Casper with the white sun cream that doesn't disappear, at least you can see the bits you have missed!!

If not will have to get some shipped across!! Does Boots deliver to Oz?!

you are in luck

http://www.getprice.com.au/buy-best-powder-dri.htm

My daughter is allergic to PABA so I hvae to shop carefully. I know priceline big pump suncream is PABA free and alot of other things free too.

And yes you can get Banana Boat Powder Dri here its about $12 and very good.

Just avoid those aerosol sprays - they are acrap total crap and dont work.

FUnily enough my fave sunscreen is from Matalan for about 2 quid! Cant get that here though

You could get the Invisible Zinc sunscreen. Best of both worlds

I read somewhere that the Aussie factor 30 is the equivalent to the Uk factor 50. They say they test the Aussie stuff after swimming, towel drying etc and the Uk/European ones are tested straight after application.

I use the cancer council ones they are tested to ensure they do what they say and none have nano technology in them

they say 30 plus and they act like a 50 or so. I have very fair skin that burns easily so I have to be very careful

Unfortunately not! The only sunscreen that my skin agrees with is E45 from Boots, in spite of trying several here. So I stock up whenever I go home and bring it back with me!

All the time I was in Singapore I bought my sunscreen in the UK every summer.

which is a problem i had when we first moved here as i would avoid the sun or cover up... now i get some in the evening when i walk the dog

Avon do a 50 sunscreen

but not in Aus

Soltan also do a 50 sunscreen lotion.....available at Boots

sorry

http://www.bananaboat.com.au/whatsNew_subpage.asp

We use Banana Boat kids "powder dry". We also use a 'lipsyl' thing for lips, 30+ protection.

We have our skin checked, free, every year, and little ones skin checked every two years.

Our Australian friends took our kids on a day out and as well as topping up sunscreen also used the zinc to make pretty patterns on the kids faces on the most likely places to get burnt, i.e., nose, cheekbones, chin bone, ears.

We let kids have 5-10 mins per day in the garden without any protection because of the Vitamin deficiency stuff we've read.

M xxx

I never thought of the skin deficiency thing. Will take note. How come you get free skin checks? Was going to look into it for us but pressumed you'd have to pay.