Travel Health & Travel Vaccinations

Heading overseas from the Gold Coast? A little preparation can save your holiday. Our pharmacists at Priceline Pharmacy Pacific Fair in Broadbeach can help you work out which travel vaccines you may need, pack a sensible travel health kit, and make sure your regular medicines travel with you safely. Walk in, or book online.

Start 6 to 8 weeks before you travel

Some vaccines need more than one dose, or take a couple of weeks to give full protection. If you can, talk to us 6 to 8 weeks before you leave. Leaving it late? Come in anyway. Some protection is better than none, and we can tell you what's still possible.

Travel vaccines we offer

Depending on your destination and health, you may need protection against:

• hepatitis A and hepatitis B
• typhoid
• cholera
• Japanese encephalitis
• polio
• measles, mumps and rubella (if you're not fully vaccinated)
• flu, and whooping cough boosters

Most travel vaccines aren't covered by the National Immunisation Program, so a private fee usually applies. You'll see current prices when you book online. Our pharmacists vaccinate people aged 5 and over.

When you'll need a GP or travel clinic

Some destinations call for vaccines or medicines that need a prescription or a specialist travel consultation, such as yellow fever vaccination, rabies protection, or medicines to prevent malaria. If that's the case, we'll refer you to a GP at Help Medical, inside our store, or to a travel medicine clinic.

Your travel health kit

We can help you put together a kit for your trip. Typical items include:

• plasters, blister pads, antiseptic and a small bandage
• pain and fever relief
• oral rehydration solution for traveller's diarrhoea
• insect repellent suitable for the region you're visiting
• SPF 50+ sunscreen and after-sun gel
• travel sickness remedies (ask us which suit you)
• hand sanitiser

Travelling with your regular medicines

• Pack enough for the whole trip plus a few extra days, in your carry-on luggage, in the original packaging.
• Carry a copy of your prescriptions and a letter from your doctor for any controlled or injectable medicines.
• Check the rules of the country you're visiting, as some medicines that are legal in Australia are restricted overseas.
• If you're taking PBS medicines overseas, there are limits on how much you can take. Ask us before you go.

Visiting the Gold Coast and forgot your medicine?

Come and see us. We can talk through your options, and the GPs at Help Medical can see visitors too. More about prescriptions.

Priceline Pharmacy Pacific Fair
Shop 81, Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, Hooker Blvd, Broadbeach QLD 4218
Phone: (07) 5592 2099
Open 7 days, until 9pm on Thursdays. Opening hours and directions

This information is general in nature. Vaccine recommendations depend on your destination, activities and health, so please talk to a pharmacist or doctor before you travel. Smartraveller (smartraveller.gov.au) has up-to-date destination advice.