Vehicle Registration yearly, without a permanent address?

Cruising Granny · Guru

Vehicle Registration yearly, without a permanent address?

rich777 · Member

Hi,

How do you re-register your vehicle, vehicle insurance and anything else, on a yearly basis, if you don't have a permanent address like a house, for the Road Traffic Licensing Branch to send your new drivers license to?

Will the RTA send your new drivers license to a Caravan Park address instead, if you stay in one for a short time, to allow the snail mail to catch up with you?

Your feedback would be most appreciated

rich777

Happywanderer · The Master

Most people use a friends or relatives address in the state they are registered.

the rocket · Guru

Hi Rich777, welcome. sure someone on here is already doing this and has the answer for you. regards. rocket n strop

rich777 · Member

Hi,

I don't have a friend or relly I can rely on to do that for me

What are my options then?

Richard

lilly31 · Guru

maybe u could do it online ......that way u dont need to get mail ...

Elle on Wheels · Guru

Welcome to the forum mate. There are a few threads on this topic. A lot depends on which state you live in. WA seems to be the most flexible and it is possible to say rent a post box and nominate a physical address for garaging especially if you choose a rural area where they do not have a mail service and then everything is done on line. There are complications you have to deal with but they can be overcome with some thought. Just do your research and continue to ask questions.

Clyde Camel · Veteran Member

I met someone at 80-mile beach in WA in 2010 who told me he visits a caravan park down in the south of WA once a year and they let him use their place as his official address.

gypsy rover · Senior Member

I joined the Winnebago club (you don't have to have a Winnie) for $40 pa and they have a free mail forwarding service. My Winnie is registered in Tassie and I just gave the registration people the Winnebago Club forwarding address. They were OK with that as we still have a property in Tassie, although have been living in Qld for many years. You should be able to give them a different mailing address to whatever garaging address you give them. With all the people permanently on the road nowadays without a permanent address I think the rego people are going to have to change their regulations to accommodate them.
Cheers!
Chris

vixen · Veteran Member

We have the same dilemma.
We have only been on the road fulltime for 10 days and already have run into the drama of no home address.
Ordinary mail is no problem as re-direction is fairly easy to arrange.
We are trying to get a passport for a future trip to New Zealand but we have no (willing) relatives or (reliable) friends who we could ask to use their address as our home address.
Also driver's licences and registrations are going to be a problem.
Surely we aren't the only ones in this situation?
What do others do?

GaryKelly · Guru

I went through all this recently. Bottom line is you need a permanent street address for rego (garaging), insurance, license, electoral roll, medicare and other things. I had no relative willing to let me use their address, and no reliable friends... that was until I found one. I asked one of the regulars on my blog and he was quite happy to let me use his street address. So it's a matter of finding someone. Just make a list of all the people you know, even the unlikely ones, and ask. PO addresses are not acceptable (at least in NSW). It's also important that the person who does allow you to use their address is familiar with the internet and email so that you can be advised of any mail that arrives.

Duh · Guru

Elle on Wheels wrote:
Welcome to the forum mate. There are a few threads on this topic. A lot depends on which state you live in. WA seems to be the most flexible and it is possible to say rent a post box and nominate a physical address for garaging especially if you choose a rural area where they do not have a mail service and then everything is done on line. There are complications you have to deal with but they can be overcome with some thought. Just do your research and continue to ask questions.

RIP Elle wherever you are in the universe, we miss your words of wisdom. cry

(Footnote for new members, Elle passed away awhile back)

GaryKelly · Guru

Did you notice Elle's signature... rarin' to go? Thanks for the update, Vic. Reminds me of a show on telly I saw a while ago about a retirement home for British ex-servicemen. One said he was reluctant to make new friends there because you'd no sooner get used to them and attached, than they'd fall off the perch.