Thanks that's great advice. The rules as I now understand them are 90 days max in Schengen zone countries within a 180 day period. For those 90 days, Australians don't need a visa, but beyond 90 days you need a long stay visa which are a pain to get. You can't go out of Schengen and back in and restart the 90 day count..its cumulative within 180 day period..so once you've done 90 days you have to leave for 90 days. So I'm in Europe for 180 days, 90 of which I can climb in France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Greece. The rest of the time will be UK, Ireland, maybe Croatia and Turkey. |