Travel Health Advice

The clinic can accommodate a range of travellers, including travellers with complex underlying medical issues. Appointments are suitable for individuals travelling for a range of purposes including business, leisure, overseas aid work, volunteer work and overseas postings.

Specialists are available for consultation weekly. See our Team for information on the practicing specialists.

What to bring:

• Please bring a referral from your General Practitioner and your Medicare Card. If you are a patient of our GP clinic, please let reception know at the time of booking so we can arrange an appointment.
• Your travel itinerary
• Complete a Pre-Appointment form (available at request from reception)
• If you are not a patient of our GP practice: a current and accurate health summary
• Records of past vaccinations (such as a yellow book).

What to expect? 

A pre-travel appointment generally involves a discussion of your general health and travel plans, vaccine-preventable diseases, preventing foodborne illness and managing traveller’s diarrhoea, preventing mosquito and insect-borne diseases including malaria, in addition to targeted travel advice (including non-infectious hazards). Our clinic has many travel-related vaccines available on site, supported by our clinic nurse who is able to administer vaccines after your consultation.

You should allow up to 2 hours for your appointment. This includes a consultation, vaccine administration time and an observation period of 15-30 minutes post vaccination (depending on vaccines administered).

Consultations are privately billed and payment for vaccines is required on the day of consultation.

Yellow fever vaccination

Parkville Precinct Medical is accredited to provide yellow fever vaccination.

BCG vaccination

Parkville Precinct Medical does not offer the BCG vaccine.

Public-based clinics which offer BCG vaccine:

• The Royal Children’s Hospital (Parkville)
• Monash Medical Centre (Clayton) – GP referral required

Private clinics which offer BCG vaccine:

• Associate Professor Mike Starr
• Caulfield Family Medical Practice/The Travel Clinic
• Southgate Medical Centre
• *Opening Feb 2023* Kids Travel Doc (The Children’s Private Medical Group)

Q fever vaccination

Parkville Precinct Medical does not offer Q fever vaccination.

The nearest Q fever vaccination provider is the University of Melbourne Health Service. The Australian Q Fever Register maintains a list of medical practitioners who provide Q fever testing and vaccination services.