Here is my packing list as I prepared our family to take a six-week trip to Australia back in 2015.  For trips short or long, I keep a running packing list handy so that I hopefully won’t forget any basic necessities!  Good thing is, you can mostly buy it when you get there just in case.  Here’s a link to my husband’s packing list from our most recent six week European trip this summer.

This is the actual packing list from our trip Australia.

Non-Clothing Items 

• Passports
• Baby Carrier (if you’re taking an infant)
• Car Seats and Bags to hold them on flights
• High chair and Food bib
• Stroller (we take a single jogging stroller that doubles for both kids)
• Kidco Peadpod Plus bed (they also have a smaller version) with toddler pillow and blanket
• Raincoats
• Puddle Jumpers (in summertime)
• Mosquito stickers, Insect repellent for your clothes and Afterbite
• Any meds especially for kids that you might not be able to get
• Stain stick (will last a family of four for three washings)
• Stainless steel water containers
• Bendaryl or Melatonin for kids and adults for flights (and a few days into a long trip)
• Electrical adapters
• Airplane items
• DSLR camera (or just use your iPhone?)

My Clothing Items 

• 2 sets of pajamas
• 7-8 mix and match outfits (pick a color scheme so it’s easier to mix and match your outfits)
• 2 pair of comfortable shoes (at least)
• 10 pair of Undergarments
• Hat and Raincoat
• Toiletries…travel toothpaste lasted 2 weeks, travel hair spray and shaving gel lasted 3 weeks (including anything specific you use that you cannot buy more of
• Rx
• Compression socks (for the plane)
• Layers/Coats (depending on the weather)

My Kids’ Clothing Items

• 5 pair of pajamas (including one for the plane ride)
• 2-3 loveys
• 8 mix and match outfits (with kids too it’s important to have a color scheme so you can mix and match attire)
• Hair bows
• 14 pair of Undergarments and/or Enough diapers for 2 weeks
• 2-3 pair of Shoes and 10 pair of Socks
• Hat and Raincoat
• Toiletries (again take specific items you must have in case you cannot purchase them when you get there)
• Layers/Coats (depending on the weather)
• iPad and/or iPhone (for movies and doubles as sound machine)
• Costume (or whatever is your child’s favorite thing that they will miss while they’re away) and a few more toys