Australian Chat Rooms: G'day, Come In for a Natter
Join freeAussies have a natter here too. Join the moderated live rooms, carry on in private messages, and look for people close by, or catch a British night owl over your morning coffee.
How ya going? Here's how Natter works for Aussies
There's no separate Australian Natter, and you won't need one. It's a single community with one set of rooms, so your next good chat could be with someone a few suburbs over or with someone finishing their dinner in another hemisphere.
People chat on Natter from Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, South Africa, the States and elsewhere. Happy to chat with anyone, or keen to keep it closer to home? You can do either. Each day's match suggestions lean on distance, together with the ages you'd like to meet, your interests and what each person wants, from a mate to chat with to something long-term. That way people within reach get a fair look-in.
Search does the rest. You get a limited version on Free, and VIP or VIP+ brings advanced search with no cap on results. Profiles only ever show a nearest town or city, which is enough to tell an hour's drive from a five-hour flight and nowhere near enough to find a front door.
Natter is adults only, 18+, with room for new mates and for romance. For the basics of the rooms, see our chat rooms overview, and if a date is what you're after, have a look at chatting as a single.
Shy? Let Natter say g'day first
With Promote Me, Natter sends intro messages for you, so the first hello doesn't have to be yours. It's there for every member, on every plan.
Time zones: who's up when you're chatting
Australia spans several time zones, and not every state moves its clocks for summer, so even a chat between two Aussies can involve a bit of maths. Here's roughly where everyone else is when it's evening in the eastern states.
| Where they are | What their clock says |
|---|---|
| Western Australia | Late afternoon or early evening, two or three hours behind |
| New Zealand | Later the same evening, about two hours ahead |
| South Africa | Late morning or midday, eight or nine hours behind |
| UK and Ireland | Morning, nine to eleven hours behind |
| US east coast | The small hours, or very early morning |
So an Aussie evening suits chatting with other Australians and with New Zealand (see New Zealand chat rooms for the Kiwi side). Your breakfast, meanwhile, lines up with the evening before in Britain and Ireland, which is handy if you're up early and fancy company. There's more on how the British chat at UK chat rooms, and on the view from across the Pacific at US chat rooms.
Aussie chat: a few words that do a lot of work
G'day
Alive and well, and it lands warmly in a chat room. Add a name and you're off.
How ya going?
More greeting than question. "Good, you?" is all anyone expects, though a bit more is a nice surprise.
Arvo
Afternoon, shortened, like plenty of Aussie words. If someone asks how your arvo's going, tell them.
No worries
You're welcome, that's fine and sure thing, all in two words. It answers a thanks or a sorry and keeps a chat easygoing.
Mate
Friendly, neutral and used for nearly anyone. In a chat, it usually means you're getting on.
Brekkie, servo, avo
Aussies shorten nearly everything. Ask someone for their favourite and see what comes back.
Opening lines that suit Aussie chat
These are examples, not scripts, so put them in your own words:
- G'day. How's your arvo treating you?
- Not bad, cuppa in hand. Yours?
- Busy, but this is my break. Footy, cricket or neither?
- Neither. Ask me about books instead.
- Deal. What are you reading at the moment?
Each line leaves the door open for a proper answer, which is most of the trick. Our conversation starters have loads more.
Free, VIP or VIP+: which suits your chatting?
- On Free
- A limited choice of chat rooms, capped private messages and basic search, and one Super Match a week, plus the Activity Feed, posts in Spaces, polls and Promote Me.
- On VIP
- Extra rooms (the VIP and Verified rooms among them), unlimited messages with read receipts, private group chats for up to 50, advanced search, three Super Matches and a Boost every week, Incognito and a VIP badge.
- On VIP+
- All of VIP, plus priority placement for your profile, the enhanced profile design and a VIP+ badge to show for it.
Prices for each plan sit on our pricing page.
From a good yarn to a catch-up in person
Australia is huge, and the person you click with could live a day's drive or a few hours' flying away. That's no reason not to meet, just a reason to plan it well.
Keep talking on Natter until you feel you know them. If they're keen to jump to another messaging app straight away, Natter shows a warning, and it's fair to wonder about the rush. Money never comes into it: no transfers, no gift cards and no bank details, whatever reason you're given.
When you do meet, pick somewhere busy and public, tell a mate the plan, and sort out your own travel there and home so you're never stuck. If something doesn't sit right, go. A block works at once, and the report button is right there on Natter when you need it. For the fuller picture, read our chat safety page.
Aussie chat: quick answers
Is there an Australian version of Natter?
No, and you won't miss it. Natter is a single community, so Aussies share the rooms with people from New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, the US and South Africa, and your match suggestions and search help you keep things closer to home.
How do I find Aussies near me?
Match suggestions arrive daily and weigh distance, and search helps you narrow things down, especially the advanced version that comes with VIP and VIP+. Because profiles show a nearest town or city, you can see at a glance who's within reach.
What's a good time to chat from Australia?
Your evening suits chatting with other Australians and with New Zealand. An early start overlaps with the evening before in the UK and Ireland, and with the American afternoon of the day before.
Is it fine to just chat, with no dating?
Of course. Natter is chat first. Some people want friendship, some hope for romance, and your profile can say which you'd like, so nobody's left guessing.
Can people see exactly where I am?
No. Only the nearest town or city you've picked appears on your profile. Nobody sees your address or live location, and your real name and email stay private behind your username.
Fancy a yarn, mate?
Set up a profile in a few minutes, then say g'day in whichever rooms are open to you.
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