Greetings from Canada,

Two feet of snow outside,  -15 C and my thoughts are of a much, much warmer place today.

Am planning a trip to Australia this coming year and I have accumulated $40 to $50 worth of Australian Coins over the past few years.  My question is  Has any of the Australian decimal coins been taken out of circulation??  Here in Canada we are just now about to do away with the 1 Cent coin.  The coin will always be redeemed at the Banks but merchants will no longer accept them.    I have a number of Australian 50 cent and 20 cent coins from the early 1980's as well as a number of $1 and $2 coins.

I was to England last year and had a number of their coins and some denominations had been changed (Size and thickness).  I could not spend this older style,  so was wondering if this might be the case in Australia as well.

Thanks for your time and effort.