Traveling to Australia How to get a cell Phone and Call Back Home?

I am studying abroad in the Gold Coast area in the upcoming month, my stay is three months and am wondering what the best option is for buying a prepaid cell phone or a cell phone service for just three months. I literally have no idea how cell phones work in Australia, so any insight would be great. Thanks

You best option would most likely be to buy a prepaid service. If you have a multi band cell phone now you will be able to use it over there and just replace the SIM card.

To call back to the US (I assume it's the US) you will dial 0011 + 1 + area code + number.