Australia Only

Is it possible to setup Dolphin so that only people from Australia can become members?

Also can a payment method for Australian Dollars be set up?

Yes
Yes
:)

Wanna' explain how?

.htaccess block all countries from accessing your site
or post a note on your site that says No Australia = No Register :)

Thanks for the insight that it can be done. As I am very new can you point me in the right direction to access the .htaccess block area.

Also where can I set up the Australian Currency option... and what payment gateways can be used?

If I am pointed in the right direction - I am hoping I can figure it out.

Being new everything seems overwhelming and I really do like shortcuts :)

The following post "D7 Currency Customization" helps for Australian Dollars set up (for furture reference)

http://www.blockacountry.com/

Have fun.

Using .htaccess for this is not a viable solution.

Anything else besides destroying every other nation's access to the Internet? AOL Dial-up?

I should have said, it's not viable unless you use this: http://www.maxmind.com/app/mod_geoip

Maybe same as blockacountry  but I use trafficcleaner.com

My dating site is regional, we don't need voyeurs and droolers from Kerzeekeestan, and I got tired of paying bandwidth for their content scrapers.

Anyway, you can select countries by IP and select allow list or deny list, whichever is shorter. They maintain the update list, and I have very few spam registrations in my IPB forums now too. That used tobe my biggest problem!

It's a 2-line script with with teeny footprint / free version and even the paid is only 29 bucks a year, well worth the savings on time and hassle.