A shekara ta 1953, Sarauniyar da mijinta sun fara tafiya na watanni bakwai a kusa da duniya, suna ziyartar kasashe 13, suna rufe fiye da kilomita 40,000 ta hanyar ƙasa, teku da iska. Ta zama sarki na farko na Australia da New Zealand don ziyarci waɗannan ƙasashe. A lokacin yawon shakatawa, taron jama'a sun kasance masu yawa; kashi uku cikin hudu na yawan mutanen Australia sun kiyasta sun gan ta. A duk lokacin mulkinta, Sarauniyar ta yi daruruwan ziyarar gwamnati zuwa wasu ƙasashe da kuma ziyarar Commonwealth; ita ce shugaban kasa mafi yawan tafiya. A cikin 1956 da Firayim Ministan Faransa, Anthony Eden Guy da Sue Mollet, sun tattauna yiwuwar shiga Commonwealth na ƙasashe masu zaman kansu da yawa.
kashi uku cikin hudu na yawan mutanen Australia