Australian residents and visitors in Paris remain vigilant and wary following deadly terror attacks that targeted restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium.
Parisians are still coming to terms with Friday night's attacks in which militants wielding AK-47 assault rifles and wearing suicide vests killed 129 people.
Ryan Glover, from Perth, has been working as a bartender in Paris for three years and told AAP on Tuesday that things remain "very edgy".
The 25-year-old said that on Friday night his boss closed the bar early on hearing of the attacks and staff remained locked inside for four hours until it was deemed safe to leave.
"We were actually quite freaked out."
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Mr Glover said a different atmosphere now prevailed and people were "a bit more nervous around each other, checking others out."
He said terrorists preyed on the unsuspecting and with the amount of security being ramped up in France he thought it unlikely another terror attack would happen soon.
Cathy Windsor, from Canberra, arrived in Paris on Sunday with her two sons, Dylan, 13, and Toby, 10, to see the sights while her husband attended a conference in the city.
After visiting the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday the 44-year-old told AAP it was worrying to hear of the attacks.
"But you've got to carry on, you can't let them scare you out of doing what you want to do in life."
Ms Windsor said that with the amount of police and soldiers on patrol in the city "it's probably safer than it was before it (that attacks) happened".
"I think everyone's fairly alert and vigilant, and that's sensible."
Armed soldiers and police were patrolling the base of the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday as part of a mobilisation of 115,000 police, gendarmes and military to deter terrorist acts.
The nervousness of Parisians was evident on Sunday when firecrackers reportedly sparked a stampede at La Place de la Republica where hundreds were gathered at a memorial of flowers and candles in tribute to the victims of the attacks.
The Australian government's "smarttraveller" site is advising Australians to reconsider their need to travel to Paris and to remain vigilant when there.
