Hi does anyone know what we can take and not take to Australia. We are in the process of packing up the house as I speak. So if anyone knows where i could get a list of excluded items etc it would really helpfull. Fly out in 4 weeks so any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you got on the dimia website, I think they have a section on there of what you can and can't take with you, ie furniture, etc. If not check the removals companies as they give you a steer in the right direction.
Location: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Shellharbour, Illawarra
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Hi Harvey, we have had 3 quotes from removals companies and they have all said pretty much the same thing. No spices, foods, pot pourri or anything containing pine cones (i.e Christmas decorations/wreaths), no garden equipment, terracotta pots etc and if you are taking a vaccuum cleaner take the filters out and give it a good clean! Same goes for cleaning up bicycles, although we have been told they may charge extra to spray them! Hope i'm on the right lines as to what you mean. Also, we have quite a bit of wicker furniture, which is apparently a bit of a grey area, so will have to pack it all together (inc little storage baskets, hampers that kinda thing) and declare it. Untreated wood is also a no no.
Just had our sponsor ship visa confirmed today, so looking forward to packing up our house........as soon as it's sold!!!
Our shippers advised us to power clean the bikes and then us 'back to black' on the tyres to make them look new.. He also suggested putting wax polish on wooden stuff to seal it. Another thing to watch are the charges imposed in Australia for decontaminating the container, which can spiral wildy out of control...
Our shippers advised us to power clean the bikes and then use 'back to black' on the tyres to make them look new.. He also suggested putting wax polish on wooden stuff to seal it. Another thing to watch are the charges imposed in Australia for decontaminating the container, which can spiral wildy out of control...
You might find that once you are out there, you want familiar things around you to help you settle in and it will not be such an initial outlay when you get there. We personaly are going to take a container as we have kids and they will want all their stuff around them.
Some important things to take include a few UK Power boards. The ones that take 4 or 6 UK plugs. Then when you arrive here, you only need to change the one plug, on each power board, immediately, so you can use all your electrical items.
Have you counted how many plugged items you have ? You may be surprised. I've just done a quick count and got to 50, and haven't even checked the bedrooms or garage yet !!
Also take account of those ones with the UK power adaptor plug, which you cannot change ! You will need a power board to handle those for as long as you keep them.
I have seen many stories whwere peoople have regreted not bringing certain things with them. The comment about "familiar things" is relatively common.
We haven't got that close to getting a visa yet, still waiting for acknowledgement. But I was jus wondering, while we are on the subject
is anyone thinking of taking large things like fridge, freezr or washing machines?
Intially we were told that we couldn't use a washing machine over there.
But have since been told we can. Our fridge, freezer and washing machine are only 1 year old so we didn't really want to part with them.
