Bound4Tassie Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Can anyone suggest any cheap (ha!) ways of sending a few boxes (say 3 or 4 large cardboard boxes)? I've looked up Seven Sea and geezus it's extortionate to get your stuff to Tassie!! £450 to get 4 boxes over! We had wanted a small move cube but they won't do door to door to Tas - picking up from Melbourne would be a logistical nightmare! SO we were hoping to fit a few things we'd really like in Aus into boxes. Royal mail almost looks cheaper for a few boxes! Unless they are not telling me about charges in Aus I might get! Are there any other couriers etc I could look at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 That's the trouble with moving to Tasmania! Once you get there, your cost of housing will be so much cheaper than the rest of Australia, you'll make up for it - but the cost to get your stuff moved over there is a different story! We were considering Hobart at one point. To move our stuff from storage in Sydney to Melbourne was quoted at $2,000. To move it from Sydney to Hobart, $5,000. The crossing is what makes it so expensive, no way around it I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Hubby uses Parcel Monkey and pays around 100gbp to send a 25kg box that was to Townsville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound4Tassie Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 Hubby uses Parcel Monkey and pays around 100gbp to send a 25kg box that was to Townsville. Thanks I'll check them out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Thanks I'll check them out Good luck with it, but like I said it's the crossing that's the problem. I came across a blog about moving to Tasmania that was very helpful. The blogger had moved from Perth. It cost her more to get her stuff shipped from Melbourne to Tassie than it did to get it from Perth to Melbourne! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 I've just had a look for you and to Tasmania or Melbourne it would be 86gbp for 20kg so no difference to mainland Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JockinTas Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 That's the trouble with moving to Tasmania! Once you get there, your cost of housing will be so much cheaper than the rest of Australia, you'll make up for it - but the cost to get your stuff moved over there is a different story! We were considering Hobart at one point. To move our stuff from storage in Sydney to Melbourne was quoted at $2,000. To move it from Sydney to Hobart, $5,000. The crossing is what makes it so expensive, no way around it I'm afraid. We moved a whole container from Sydney to Devonport and it was just over $3,000. There are two haulage ships which cross the Bass Strait from Melbourne to Devonport/Launceston daily. We used Wridgeways to transport from Sydney and they organised everything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bound4Tassie Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 I've just had a look for you and to Tasmania or Melbourne it would be 86gbp for 20kg so no difference to mainland Australia Thank you for the helpful post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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