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oh dear thats a huge chunk of money gone won't leave much left for rental deposit oct. fingers crossed he does get a job straight away

hi, our house contents are still in the port being processed through quarantine as we speak. we've been here 8 weeks and we have had no joy finding jobs.we have looked at Melbourne and in 1 day my husband has managed to secure 3 job interviews in his field of printing, his also been told that the job agent can find him a job tomorrow!. so we have decided to move down to Melbourne and so incur the extra cost of moving house again! I have had one quote of over $3k, which, seems excessive considering they just need to pick it up and move it mel with no packing involved. Im still waiting on our original deliverers in brisbane to give us a cost, which should just be for the extra millage, as unpacking was already quoted and paid for in original moving cost from UK. I don't mind if they don't unpack, as id rather do that myself anyway.

thanks Jazzyjeff I'm finding the gas works ect that need to be done seem to have varying prices! if we get charged £1500 for the work we will have to sell the van simply can't afford to be ripped off. I'm hoping to find a garage that is more in line with Rachells costs of £650.

is there a lot of paperwork involved? i would have though it would be just the customs declaration form? can i ask who is handling the paper work GMacp?

just to update , he had already packed up their container and was flying back as i posted! sorry

HI JAZZY JEFF , just came back on to re-read what metoo had written. just in the process now of picking an exporter and filling the online forms out for the authorities. i was going to get the steel braiding done here, not sure if the regulator need replacing too? also the safety chain needs changing but i'll let them do that as no idea what type of chain they require.

i have a friend who is moving back to uk from perth in the next few weeks , i'll let them know about your post

i've had 3 removal advisors around and all 3 said different things, i really don't think they know. one gave us a story about a table they shipped out, but they never checked to see if everything went ok and it got in no problems , if the followed up 'dodgy' looking goods they would have more of an idea of what is acceptable and what isn't. one estimator said that candles cannot be shipped. well the candles i have are sold in Australia by the same manufacturer . they do not contain bees wax and even if they did have some in, i would have thought that they are over processed to prove any threat. on the Aussie gov website it does say you can take spices in as long as they are sealed as new. you can also take some seeds in as long as they are in original packets and states clearly their names. some shippers categorically state no seeds and no herbs /spices.

this is exactly what we want to do , and for the same reasons. but i can't find anywhere that does this . i did get a reply from Grace removals in brisbane and they said they do not pick up from port and take to your address , they want to do it all or nothing. has anybody found the shipping companies that do that please? I've had a good quote of £3300 from Pearsons, but we really don't have a lot of spare cash to take out with us and this could go towards a better banger car.

good luck with getting your stuff in. I've been looking on their website , you look on one page and you think thats ok shells are all good if nice and clean , then you look somewhere else on DAFT and then it gives more detailed info and says no queen conch shells (which we have 2 of)unless you have a permit (only 2 shells max)!! with regards to sheepskin rug, these can harbour all sorts of bits in the pile and they could get funny. leather hides are ok if fully tanned. vacuum cleaners have to be emptied and fully cleaned like new. not sure about your stones linda, I've not come across no stones or minerals yet (I've probably not found that gov web page yet) no fir cones, and how treated does a piece of wood or ornament have to be to comply is anyones guess! we have a few pieces of wooden ornament bowls ect that aren't coated in vanish, they just have been stained . getting answers from the others side is very hard