Dave9876

Perhaps silly question but I know all wood/mud/plants need to be removed from everything being shipped. What about indoors building materials like silicone/plaster/paint from DIY tools. They can be pretty hard to completely remove from everything. Anything else you guys recommend cleaning/not bringing ? Thanks for your help in advance !

I have heard stories like that ! Can i ask roughly how much they charge for destruction !?! Im just wondering whether its worth risking bringing things i dont really use that much like certain shoes or oldish kids bikes ? Guess its a risk to rewards gamble...?

Im about to ship stuff to Oz and was just wondering...What kind of things did people find were rejected or flagged by AQIS ? Ive tried cleaning shoes and bikes and always found a tiny bit of mud still left in the corner of something or a bike wheel has picked up a tiny bit of dried grass after cleaning from the garage floor ! Just wondering how paranoid we should be !?! I can spray with Jeyes fluid to convince customs but not sure if the smell will last 5 months or however long it can take. Regarding bringing bicycles, anyone any advice on this one or anyone have problems with shipping theirs ? Wondering if older bikes with rust etc are worth bringing as rust maybe looks a little like mud ? Grease/oil doesnt cause a problem does it on chains or other bits ? I hear bad things about xmas decorations. Plastic tinsel should be ok, though right ? We've not used a real tree in years and have been plastic all the way. But they still destroy things anyway, I hear ? Anything else that got people caught out ? (Work tools, i guess will be checked.) When they check things but find nothing, they charge extra anyway, right ? Is it a large amount ? Thanks all ! (Man, moving is stressful !)