Originally Posted by KJCherokee

You cannot take any liquids in containers greater than 100ml onto international flights to Australia, unless it is in sealed bags from the airport duty free shop and delivered to the gate for you to collect once you have been checked in. Singapore airport duty free will do this, don't know which other airports offer this service.

Just one of the kneejerk reactions to 9-11 which hasn't yet been removed. Many have as common sense prevails, like having steel knives in the Qantas Club to spread the butter (if you wanted to hijack a plane by threatening a stewardess, a fork would have been more effective anyway) instead of the plastic ones which appeared following 9-11.

Originally Posted by StSabre

The liquid restrictions aren't related to 9/11 - it was a later plot to construct and use liquid bombs on transatlantic flights that led to them.

Originally Posted by Amazulu

Anything in your hold baggage will go straight through with no problem. The main issue with bringing booze into Australia is with the Asian countries through which your flight will transit. They have the restrictions. Buy it during your stopover and it will either be handed to you at purchase or be waiting at your boarding gate. I recently bought 4l of single malt in KL and had no problems bringing it in. You can buy on arrival before immigration and, in Perth at least, prices are not too bad

Originally Posted by GarryP

http://travelsecure.infrastructure.g...tyfree_to.aspx

Basically if you are trying to get whisky in from the UK, it has to be in hold luggage (and securely packed against the throwers).

You apparently can now get duty free in from Singapore (you didn't used to be able to) but it has to be delivered to the gate, no buying it and taking it through security yourself.

You can buy when you land in Oz, but at the local prices.

Basically it seems mainly to be about getting more money spent in Australian duty free - technically a sealed bag should be enough for them.

Note, the duty free allowance is 2.25 l - so in theory you could get three bottles of non-ripoff-priced whisky into your checked baggage - if you have the weight allowance. Not that I've given the matters some thought or anything....

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

I bought on arrival in Melbourne last time as LA didn't have what I was looking for so I decided to take a punt. The 'local' duty free price was only a bit more than LA and still quite palatable - bearing in mind
that most whiskey is sold locally in 700ml bottles.

Originally Posted by GarryP

A 1l bottle of, say, a single malt Bowmore is $70 in Australian duty free.

A 70cl bottle in Tescos when they have a sale on (eg when there's a 'Y' in the day) is £20 = $33

So you can pick up three bottles in Tesco for $100, but 2 bottles in the duty 'free' would be $140 - and the selection is worse. BTW three bottles from DanMurphys would cost $174.

If duty free were truly duty 'free' - we'd be talk much closer to $50.

Originally Posted by big_matt

Thanks all. Some great information. Most of my collection is quite rare so wouldnt get it in duty free anyway. The aus duty free prices also look pretty high to me. Maybe not as outrageous as some other products in oz but still way higher than you pay here. Think taking 3 bottles with me then friends bringing the rest over in stages sounds good.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

So which malts do regulars own and like these days?

Originally Posted by Amazulu

My favourite is Cardhu but for general stuff Glenfiddich will do

Like Glenmorangie too

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

I am on for Highland Park next time - currently on Bowmore, Balvenie and Lafphroaig (sic!) with a bit of Cognac from time to time. I like smoke, not so much peat.

Originally Posted by GarryP

Try Bunnahabhain, if you can find it.

Originally Posted by BadgeIsBack

Or say it, much less spell it.....