MrCro

Anyone moved from sydney to sunshine coast recently? (or somewhere near in SE QLD?)

Trying to get an idea of moving our things up there if we head to syd first (as easier to get work in sydney straight away but have to weigh up costs of then moving on later.)

We'd be taking 20' container to oz so would be same amount of stuff to ship north.

Is a lorry the only option or is train freight possible?

Cheers,

mr mover

You can divert your container from SYD to BRIS by rail.....just arrange with yous shippers...............MM

MrCro

thanks MM but we'll prob live in Sydney for around 9-12 months so will unpack for rental house.

Does our stuff stay in same container then and be delivered to our house as I remember reading that AQIS unpack container and contenets are then delivered by truck??

That made me worried about things going missing or getting broken when unpacking container. Be muc happy for same container to arrive on back of truck with few things positioned near doors so easy for quarantine to inspect without pulling verything out!

At least if we unpack it in Oz and break something then we only have ourselves to blame!

mr mover

Every thing gets unpacked for inspection , by Aqis ...................mm

freebo

I'd be intersted for future ref too, anyone know the cost of shipping a 4 bed house worth of stuff, say from Syd to Bris? Just roughly...

Dreamy

We did it the other way - North Brisbane (just south of Sunshine Coast area) to Blue Mountains (west of Sydney). It was being paid for by Himself's employer who had two approved removal firms, which we had to use for quotes - Grace and Kent.

Both were expensive (we thought) - Kent had a much cheaper quote but their insurance was a higher percentage of the value, so both prices worked out about the same at around $7000 (it might even have been higher, but that figure sticks in my mind)

Obviously, if you're not tied to one of two companies, you can shop around and get a much better deal.

The goods were packed up on a Monday and Tuesday, freighted to NSW via train and delivered on the Friday. We went with Kent and they were excellent - and the quote included a full pack/unpack service.

We did have an awful lot of stuff though! Its amazing how much we've accumulated in the 2 years we've been here.

freebo

Wow, we moved a 20 foot container full from the UK to Sydney for not much more than that!

P.S. It just arrived too, and its great to have all the "stuff" back.

Dreamy

As I say, we were tied to one of two firms - I'm sure you'd be able to get it a lot cheaper

Pollyana

Slightly different (as in smaller) but while we're on the interstate subject, does anyone have a recommendation for shipping approx a dozen boxes Brisbane to Melbourne?

MrCro

did your container arrive at your house, some tell me yes others no so confused.

Pollyana

The containers are unloaded to be inspected, but often the stuff is either re-loaded, or loaded into a fresh container, for delivery. So some people will get their stuff in container, some in a truck

MrCro

so if I put all the bikes, tools, garden furniture etc etc by the doors to help AQIS they are less likely to unpack the whole container???

Pollyana

As far as I know they have to unpack everything from the container, they then decide which boxes to open/itmes to inspect, so no, that plan wouldn't work, sorry

Keith&Lol

Try googling air road direct my son is using them and we found them to be the cheapest so far, roughly 10 boxes @ 25kgs each door to door is approx $600. hope this helps.
Lol x

mr mover

Overseas containers incur a Durmurage Fee if they are not returned to there owners by a set time, so companys get them emptied and returned as quickly as possible....................MM