ssafiri

I read most threads about some stuff that cant take into Australia but what about:
1-canned food ex. tuna , stew and cooked canned rice?
2-blanket and mattress?
3-dried vegetables?


thanks for your help...
cheers,

Pollyana

You can't bring in vegetables, meat or fish.
You can bring in blankets and mattresses - unless the mattress is stuffed wit feathers in which case they may want to treat it first.

Dorothy

You are really better to buy those things here. It would be a shame to use your baggage allowance on things that are easily obtained when you arrive.

Red_V_Roger

On the same kind of line - flying with pillows.

I had never noticed it before Oz, but I have noticed a lot of people on short domestic flights carry their hand luggage and a pillow?

Why the pillow?

Its too short a flight to get any sleep. May be they are going to stay in a cheap hotel or with a friend that is too tight to give them a pillow.

Or may be it is to put over your head when flying QANTAS.

Anyone know why the pillows?

Dorothy

Flying from Perth to just about anywhere is a fairly long flight. I guess it's more comfy to bring a pillow.

Red_V_Roger

Yes..I know I do it often enough, but its the Sydney Brisbane and Sydney Melbourne that people have the pillows on

bcworld

I've noticed that too and thought it was strange. I can't see how using a full size pillow in any way in a normal economy seat is even possible / comfortable....unless you have the wall to lean on.

Dorothy

Or the person sitting next to you Doesn't matter how long or short the flight...I just simply cannot sleep on a plane.

Perthforme

I often nod off while still on the ground its real pain as take off wakes me up !

Red_V_Roger

That's OK, so long as you're not the pilot

Perthforme

benlast

Have you tried noise cancelling headphones? My boss (who flies a lot more than I do, including lots of longhaul) bought a pair and I tried them out - quite astonishing how much of the noise they block. If I were planning to do a lot of flying (right now I don't know how often I'll be coming back to the UK) I'd invest in a pair.

Cheers
b

BATS666

earplugs work for me......along with 2 sleeping pills.......4 large Bacardi & cokes.......a bacon sarnie.........and a 1st class full length bed.
No problem !!!!!

BATS666

I did alot of research into what you CAN take in. The AQIS website is handy but not very user friendly. I ended up phoning AQIS Perth to ask about -
commercially packed ground coffee and Marmite. Apparently no problem with either UNLESS you don't declare it when you arrive. Then they might confiscate it coz you didnt declare it. Just head for the AQIS desk at the airport and show them what you brought in or declare it on your customs form that goes with your container. They'll check it out (make sure it's commercially sealed).
It's the stuff that you list at 1 & 3 that are no-nos.
I've even had to get rid of my butterfly collection coz even dead insects are not allowed ! Same as dried vegetables AND seeds. Tho strangely you can't bring in coriander seeds but you can if they've been ground to a powder.
Re feathers - I'm having to get rid of my 3 piece suite as it has horse hair stuffing and feather cushions. Both a problem.
BUT if you have duvets (doonas) and pillows that are modern and commercially produced, or bought, in the UK, there should not be a problem. These would have had to have been treated already to be able to have been sold in the UK. It's old stuff with feathers in that is likely to coz grief. My suite is from the 1930's - so we had to go buy a new one.
Most removals companies don't know the rules on feathers. each of the 5 we consulted came up with different regs. but the majority said no problem with modern stuff.

moneypenny20

I always take my own pillow. Have huge difficulty in sleeping with a strange (to me) pillow. But I don't have it on the flight, it has to fit in my suitcase. I think lots of people do it because they don't like the idea of snoozing on a pillow that may have had 50 other people dribble on and it's probably a comfort blanket thing.