sunny_samantha

Hi
Just sitting here waiting for the packers tomorrow and having lots of last minute questions I hope somone can help with -
1. Can we take our cat carrying basket with us if we scrub it with good old Jeyes fluid? Looked on AQIS site, can't find an answer
2. How clean is AQIS clean for shoes, etc. Again we have scrubbed them with Jeyes and they smell of it but they don't LOOK spotless!
3. We've just been looking at our phone, can we take it with us? I seem to rememebr reading somewhere that you have to have a telstra phone?!?!
4. What do you do when the shippers are here? Our plan is to hide on the garden of it is sunny!
Susan, Rod and Callum

MarkMyWords

What's it made of? We had to get rid of one because it was cane. The others are plastic-coated wire which I hope will be ok, but I don't really know.
I would hope that they apply the same less-than-rigorous standards that they do for the ones that you'll be wearing as you enter. I'm not saying they're sloppy, far from it, just that they don't seem to expect perfection.
In theory (i.e. legally speaking) it has to be approved apparatus, which UK-sourced ones generally won't be. In practice I would guess that it's not going to be an issue (not that I'm condoning breaking the law in this matter!) unless it's cordless in which case I've heard that it may interfere with local transmitters. But I may just be propagating rumours here.
Be nice to them! Possibly even take their photos judging by a recent thread (sorry, forgotten whose that was).

Sorry, that wasn't much help. We could do with answers to much the same questions in fact!

spuds

Hi Sam,

Sorry can't help you on most of the questions but would definately recommend taking your phone. We bought a cordless one for 11gbp when we were back at easter as couldn't resist a bargain.

It works fine, so if you have a decent one (ie digital etc) I would personally recommend taking it - they are fairly pricey out here unless you get a bog standard one.

Changing the subject slightly - does it drive anybody else loopy that there is no pound sign on Aussie keyboards? Does everyone in the world use dollars now??? Sorry.... having a rant...

MarkMyWords

Ok I bow to local experience!
It does, but in many circumstances you can hold the ALT key down while you type 0163 on the numeric keypad (having made sure that NumLock is on first). You can get many other interesting characters this way too. I'm sure someone can find a table and post the URL. Yes it's a right pain compared to having it on a key but it's useful to know.

lesleys

AQIS and shoes......

I brushed and brushed the soles to remove any trace of soil. The ones we sent airfreight all got through AQIS unscathed. 8 pairs sent sea-freight are deemed tp need steam cleaning at $22 per pair. We await to see if they shrink in the process!

AQIS seems to be totally pot-luck. I think they just won't lose face by letting a shipment through without charging for something.

Lesley

Cuddles

Hi new to all this. Every says about wicker. I have wicker seating on my dinning rooms chairs does this mean I am unable to take my table and chairs with me or because it is indoors does that make a difference. When they say wood does this not include toys etc as my daughter has a dolls house made by her Grandad and wants to take it with her, is this sort of thing ok.

Jacko1

Wicker might be an issue, not sure.

As for wood we have looked into this ingreat detail, as we have a lot of it.

Bamboo is no
Anything that has been outdoors must be clean or sealed.
Anything with bark on it is a no
Anything with woodworm (current) is also a no
The rst is pretty much OK

And the dolls house should be fine especially if it is painted

Good Luck

PJ

jerzy

We were told wicker, bamboo and rushes were a no. I believe you can take them but they will be 'decontaminated' and you will be charged.