Wilpurina

Hi all,
I'm just going through the shipping quote comparison stage at the moment, and they all say different things about what can be taken and what can't.

As rellies won't be visiting for a while, I want to send a supply of sealed coffee pods for my Tassimo in with our household stuff as you can't seem to get them in Oz (along with the tampax). Looking at the AQIS site it seems they are okay as they aren't the cappucino ones with milk portions, but some of the shipping companies say no food/beverage stuff in the container - is this them just covering themselves for people asking of they can ship stuff like burgers?

Is there anything else I should be thinking about - like Bisto ?!!

All info very gratefully received.

Thanks very much
Wilpurina

biggy

some shippers tell you no food stuffs etc in the container as this can hold you up at AQIS as soon as you declare food stuffs in there they will inspect the whole lot. http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/mail/cant-mail

VikkiL

I definitely would not go for any food stuffs in the container!

Dont give AQIS any further reason to trawl through your belongings. Our container is currently at Brisbane docks waiting for them to release it so am glad I didnt put anything in there that could hold it up any longer - it is already been there 3 weeks!

I really think that getting used to living in Australia includes not being able to buy what you could in the UK, even if you do bring favourites over (coffee or bisto - whatever), eventually it will run out and then you will have to try to find a replacement here so I wouldnt bother personally.

Pollyana

They won't inspect it all, they won't even necessarily inspect the boxes with food. If you declare clearly what's in it, they may well just let it in anyway - thats what happened with the last lot of stuff I brought over Went through AQIS uninspected, in spite of delaring food and alcohol.

scotlandtooz

Is there that much point in bringing the coffee machine in the first place - you'll run out of the pods eventually. Sell it on maybe, and get one that takes regular coffee?

Teliko21

I hate coffee and have no coffee machine as a result but have seen this website mentioned in the past:

http://www.coffeedirect.com.au/

I'm not sure if these are usuable by your machine or not. If the pod things are fairly generic things then the supermarkets also have them unless there is a particular brand you like

moneypenny20

Not sure I'd want a coffee that had trawled the high seas for two months anyway. If you can't get the pods here it doesn't seem worth bringing it but if you do, just bring the coffee in the sealed boxes in your suitcases.