shiels

I'm sure The Chairman of the Board at M&S would be really pleased to hear how you all miss their products!!!!!!!!!! I will let them know when I go to work on Monday......C x

Tiawamutu

I know....doesn't that make what the customs people do, look like a total waste of time!

Tiawamutu

Get him to introduce M&S international online shopping....that would solve loads of peoples problems

Knickers!!!!

geordie mandy

Absolutly. When we moved from Germany back to the UK, we packed our drinks cabinet with full bottles. the packers had no probs . Even though we were told we couldn't take it.
Mandy

shiels

I will suggest it....but don't hold your breath will you......

thomas and sarahjayne

No M&S is the top 1 cause of homesickness for Brits in Aus for generations past, My Aunt moved to Melbourne thirty summin years ago and still yearns for m and s underwear. I am stocking up before we go, what a market they would have in Aus, they would make a fortune, stress this to your boss . Its the only downside to Aus from my point of view and it would so make the best xmas , aus has ever seen, just wont be the same without m and s

x sarah-jayne

shiels

I thought they had some sort of outlet out there as a previous boss [of about 11 years ago] moved out to OZ to develop, mind you this was before the so called 'downfall' of M&S when they closed all overseas franchises..... I will ask about it.......C x

Pollyana

You CAN bring food through Customs, I know I do it in large quantities
Always declare it - I have a list with me which I hand over!! You can't bring fruit, veg, milk products, meat products, fish, that kind of thing. theres a full list on www.aqis.gov.au
But you can certainly bring sealed packets of biscuits, chocolate, sweets, tins of Homepride Sauce Mint Sauce, Bisto, crisps, packets of jelly cubes, Christmas Pudding, cider....and thats just MY luggage!

Tiawamutu

Or aye....forgot you could bring sealed stuff

It was the bananas that put me off

arkon

why not? All the other fat Australians do, do need to fit in if you come here and put on about 10 stone extra!

arkon

A sore topic. the UK that must have huge banana plantations and charge 64p a kilo and you can get them all year round, and this tropical paradise currently $14 a kilo if you can find any. Now what stocks we do have are perishing because they are too expensive to buy!

JAYMAC

Definitely agree with the knickers, one thing I would have brought a lot more of, (and white bras), luckily I have a friend arriving next week, who I have known for long enough to be able to ask her to shop for some in the UK for me and bring them with her.

Kids clothes, I think there is a lot more variety in the UK so would stock up.

UK Australia adapters/ for things that you cant easily change the plug on such as playstation/ gameboy adapters etc.

If you have a particular brand of deodorant or toiletry that you use, check whether its available in Oz, I have used the same deodorant for more years than I can remember as I have sensitive skin and you cant get it here. I am trying different brands but some of them make my skin sore.

Of all the foodstuffs, can live with the change in the chocolate taste, it still goes down ok (was hoping it was as revolting as some people led to believe so I could try and lose weight). One thing that stands out is Bisto gravy, so if that is a brand you use, bring some over till you find a replacement here that you like, because some of them are disgusting (I find Greens to be ok here).

Julia

Tiawamutu

'Gravox' is supposed to be the alternative, but I heard there is another. I'm sure it began with an 'S' and they said it was made by the same company.

Anyone know which one that was, as it's bugging me now

iPom

Britain also gives the banana growing countries HUGE subsidies to compensate for the slave trade it indulged in. THAT'S why British bananas are so cheap. Over here, there are no subsidies, and when hurricane's strike and spoil the crop, the price goes up.

I bought three the other day as a special treat for my kids. LOL ... they were thrilled.

Still this week kiwi fruit are dead cheap, and I picked up a massive pineapple for $3. And pears are lovely right at the moment... Lots of lovely produce that is here instead of the bananas.

MartinLuther

Bring 4-way power strips so you don't have to change so many plugs.

Buy spare fuses for the plugs that you don't change.