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We also did the same thing. Glad we did as we can't change the plugs on my fairy lights :thumbsup:

I packed a set of bedding for each of us. I also kept hold of my Macbook (which I cuddled nearly all the way here for fear of it getting damaged). Kids had a few small favourite toys & a fleece blanket each which they used on the plane. Nothing like something familiar smelling to snuggle up under.

I also bought over a jar of lemon curd that I bought in Llandudno a couple of weeks before we left the UK. Nearly lost that at customs as it's made with egg but as it wasn't homemade & had the ingredients listed they decided I could keep it. It's still sitting in the fridge waiting to be opened :p

Alison x

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We bought a pile of multi-plug power boards with extension cord with us - unfortunately my husband had them in hand luggage and Dubai customs confiscated all of them. We also had the mac's - me my imac and then the other four with their macbooks. Bugger the clothes and bedding, you can always buy them when you arrive, it's the ability to stay on BE that counts.

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We had one power board in hand luggage which was also confiscated by Dubai airport, maybe they thought we'd stab someone with it?

Had a couple more in the suitcase which got here fine, our iMac came by ship though!

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They said it was the length of the cords, but they let us keep all the computer cabling, firewire etc that was in the bag. So I think the customs officers must make a bit of money on the side dealing in second hand power boards.

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Preferably Aus dollars :lol:

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Excellent advice, never thought of that. Thanks

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Windscreen de-icer.

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Hubby's iMac came by boat too. He was soooo pleased to see it again when the container arrived :lol:

Alison x

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Playmobil
V expensive here and kids fave toy
Shipped big stuff from ebay ( have bday presents sorted for this year) and little bits to play with on arrival

Dont bother with toys / presents on plane weighed alot cost alot and ignored!! Got kids 2nd hand itouch - loaded with fave games tv programmes music- essential at airports/ planes / hotels/ car journeys while doing reccies on arriving/ medicare centre when queing etc

Bored grouchy 3/5 yo not good during those first few weeks :-)

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Anything but scottish banknotes! Had a hell of time trying to change those in Dubai.

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Handy for substituting missing bank notes in Monopoly though?

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:thumbup:

And for the longer term make sure that you ship at least one for each room and 2 or 3 each for the kitchen, computer room, and TV room. Also what could come in handy in the longer term will be 1 or 2 of the single gang extension lead sockets for use in places where you only need to use a single UK adapter. The next challenge will then be to find safe Aussie plugs to fit to them - and at a reasonable price. The cheapest that I could find was about $2.50 each but they were shite quality and hard work to wire up safely :thumbdown:. Bought two of those so far but now need to source some better quality ones.

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Is that true? I'll have to take a trip to Topman before I leave!!

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Great question.

Colouring books and pencils. Anything you can think of to entertain on the flight.

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I don't know if it's a problem in Melbourne, but where we live in Perth it's not uncommon to have power outages. If you're bringing power boards for your UK equipment, it might be a good idea for them to be surge protector ones (or whatever they're called).