Hello All - apologies beforehand if the information is elsewhere on the site.

For the next year I'll be travelling to Australia, New Zealand then Chile (Santiago) and finally back to London via Argentina (Buenos Aires). As I'll be in Australia for several months my current intention is to buy a second hand bike in Sydney and sell it before moving on to NZ. I don't foresee any problems with this as local bike dealers are happy to sell to tourists with many offering buy-back schemes. However, I'm also open to the possibility of buying new in Australia, transporting the bike to NZ then South America and back to the UK, where I'd register it as a UK vehicle. I would transport the bike by sea each time.

As in many ways this a more attractive proposition I'm keen to know the potential pitfalls as a UK citizen transporting an Australian registered bike into NZ then South America.

I assume there isn't a problem temporarily importing a bike into New Zealand, other than making it clear I'll be taking the bike out of the country, i.e. a carnet would be unnecessary. For South America my assumption is I'd need to apply for a Libreta – from previous posts I gather a carnet isn't required – would the Australian bike/UK licence & passport cause problems?

I’d be grateful for any advice and clarification.

Regards,

Huw

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