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Originally Posted by sallycampbell89
My dad is wanting to bring his 1909 Truimph motorbike over to Australia when he comes and visits me for a vintage rally.
I’ve looked and read on this site and I think air freight would be best but now I’m stuck and don’t know where to start.
If anyone could recommend any companies?
I was also wondering about quarantine and also import tax. If anyone knows anything about this please let me know.
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Shipping: Best to start on the shipping page How to Ship Your Bike | Horizons Unlimited
Read through that and follow the links on it for more detail. Has at least one firm advertising on it.
Quarantine: Being an Ozie you'll know how we are on bugs going in from os. So the bike needs to be at least concourse clean. They can look anywhere - inside the air cleaner, under mudguards, in the tool box, under the battery tray. If it is not clean then they will charge to steam clean it .. and charge to dispose of the waste generated by the steam cleaning... $$$. Clean means free of dirt and seeds and plant matter. Oil and grease, if clean, won't worry them.
Import: Temporary
Temporary will mean a carnet. Read through Paperwork | Horizons Unlimited
and then Carnet links | Horizons Unlimited
Before he leaves:
Umm re-entry into the UK ... he'll need something to say the bike is not being imported .. so best to have some document to say it left the UK.. talk to the UK customs guys to find out what they want ... before he leaves.
Carnet - as above.
Clean - as above.
Ask him to bring a little rain
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