Bringing a Caravan into Aus from NZ ...

G'day Coma Cluster

One would have thought that the costs and procedures would make you think again about that sort of activity. There are actually caravans built this side of the Tasman too and some actually have suspensions that allow them to be taken off the bitumen. There could even be some that are 40 years old if you looked hard enough.

There will be some nice things for you to consider like the caravan to be potentially taken apart for inspection. Australian Quarantine Inspection Service will be interested I would hope in any mud, dirt, seeds and insects that may reside in your van. The Customs service is at the link below and the Australian Tax Office below too would be looking for 10% GST on the value - one would have thought at replacement value.

It would be interesting to see if you could containerise the van as it could be at risk as deck cargo one would have thought. As for the procedures an import/export agent would be a good start to handle that little lot. It will be up to you to see that it can be worth all that.

If it was just for the horses to pull the van, they could probably just be washed and come by air.............

www.customs.gov.au
www.aqis.gov.au
www.ato.gov.au
Regards

JohnR - Not enough of the right travelling, some here..... some over there.......

Hi,

I have a Kiwi mate who is doing much the same thing.

It's costing him a smallish fortune, but he has a largish one anyhow.

Around $15,000.00 to bring the 4WD and 16foot van. If it was 7foot 6 inches wide he could have got it in a container, that would have been heaps cheaper. The contaner ship goes into Brisbane I understand.

There is a fairly detailed Customs inspection but they don't pull em apart. Just don't like dirt and bugs.

If you like I will get me mate to give me the details and forward it on to you.

These guys were the best price I could find when I was looking into moving to NZ. $1800 AUD one way for the Landcruiser Melbourne-Bluff. Roll on-Roll off.

http://www.anzdl.com/

These are the ports serviced:

http://www.anzdl.com/pdf/english/ButterflyMap.pdf

I think the prices are dearer over 5.5 meters, so 15ft van would be about $1800 as well.

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HI Coma Cluster,
Back in 98 we met a couple of Kiwis in Australia who were travelling around the world by taking their Troopy across the oceans in a container. This apparently is the ideal solution to security and is far cheaper. I haven't got any contact information for you but just thought I'd mention that this was there experience after doing all their homework on the best transport methods. I guess your van would be lower than a Troopy? so maybe this option would also work for you.ExplorOz

Thanks heaps all. Yeah, the container looks the most secure option plus it can be plonked where I want it - in this case Sydney. Once I've finally priced it all out I'll post up 'case anyone else is considering ever doing this.
Again thanks
David

(Yes I'm aware there are caravans in Aus - but this one isn't! And as a previous poster stated, Aus is the place for it to be.)