In Reply to: Can someone please direct me to posted by shubbaz on Wednesday, 5. August 2009 at 07:52 Bali Time:
just about everything.
Food of any kind packaged or not.
Animal products of any kind
Plants and wood items or anything made from plant material or seeds and grasses.
The only thing i have never declared was leather but it still comes under "Animal products"
If she ticks no to all the boxes on her customs declaration then she would only have her clothing!
Lots of items that are "Prohibited" at customs in Australia can actually be bought quite legally in shops in Australia,I could never quite understand this?
A lot seems to be left up to the individual customs officer and how they deem an item.
We have breezed through customs with just a quick check of wooden items but have also had stuff seized because the officer didnt like the look of it,understandable you may think but not when others from our party had the same items allowed in another que?
We once had lollies confiscated because the customs officer said they could cause choking in small children!
You cannot get into trouble bringing anything into Australia Prohibited or not as long as you "declare it".
If an item is prohibited it will be seized,if it is a quarantine issue it will be destroyed or rendered safe at your cost.
You will however cop plenty of trouble if you fail to declare anything and get caught with somthing,major or minor.
An example is,if you have more than 250 cigerettes and do not declare them,if cahght at customs you will have to pay the full duty on all cigerettes in your possesion including your duty free allowance. if you cant pay duty you will loose all cigerettes not just the ones over your limit.
Things seized by customs can be collected from customs if you leave the country and must be held for 3 months.