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Post #250209 by stuff-o-rama on Tue, Aug 22, 2006 11:59 AM

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I usually ship through the Post Office. On their web site (www.usps.com) they list all the restrictions for each country.

Here is the prohibitions for Australia http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/immicl/immiclab_012.html

Country Conditions for Mailing - Australia

Prohibitions (130)

Coins; bank notes; currency notes (paper money); securities of any kind payable to bearer; traveler's checks; platinum, gold, and silver (manufactured or not); precious stones; jewelry; and other valuable articles are prohibited.

Fruit cartons (used or new).

Goods bearing the name "Anzac."

Goods produced wholly or partly in prisons or by convict labor.

Perishable infectious biological substances.

Radioactive materials.

Registered philatelic articles with fictitious addresses.

Seditious literature.

Silencers for firearms.

Used bedding.

Restrictions

Meat and other animal products; powdered or concentrated milk; and other dairy products requires permission to import from the Australian quarantine authorities.

Permission of the Australian Director-General of Health is required to import medicines.

Observations

Duty may be levied on catalogs, price lists, circulars, and all advertising introduced into Australia through the mail, irrespective of the class of mail used.

Looks like you're in the clear!