When we visited Oz earlier in the year the only way to get the motos in was a carnet.

There is a lot of wrong information around on this because up until last year you could get an easier & cheaper temporary import permit to get a vehicle into Oz. They then changed the rules & do not issue these any more. A carnet is the only way.

Good luck, sorry I can't be more help. You could just come to New Zealand instead, we do have a temporary import permit system so you don't need a carnet

Cheers
Clint

hi clint, that is really headache! what about the air ticket? we bought the ticket during feb this year and it cost us US$1300 for the 2 of us to fly to sydney from LA. then just last week, we went to the airport and changed the flight date to late november. hell mann, it cost us another US$800 just for the admin fee. hmm, kind of my own problem reading too much automobile website and adventure moto book. blame it on myself on all these unlucky things happening these few months.

what about getting another type of visa (maybe working visa?) to import the bike?

Hi Grant, i will click on the link and see, hopefully it is not out-dated.

by the way, the just replied:

Hi Goh,

As i stated before the only way to import the vehicle is via a Carnet unless the vehicle was manufactured before 1989 or has an Australian Compliance Plate fitted.

Regards,
Tim C

I don't think it's all your fault, if you have been travelling for more than a year it is highly likely that when you did the research for your trip a carnet was not required for Oz.

I started researching customs requirements late last year for the trip to Oz we did early this year, & then even the Oz customs website still had a page saying you could get a vehicle in on either a carnet or a temp permit. It was only when I phoned them up to enquire about how to get the right form to apply for one of these temp permits that they told me their own website was wrong & we needed carnets!

We NZ'ers don't need visas of any kind for Oz so I can't help there. But I think that apart from the carnet, or pre 89 exemptions, all vehicles imported to Oz must be ADR (Australian design rule) compliant - this is the compliance plate they are talking about, I don't think it is easy to get.

On the bright side, Sydney is on the way to NZ anyway, it won't cost you much more to continue on to Auckland

Cheers
Clint

The law was amended late last year and came into effect (I think May 2009) requiring carnets for tourist's vehicles - the carnet exempts vehicles from having to get Australian Design Rule compliance, whereas the vehicle import approval scheme required ADR compliance. Its now a legislated requirement and there are no exemptions allowed.

I might add that the same legislation now requires Australian owned vehicles going out of Australia to get a carnet before Customs will allow it back into Australia. They have gone mad in Canberra!!

Hello
Those months you were looking at in Aussie are nearly right in the middle of thier summer. Stinking dry heat over some really big big kilometres, the more humid regions might feel like home for you but traveling in the North of Australia during summer isn,t something I,d think most Aussie,s would plan themselves.
You,d be thinking water all the time.vital stuff.

Unfortunely not everyone can thier RTW based around seasons.

There are some buget airlines to New Zealand from Sydney like Virgin Blue and Jet Star that do flights fairly cheaply and it,s a good time of the year to ride in New Zealand.
If you can,t go to Aus and just want to do more riding still. Compensate there maybe?
Singapore isn,t far from Australia for another time.

Well, no, it's not quite like that .....

I've just brought my Tassie reg'd bike back in from the States, arrived 27 November. Had to apply to import it!!! Yaarrrrk! After myriads of phone calls, eventually got to speak with someone in Canberra who understood logic (and the utter stupidity of what the bureauratic bunglers wanted me to do), and who then assisted me greatly and expeditiously.

I needed a photo of the ADR/compliance plate (the bike was still in the Qantas (Brisbane) warehouse, but Qantas staff were fabulous, and took the photo for me!!), ID docs, copies of the current and previous registration papers, the waybill from the outbound flight (to prove it had left Oz originally) and the multi-page Vehicle Import Application form. Instead of the usual **17** days, he authorised it's entry in just ONE day! But then he posted the approval letter to my home in Tassie - I was in Brisbane!! Oops! But he did a certified copy and sent it to me in Brisbane.

But, overall, had I known about these new rules that came in in March 2009, I could have done all the paperwork over the internet and had everything ready and waiting for when I arrived. BTW, for Australians returning home, there is absolutely NO NEED to use an [ripoff] agent! It is easy enough to do yourself, and the Customs staff will usually help, if you need help with anything.

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Hey Goh!
Your favorite texan here... Hope all is well in ya'lls travels.

What did you end up doing with temporarily importing your motorcycle?

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I'll reply to myself.. I found your other thread in trip transport:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...y-hassel-46824

Looks like you used a carnet.

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