Where does it say you can't?
As long as the bike leaves the country within the time limit imposed by the country, the carnet is irrelevant. Where the carnet comes in is if the bike DOES NOT leave the country, then the country puts in a claim to the Carnet issuer for the funds.
The carnet is NOT on your passport.

In theory you could arrive with the bike on day 1, fly out, come back on "Country Requirement Last day possible" -1, and drive out with it immediately. No issue. UNLESS the country requires the bike to leave with you, and tracks both. I don't know of anywhere they do that - but doesn't mean someone doesn't. (Of course the Carnet must be VALID for the entire time.)
Anyone else with more info?

Conditions of use
 

It comes under the "conditions of use" section and states "The vehicle that is covered by a Carnet CPD must not remain in Australia when the owner is not in Australia".

I just understood it to mean you have to be in Australia whilst the bike is there??? Am I wrong in saying that?? Thanks

very interesting - that is clearly an Australian regulation as it specifically says Australia. And, it IS a problem. You might be tempted to sneak in and out, but that won't work because Australia stamps your passport, and they will see that you've been in and out when you return. Questions is, do they mark in your passport that you are there with a bike and a Carnet? Hmmm...
I would write, now, and ASK them if there is any flexibility on that, give them the details and see what they say. Given that it's at your Australian? brothers it may work out. Let us know what you find out!

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You're not allowed to leave without the bike.
Also the bike has to be legally registered in your home country (valid plates).


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I left my norwegian plated bike in Australia where it was temporary imported on a Carnet while I was away for approx 1,5 months Christmas and New Year 2015-2016. Before I did that I was in contact with the Australian Border Force and National Temporary Import and Securities enforcement and intervention dept and questioned them about this issue. According to them it was perfectly legit to leave my bike in Australia as long as I had a fair reason for that. My reason was a wish to travel home to Norway and see family and friends which I havent seen for 1,5 years during christmas and new year. That was a perfectly valid reason for them.
All I had to do was to send them an email with all the details of my bike, the details of the Carnet it was temporary imported on and the contact-person and adress in Australia where the bike should be stored while I was away. And another notification mail when I got back.

So according to Australian Border Force and Temporary Import Securities and Intervention dept - its perfectly legal to store a bike thats temporary imported on a Carnet in Australia when the owner is away if there is a legit and valid reason for that.

But - this was 5 years ago and it could of course has changed since then. I suggest you contact the above mentioned dept and question them.

Best of luck!

You need a carnet (Unfortunately this is more of a hassle and expense in Canada than many other places). You can keep the bike in Australia as long as the carnet is valid - I believe that a Canadian carnet can be extended once. There are ways to get another once after that...

You don;t need the inspection since you're not importing the bike and registering it in Australia - it does have to be legal in BC. You can get CTP on the phone - the insurers may tell you that it's not possible but it is. We found CTP from Queensland, and found (after some searching) that it covered us for all of Australia. NSW, as others note, includes CTP in fuel prices, however you'll need CTP if your bike is not registered in NSW (which it will not).

Although you can do the customs clearance yourself I suggest an agent - we used Colless Young and they are excellent.

I'd avoid NSW because of the CTP issue.

You don't need require roadworthy inspections and "overseas registered vehicle permits" since you'll be on the carnet.

We didn't need to be present for the quarantine check - in fact I don't think we'd have been allowed into the bonded area. We did a very good cleaning prior to shipping and Australian customs were happy - no cleaning required, no cost, no problem.

I'd check on the carnet conditions - we left our vehicle in Argentina to return home (visa requirements) and had no problem. In Brazil they record the vehicle TIP and link it to your passport but I don't think they do this in Australia.

AHa - you have already checked. You could look into whether you could put the bike into bond while out of the country - then it's technically not "in Australia".

PS: don;t worry about getting a toll pass - you don;t pay tolls in Australia if you're using a foreign vehicle/bike.

Thanks
 

Thanks for all the positive comments, at least I now know there is the possibility to leave the bike in Australia for a brief time. I will start making enquiries immediately just to be on the safe side. Thanks to all