Bringing a bike into Australia requires one of two options:
1: Bring it in on a carnet - which means you must leave within a reasonable period of time - and 3-4 years isn't even close to a "reasonable" time, they're thinking under a year - there may be a specific period but can't think what it is at the moment.
2: Bring it in as "settlers effects" which means you are immigrating! (We did that and it worked fine and was easy. I only had to swap out the headlight to accommodate riding on the left instead of right, and pass the safety test.)
Sorry, three options - where's my head at? Oh, over there....
3: Import it - you won't like the costs - first you have to ship it there, think roughly $1000-2000. Then you have to pay the duties and taxes. And THAT'S why bikes in Oz are more expensive. Oh year, you'll probably want to ship it home too. More $$
Since neither of those sounds like your plan, I'd recommend just buying in Australia. IMPORTANT: You said that bikes were expensive in Australia. However, when you SELL IT you are also selling it HIGH.
Therefore the actual cost of ownership isn't a heck of a lot different than anywhere else.
Hope that helps!
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