Dili to Darwin container

[joshuwaa]

Hi all

I'm sitting in Dili now just starting to clean the bike ready to ship to Darwin. If anyone is nearby and shipping this way it would be a lot cheaper to share a container!

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[dzl]

Hi there...sorry cant help you as Im going the other way in couple months! Can I ask how much youve been quoted to get your bike to Darwin? Did you ask if can get it in container as an LCL load or they didnt give you any option other than FCL? I had recent quote of around $800 AU as LCL from SDV.

[joshuwaa]

From everything I've read and heard shipping in the other direction is entirely different. Most of the costs and hassles don't come from the cost of spending time on the boat, which is the only common factor. They come from customs, quarantine, time waiting in ports and availability of container space to share.

Your quote sounds about right from the people I've spoken to coming that way. My LCL is going to cost about 1300USD and take at least 4 weeks to wait for a shipment to fill the container and then get on the next boat.

Just FYI when you do make it here, head to Dili Central backpackers and meet Kym, and don't skip out on doing a loop or Timor Leste, it's incredible and totally different to Indonesia

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[dzl]

Hi...Timor will be one of my points of interest so will be spending a bit of time there and doing a slow loop and plenty of exploring. My trip will be shorter than yours......Southern asian countries only and spread out over a year. will be doing it in sections and returning home occasionally.

Are you staying in Timor until bike ships or heading over to oz and wait for it?Does the $1300 US include the port fees and other extras to get you on the bike in oz or are there other costs on top?

My current thinking is will likely fly my bike back from KL back to Adelaide when I am done. Will make Dili Central backpackers my first stop. Cheers

[joshuwaa]

I've actually already flown back to the UK for other reasons while the bike is waiting so I'll fly back to Darwin when it arrives there.

The cost includes some of the Dili charges but I've no idea really, charges always appear from nowhere with these things. There's ships from KL to Perth, maybe to Adelaide too, could be cheaper than a flight if you've got the time to wait for them. I have a contact of an agent that did a good job with mine shipping in from Chennai.

Enjoy the trip! You'll have a blast

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