As far as I know this can still be done the old fashioned way.
Walk into a high street insurance brokers, give the address of a hotel or the one on the V5, hand over the cash and walk out with a cover note.
Find a "no appointment" MOT place, drive in, bribe the ****wits to pass it, sorry, I mean buy new shock absorbers/wiper blades/bulbs/ash tray cleaner, drive out with the certificate.
Walk into any post office with cash and the three bits of paper (V5, cover note, MOT certificate) and walk out with the tax disc.
Ring the broker and cancel the UK insurance (they'll keep most of the premium for "administraton"), ring your German or Australian insurer and do whatever is required to get the driver cover green card extended to cover this vehicle as required. Post half the V5 back to Swansea from Calais with the Exported box ticked.
Not the cheapest way but the fastest.
Andy
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