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**QQQQQ-Trek** · 08-06-2010, 06:13 PM

So if you bring in, say, a pair of shoes, you have to specifically declare if they're leather? That seems a little OTT. Most countries seem to want to know if you're bringing in food, seeds, or some kind of animal product from an endangered species, or actual live animals, or have visited a farm.

Is there some kind of foreign invasive species crisis in Oz? In Canada the big ones are pine beetles, longhorn beetles, zebra mussels and purple loosestrife.

Australia has a lot of native species that are unique and haven't been in contact with bacteria, disease, infestion etc from other countries. I imagine the Australian government wants to keep it that way. That's why customs and quarantine is so strict

08-06-2010, 06:13 PM	#8
QQQQQ-Trek Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 659 Senior Member	So if you bring in, say, a pair of shoes, you have to specifically declare if they're leather? That seems a little OTT. Most countries seem to want to know if you're bringing in food, seeds, or some kind of animal product from an endangered species, or actual live animals, or have visited a farm. Is there some kind of foreign invasive species crisis in Oz? In Canada the big ones are pine beetles, longhorn beetles, zebra mussels and purple loosestrife. Australia has a lot of native species that are unique and haven't been in contact with bacteria, disease, infestion etc from other countries. I imagine the Australian government wants to keep it that way. That's why customs and quarantine is so strict
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