Shipping home stuff from oz....

boogie woogie

Hi, I am living in Sydney and as you do when you set up camp anywhere i've accumulated a fair bit since i got here. has anyone shipped stuff home from oz and what do you think the best company is?? i've looked into some, eg seven seas. i dont mind it taking a few months to get home.
thanks for any advice!

Ruu_Old

Have you tried getting a quote from the bigger shipping companies, Fed Ex, UPS or DHL? I think they all do freight. Best of luck.

ToxicPaddy

If its all backpacking stuff or smaller stuff, have a look at these guys. Never used them but they advertise in Backpacker magazine etc and are Irish based which is a plus as most of these companies tend to be UK based. Ship using UPS and FedEx from what I can see.

http://www.postnet.ie/

Tox

Grem

I'm in the exact same position at the moment, DHL and those larger freight companies are SO expensive. I'd say give it a miss.
I sent some stuff home using Australia post before - you can send it by air (which is quite dear if you have heavy stuff) or by Sea (which is less expensive but takes up to 3 months to get home). Which is fine if its not urgent stuff or pressie's or anything.

You can buy boxes and stuff in the post office or else just get your own box and fill it up (but remember whats in it for filling out customs forms) and then bring it in and send it.

Cheese Princess

I used Australia Post to send home some boxes of clothes - very cheap if you send by sea. Takes a couple of months I think. Depends on what you want to send really.

daveg

Try Careline I hear they are good (www.careline.ie I think)