Shipping to brisbane (2 Viewers)

[pampam]

My son has asked me to ask on here ,if anyone has ever shipped a 28 foot motorhome over to brisbane ,if so was it very expensive and was it a lot of hassle? Thanks pampam

 

[busbuddy]

I have shipped many cars the other way in containers but will the motorhome fit in a container ?
And is the hab door on the correct side, they are very strict on rhd over there

Expensive is a relative term no hassle...just have to wait a bit
I know someone who shipped his lhd german van over there and converted it to rhd because he wanted it there

 

[Jays2]

The problem can be how clean it is, as it will be inspected on arrival.
Then if not clean ( not internal) it get transported to be cleaned, then transported back to be inspected and so on.
This could be the issue that needs to be worked out .
Or just buy one there, then sell it on.
We did that in New Zealand, lost about £200 on the deal 6 months later.

 

[L' Hobo]

I have shipped many cars the other way in containers but will the motorhome fit in a container ?
And is the hab door on the correct side, they are very strict on rhd over there

Expensive is a relative term no hassle...just have to wait a bit
I know someone who shipped his lhd german van over there and converted it to rhd because he wanted it there

When I lived there many years ago, what has been described was okay but one couldn't buy a NEW LHD and ship it to Australia.
Despite one of the tours sponsors being Holden ( Australia's largest car manufacturer) our LHD Holden Terrana's the French Stunt team drove, had to be export to New Caledonia offload, register them there, then reload them for shipment back to Sydney.

As you say, they were VERY strict but the law may have changed so better check.

 

[Blue Moon]

My son has asked me to ask on here ,if anyone has ever shipped a 28 foot motorhome over to brisbane ,if so was it very expensive and was it a lot of hassle? Thanks pampam

Have a look at seabridge-tours.de. They'll arrange shipping a Moho all over the world.

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[ianp]

Have a look at seabridge-tours.de. They'll arrange shipping a Moho all over the world.

It was around £8k if memory serves a few years ago, it goes on meterage of some kind.......but when you find out please come back to us with the ball park figure as its aways good to have the approximate figure in mind.....

 

[Brains]

It was around £8k if memory serves a few years ago, it goes on meterage of some kind.......but when you find out please come back to us with the ball park figure as its aways good to have the approximate figure in mind.....

Cubic meters.

X amount per meter on length and then Y amount for the cubic
Fairly standard way of calculating costs on wheeled freight on a ship, as weight is less than one tonne per cubic meter.

 

[Bessy765]

The precautions for the prevention and control of insects and bacteria are very strict even when we looked at exporting our brand new van there the hygiene process was quoted at around $4000 yes we had a quote from sea bridge return was around $9000 in 2019

 

[L' Hobo]

The precautions for the prevention and control of insects and bacteria are very strict even when we looked at exporting our brand new van there the hygiene process was quoted at around $4000 yes we had a quote from sea bridge return was around $9000 in 2019

When I was there, one even had to unload certain products at the State Borders especially between NSW and Queensland.

I was once driving a multi load truck and had to drop and leave the trailor with straw on the Queensland side, travel into NSW for about 25miles to collect some stuff, then return to the same crossing to collect the trailor before dropping all off at Cairns.

 

[ianp]

The precautions for the prevention and control of insects and bacteria are very strict even when we looked at exporting our brand new van there the hygiene process was quoted at around $4000 yes we had a quote from sea bridge return was around $9000 in 2019

Mmmm so about £10k all in.......then it opens up the option for NZ too or for the adventuous......PNG, Indonesia, Borneo or Sumartra.......dont know about the rest but the roads in Borneo are very good........in parts!

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[Mick and Ruth]

I was speaking to a German guy with a massive overlander and English guy the other week in Norway. The German Guy had done 2 years around Oz in his truck and the Brit had shipped his van out to Canada. Both said if I was to consider it use a German shipping company they are a lot cheaper.