To take or not to take?
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To take or not to take?
I have three straw hats with broad brims which I wear for different things: one is my usual travel one and has fake sunflowers on the front; the second is a loose and not very good one I use for gardening; the third is a posher, more stylish but still very good one for the sun, that I've only worn once in UK.Question is: I'd like to take a straw hat with me to Australia but am worried the strict rules about plants and other organic things will mean it is confiscated; anyone know if I could take my nice straw hat in?
I have a vague recollection I may have taken the sunflower one in with me last time I went but am not sure now after all this time.
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Declare it t customs/quarantine, and let them look at it. My best trick with anything cane or straw is to put it in a plastic bag the night before leaving, spray it with insect spray and seal or tie the bag shut. That will kill anything that may have infested it while you weren't looking. Then, just before you leave, take it out of the bag, and shake it.Since doing this, I have never had a problem, and I am always bringing in baskets etc from Solomon Islands.
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Bunnings in Australia is the equivalent of B&Q in the UK.13
Bunnings is a hardware chain and the hats provide good sun shelter but are uninspiring. I have one, but have discarded the logoed hatband and replaced it with something more suited to my lifestyle (I alternate between an old naval cap band and a surf club hatband)Please bring your travel hat with the flowers. I am sure that you will have no problem bringing it through customs, but as others have said be sure to declare it. People with something to declare often clear customs a lot faster than those with nothing to declare, especially when the declared object is something trivial.
I look forward to my hat meeting your much prettier hat on a beach somewhere.
