we're a smidge excited as our container with all our gumph from the UK arrives at our door on the 6th of december!!! (minus a fake christmas tree which the authorities stated was real: it's sooo not, they offered to fumigate it for $275 or destroy it for $55: we took the latter option)... be warned if you're thinking of emigrating here: don't bring anything that you're a little unsure of although, we were 100% sure of the chrimbo tree as it was bought in the uk in 2005, was in its original packaging which clearly stated 'fake and no real cones have been used in the structure'... however, the photographs that the brisbane authorities e-mailed to us did seem to confirm their suspicion that perhaps the cones WERE real?? at least it means that our shipment will now be released and delivered to us though, which is the best news.
overall though, our removal company have been brilliant... the packing guys in the uk were excellent and we were able to track the shipment on-line too. it arrived when it should have done and the correspondence from the liaison in brisbane has been very detailed... would deffo recommend them.
can't wait to get my dyson vacuum out when the container gets here (sad but true)... i spent over an hour cleaning the bloomin' thing out prior to packing it as well as scrubbing the tyres on our bicycle tyres and the soles of our shoes: no foreign dirt allowed here!!!
It will be soooo exciting to get all your familiar bits at last. Sad about the tree though. what will you do about that?
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