Border Control

Australia has strict customs and border security guides to what you can and can not bring into our country. It's a good idea to familiarise yourself with some of rules before setting off to Australia, it will help for a smoother trip and will help you to avoid any unexpected trouble.

When going through an international airport you and your luggage will be checked by customs before you board your flight out of the country. To make sure you are not carrying any dangerous goods or items prohibited to enter you intended destination. You may then be checked again on arrival to Australia. In Australia we have specially trained customs officers and specially trained sniffer dogs to help protect our boarder, you may be asked to open your luggage and it be searched for prohibited items. Please remember that bringing a prohibited item into Australia will incur a fine.

Entering or exiting Australia will mean presenting your Passport, Outgoing Passenger card and Boarding Pass. Failure to do so may see you missing you flight.

Prohibited items include all drugs, counterfeit items and certain types of pornography. You will also need to declare the following items: Fire arms and weapons, Currency, Food and Plants, Performance enhancing drugs, Medicine, Any protected wildlife, Veterinary products and Heritage listed items.

Failure to declare certain items will mean a fine of up to thousands of dollars, aswell as the item being taken from you.

Always make sure you are up to date with customs rules and regulations to insure a happy and safe trip.