Thinking of Australia trip

ultrak3wl

Terri I don't know why you appear to have got it in for me in this thread but I really suggest you leave it alone now.

Incapuppy

ultrak3wl wrote: »

Terri I don't know why you appear to have got it in for me in this thread but I really suggest you leave it alone now.

I can assure you I haven't 'got it in for you' - I'm at a loss as to why you appear to feel threatened by my posts on this thread? And who is Terri ?

Safiya_2

Ultra

Found this Australian Customs website for you:

http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4443

Plenty of other things to worry about than Customs during your Australian visit - apparently our country is crawling with more spiders, snakes and sharks than an entire David Attenborough series (although it's not really - the crocodiles ate them all...)

Have a wonderful trip wherever you decide to go.

Saff

ultrak3wl

Hey Safiya thanks very much

dazzer68

jackieblack wrote: »

Never had a problem with US homeland security - we've always found them perfectly polite.

i have never had a problem either, they are effiecient, polite, with just the right amount of officialness about them, after all its a very serious job they have to do, unlike landing at gatwick where you can just stroll though. i respect the usa securities way of doing it more than ours.
i dont mind queuing up for an hour, if it means it puts people off who perhaps shouldnt be there in the first place.

screamer

conradmum wrote: »

It's a very long way to go for a short holiday! It's a long time since I've been there (though going back this summer :j) but from memory they aren't any better or worse than anywhere else. They're extremely strict about bringing in any animal or vegetable matter, though, so expect to be hung, drawn and quartered over this.

It may seem over-sensitive to be concerned about immigration control at airports, but this is actually one thing that's currently putting me off going to the US. There have been lots of stories about appalling treatment of visitors there.

I went to Orlando last year and not only was going through customs nice and quick, the chaps that dealt with us had a laugh with us. I guess the whole thing depends on the individual, how many idiots they've dealt with that day, doing the same thing over and over and over again, being asked the same old stupid questions does get kind of tedious! On the way home I had a load of fridge magnets in my hand luggage so the alarm went off obviously. The woman was very patient when I had to empty out all 100 plus keyrings, fridge magnets and pressed pennies. The only thing that bugged me about the airport was they don't have any rubbish bins so you either do the rude thing and leave the rubbish somewhere or you take it with you. Always found it best to leave it. Wouldn't dream of doing that anywhere over here!!! The Americans are lovely people. Respect them and they will treat you like royalty!

screamer

Incapuppy, I'm with you. Why is the guy so worried about immigration, fingerprinting etc, when he's just flown 20k miles for a holiday. Visit a foreign country and you have to expect it, but there's something we don't know if he doesn't want to be fingerprinted or he doesn't want the Australian government to know he's in their country!