No Dona, its not that the Aussies are worried about you attacking someone with your cheese stick - its more what bugs and viruses might be imported into Australia through them. Australia, being such an isolated country, has managed to stay free of a lot of the nasties which infect other countries, such as foot and mouth disease, an various others who's names won't now come to mind. All food stuff and plant life, timber products are among a long list of things which MUST be declared when entering Australia, and run the risk of confiscation, although I did see a returning traveller get away with bringing huge amounts of Swiss chocolate back with him. Ruth (Sydney, Australia) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul and Dona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elizabeth Ligeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Travel restrictions
> It might depend on the airlines and airport, but I just flew Quantas and > Virgin Blue/Pacific Blue through 3 different Australian airports and 2 > different New Zealand airports and I had knitting with me every step of the > way and I never had any problem with it. Now my yogurt, cheese sticks and > dried beef jerky they took away. We had 24 hours of flying that day and > were hoping not have to eat airport food at every stop. Even if you're just > transiting through an airport they won't let you keep your snacks! I guess > you just never know what those nasty terrorists might do with those food > products! <bg> - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
