<I've watched a few episodes of "Nothing to Declare" about the work of
<Australian customs officers, and how they clamp down really hard on taking
<certain things into the country, one of them being items made of wood.
<Presumably it applies to bone as well - or perhaps not.
The Australian TV programmes about customs checks certainly seem to
make prospective travellers apprehensive!
When travelling from New Zealand to Australia, I have taken a travel
pillow several times -admittedly, not now in hand luggage, because
of the security restrictions.
Each time I travel with bobbins, I make sure that I declare them, and
have only had to explain that they are turned wood (I haven't
travelled with bone bobbins, up to now) to have them 'okayed' by the
customs officers. If I'm asked to show the bobbins, I presume that
this is because the officer doesn't understand what lace bobbins are:
this happens *very* rarely.
When we travel to the US in July, I shall put a couple of bobbins in
my hand luggage deliberately, to have them ready to show if/when
asked - not special ones, just basic ones - and if there are
questions and comments, I shall report these to the list on my return!
Erica, in New Zealand
Erica and Ian McLeod
Coalgate, New Zealand
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