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Welcome to the new Burke Bros Moving Group Blog
A couple of time a month we tend to get asked unusual questions aboutremovals and storage issues, especially moving items abroad. Sometime we have the answer to hand, other times we do a little research and forward our findings on to the customer.
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Victorian Rocking Horse With Real Horse Hair
Customer Question:
I want to import inheritance goods into Canada and within the consignment there is a Victorian rocking horse with real horse hair, would there be any problems with this?
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Amethyst Rock Pieces Entering New Zealand.
Customer Question:
Please could you advise as to whether there would be any problems with importing Amethyst rock pieces into New Zealand?
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Martial Arts Equipment Nuchaku, Sai, and Bo Entering Australia.
Customer Question:
Are Martial Arts Equipment allowed from the UK into Australia? The effects in question are Sai x 3 sets, Bo x 3, and a pair of Nunchaku’s.
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Untreated Wicker, Basket-Weave, Rattan Items & Dried Flower Arrangements Entering Canada.
Customer Question:
Could you please give us your advice as we are receiving conflicting reports about certain effects entering Canada. Do outside & outdoor effects have to be almost clinically clean? Are untreated wicker, basket-weave, rattan items and dried flower arrangements allowed to be imported without any problems?
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New Alga (Fungus) Forces Australian Authorities To Carry Out Major Checks On All Fresh Water Connected Items, Before Entering Their Country.
Blog Alert:
A new fresh water alga has appeared on the horizon that is going to cause some heartache to people moving to Australia. This is a alga weed (fungus) called Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata) that grows in fresh water and has invaded rivers and lakes in Europe, Asia, North America and New Zealand...
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Taiwanese Hand Made Paper Impregnated With Seeds and Flowers.
Customer Question:
We have 10 cartons (2 cubic feet) each of Thai hand made paper having seeds and flower petals impregnated therein. It is called Mulberry paper. Please could you indicate what the cost would be to have the paper treated....
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Diving Cylinders to New Zealand?
Customer Question:
Will there be any problem, upon arrival in New Zeeland, with Empty Diving Cylinders loaded in to the container?
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Vintage Cars Workshop and Spares to New Zealand?
Customer Question:
Will there be any problem taking a 25 litre can of Racing Motor Oil (sealed) loaded in a container? And, can we take varnished wooden Car Ramps for the Roll-on/Roll-off?
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Transporting Vintage Cars To New Zealand?
Customer Question:
What do we need to know about transporting our Vintage Cars from the UK to Auckland New Zealand? We plan to use a 40ft Container, plus arrive by Ro/Ro (Roll-on/Roll-off) ferry.
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Moving a Plasma TV Screen To the USA?
Customer Question:
Is it worth taking my expensive Plasma TV to the USA.
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Preserved Game Birds to Australia?
Customer Question:
Can we take our collection of preserved Game Birds with us to Australia?
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Seashells to Australia?
Customer Question:
Can we take our seashells with us when we move to Australia?
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Rocking Horse with Real Hair?
Customer Question:
Would we be allowed to import a Rocking Horse that has Real Horse Hair as its mane?
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Will a Bouquet need Fumigating
Customer Question: Would we be allowed to import in to Australia a preserved wedding bouquet which is in a glass case or would it need fumigating?
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Gluten Free Pasta And Flour?
Customer Question: Due to medical and dietary reasons, with regard to our container shipmentfrom the UK to Australia, would we be able to import several cartons ofunopened gluten free pasta and flour?
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