Australia has strict quarantine laws to protect its precious agricultural industry and unique environment.
Articles prohibited from entering Australia
Australian customs law prohibits drugs, steroids, weapons, guns and protected wildlife from being brought into Australia. Some common items, such as fresh or packaged food, fruits, eggs, meat, plants, seeds, fur, soil and sand, are also prohibited. Prohibited items will be confiscated and destroyed by AQIS and can be discarded in the airport quarantine box by themselves.
(1) Dairy products and eggs
Noodles, zongzi, moon cakes and egg instant noodles
Processing marinated eggs, eggs, preserved eggs, duck eggs and quail eggs.
All dairy products containing mayonnaise
The ingredients contain more than 10% of dairy products, including three-in-one coffee/milk tea, Merlot milk powder and ready-to-eat cereal food containing milk ingredients (baby milk substitutes and dairy products from New Zealand are allowed).
(2) Non-canned meat products
For example:
Sausage/sausage
Duck liver, duck kidney, duck intestines, beef strips, beef granules, beef jerky, beef, shredded pork, moon cakes with pork, instant noodles with meat, pig feet and barbecued pork.
Pet food (including fish food and bird food)
Living animals
(3) Herbs and traditional Chinese medicine
Chinese herbal medicines with "shapes" such as velvet antler, velvet antler, antler essence, deer penis and donkey-hide gelatin (deer products from New Zealand are allowed to be used and marked as New Zealand products).
Bird's nest, Cordyceps sinensis, Ganoderma lucidum, gecko, dried deer tendon, turtle, oxtail, snow clam paste, etc.
(4) Seeds and nuts
Living plants, including cuttings, roots, bulbs, grains and rhizomes.
Cereal food, unprocessed nuts, raw chestnuts, fresh flowers, pine cones, fruits, vegetable seeds, commercially packaged seeds, seeds and bean decorations, hawthorn, red beans and mung beans.
(5) Fresh fruits and vegetables
All fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables
(6) Others
Biological materials: including human/animal vaccines and therapeutic supplies (special import terms are required).
Soil and sand: including articles containing soil and sand (stones without soil and sand can be brought in)
Popcorn and raw dried fruits
Handicrafts and souvenirs containing or made of seeds
Articles to be declared when entering Australia
"Declaration" refers to telling the Australian Customs what articles you have brought into the country, so as to facilitate the customs' inspection and management of imported articles. If you carry undeclared articles, you may be confiscated by the customs and even fined!
Food: aviation food, packaged food, commercial food, drugs for personal use, sedatives, honey and bee products and pet food.
Dairy products: infant formula and breast milk for personal use;
Meat and seafood: canned meat, canned New Zealand meat products and seafood (excluding shrimp).
Nuts and seeds: commercially packaged nuts (including cooked nuts, vacuum-packed nuts, raw nuts with shells not exceeding 2kg) and seeds belonging to Australian species that can be imported (excluding insects, soil, disease traits, etc.). ).
Necessary items before leaving Australia
1. Passport+printed visa approval letter
2. Air tickets or electronic travel routes
3. Offer and electronic confirmation letter (COE)
4. Various notarized materials, such as graduation certificate, notarial certificate of kinship, etc.
5 tuition fees and medical insurance payment receipts or remittance vouchers for overseas students.
6. Notebooks, cameras, mobile power supplies and other electronic equipment.
7. Wallets (small denomination cash, credit cards, etc.). )
Everyday clothes: The seasons in Australia are opposite to those in China. Although clothes can be bought locally, students have not adapted to life in Australia for the first time, and there is not much time. Therefore, students can prepare their daily clothes in advance according to the average temperature in major cities below Australia.
Melbourne: the average temperature in winter is 6-15℃; ; The average temperature in summer 15-25℃, sometimes exceeding 30℃; Three days in a row.
Sydney: The coolest month is from June to August, with an average temperature of 9-17℃; ; In summer, the average temperature is between 19-26℃ and the average humidity is as high as 65%.
Brisbane: It is dry and mild in winter, with an average temperature of11-21℃; The average summer temperature is 21-30℃;
Gold coast: dry and rainy in winter, with an average temperature of12.5-22℃; ; The average temperature in summer is 21-29℃; ;
Canberra: Average winter temperature 1- 12℃,13-27℃; Summer;
Adelaide: The average temperature in winter is 8- 16℃,17-29℃; Summer;
Patch panel: There are only 3 holes in the jack in Australia. Students should pay attention to the fact that the plug of the wiring board you bring must be 3 holes. It is best to have both 2 holes and 3 holes on the circuit board, and at least one conversion plug should be prepared.