Send parcels to Australia
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Australia may be on the other side of the planet, but Parcelcompare makes sending to Australia fast, easy and affordable. We help you find the fastest, cheapest shipping options to get your parcel to Australia, while offering savings of up to 60% on shipping directly. And because Parcelcompare only works with the best courier networks, you know that your parcel is in the best possible hands.
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Our online price calculator makes it easy to compare our prices and delivery times, making it easy to find the cheapest way to send a parcel to Australia. In fact, our rates are so low that you can even make savings against the cost of postage to Australia.
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Shipping costs to Australia
Whether you're sending a gift to Australia, a small package, or a large bulky item, Parcelcompare offers a range of price options to suit your budget. Our huge buying power enables us to offer amazing value without any compromise on service. And unlike with postage to Australia, with Parcelcompare you get real-time tracking, signed for delivery, and fast delivery times.
We also offer great rates to other parts of Asia:
Australia parcel postage services
Whether you're sending a parcel to Melbourne or Sydney, or need to ship from Australia to London, Parcelcompare offers a range of export and import shipping options, with fast express delivery, or cheap economy delivery if price is your main concern.
Shipping to Australia from the UK
Express – 3/4 Day Delivery
Economy – 5/7 Day Delivery
Shipping from Australia to UK
Express – 2/3 Day Delivery
Economy – 4/6 Day Delivery
Express delivery
Fast 3 – 4 Day Delivery
AM Australia delivery
Guaranteed pre-9, 10 AM and
Noon delivery.
Economy delivery
Economical 5 to 7 day delivery
for large or bulky items
Customs in Australia
When shipping to Australia, your parcel will pass through customs clearance. Although packages worth less than 1,000 AU$ will not be subject to duties and taxes, all packages – except documents – require a customs invoice to clear customs. Parcelcompare automatically provides you with all the paperwork you need to get your package where it needs to get to in Australia. Duties and Taxes, when they are applied, are applied by Australian customs – not Parcelcompare.
Collection & delivery
Collection
Whether you're sending from the UK to Australia, or shipping from Australia to the UK, we can collect same day from most locations.
However, if your parcel is over 50kg, or larger than 180cm long, you will have to book a day in advance. For these larger or heavier goods, you will need to provide your pick-up courier with assistance loading or unloading the delivery.
If you're sending a pallet or an item requiring a tail lift or pallet truck, please contact our customer care team prior to collection.
Delivery
With the exception of our timed delivery services, we deliver between 9am and 7pm on normal working days. Most couriers make 3 delivery attempts as standard, however if your sending to more remote areas of Australia such as the Gibson Desert or Bremer Bay, only one delivery attempt will be made.
Some of our partner couriers, such as UPS, may leave a parcel in a safe place without requiring a signature. If you need proof of delivery, please use the upgrade option 'Signature required' on our 'select service page'.
Parcel tracking
When you book with Parcelcompare, we also offer free door-to-door tracking. This means that you will be able to keep up with every step of your parcel's journey to Australia, from the moment that you hand it to a courier until it arrives at its destination. If there is a problem, your package status will change to 'exception' and a scan will notify you of the delay. That way, no matter what happens, you're in the loop. Simply enter your parcel tracking number into our tracking page to get started.
Just to make sure you know exactly what is going on, if any delays occur along the way, we will email you to notify you of the issue and advise you on what steps are required to resolve the delay.
Sending gifts to Australia
There are no duty and tax exemptions for sending gifts to Australia from the UK, which means that all gifts will go through customs as a normal shipment. They will also be subject to duties and taxes but, like any other parcel, this is not the case if they are worth less than 1,000 AU$.
Do bear in mind when sending gifts to Australia, that customs do reserve the right to open and inspect parcels, and if they do so any gift-wrapping you had may be damaged or removed.
Learn more about Duty free concessions
Sending luggage or excess baggage to Australia
When sending luggage or personal goods to Australia by courier, they are considered unaccompanied personal effects. Unless you meet certain conditions, these are still subject to the same import duties and taxes as a normal parcel. However, if you do meet the conditions then you won't have to pay any import duty or tax when importing personal goods.
Bear in mind that you can only send goods like clothing, footwear and books as personal goods, and sending items as personal goods may add extra time to clear customs.
If you want to import luggage or personal goods without having to pay duties or taxes, you have to fulfil all of the following:
Be the owner of the goods and have personally owned and used the goods for at least 12 months before departing for Australia
Have arrived or intend to arrive in Australia, and
Be an arriving person who is a permanent resident (returning to Australia) or a first time migrant from a place outside Australia taking up permanent residency.
Large parcel and air freight to Australia
With Parcelcompare you can send even large parcels and heavy items to Australia, just be sure to book at least one day in advance. We can deliver items up to 270cm in length and pallets up to 1,000kg in weight, as long as they are safely packaged. Just keep in mind that if your package is heavier than 50 kg, even if it doesn't require a forklift, you will need to book at least 24 hours in advance and may be required to assist in loading or unloading the shipment.
Sending food to Australia
There are plenty of Australian delicacies that are looked at curiously from around the world, but for those who aren't native to the land down under, there is nothing like the taste of home. So whether you yearn for baked beans, or Vegemite just doesn't cut it and Marmite's your thing, with Parcelcompare shipping food to Australia is easy, as long as you stick to a few simple rules.
What you can send:
Non-perishable foods
Store bought foods with a best before date over 6 months away
Items must be in the original manufacturers packaging and unopened
The food label needs to list all the ingredients
The best before date must be displayed on the packaging
Examples of pershable foods: Crisp and savory foods, Chocolates and candy, Canned foods, Herbs and Spices in sealed containers, tea bags, Jams and other preserves
What you cannot send:
Perishable foods
Foods with a shelf life of less than 6 months
Homemade foods or any foods not in the original manufacturers packaging
Foods that can spoil during transit
Food in packaging that have been opened
Food that does not contain a food label listing the ingredients
Packaging your parcel
With an entire ocean to traverse, it should come as no surprise that your package risks a few bumps or knocks during its journey. To make sure your goods arrive in good condition, you should properly package them.
1. USE A STRONG BOX
Get a new box if you can, as used ones can often have weaknesses you can't see. We recommend double lined boxes for anything over 10kg. Also make sure the box is big enough for the contents, stuffing the box with too many items can put strain on the box.
2. PACK WITH CARE
Make sure all individual items are wrapped separately and suspended in a packing material, such as bubble wrap or parcel peanuts. Completely pack the box with packaging material so the items cannot move around.
3. SEAL TIGHTLY
Use strong packing tape and create a Union Jack flag pattern around your box, going three times around in each direction. Make sure there are no old labels stuck to the outside and that your new shipping labels are securely attached, with all information clearly visible.
Holidays and gift giving occasions in Australia
In Australia the National Public Holidays that are celebrated uniformly throughout the country are listed below.
All other public holidays such as Queen's Birthday and Labour Day are individually declared by the state and territory governments. Therefore, before sending your parcel, be sure to check the official state websites to discover which dates are celebrated in your destination state, to ensure you don’t have a delay in your delivery.
