Shipping
from UK to Australia

As one of the of the UK’s best shipping companies to Australia, we can send a suitcase, a whole home load, a car and beyond.

Just like any country, Australia has its own list of restricted and prohibited items that you won’t be able to ship to Australia, but if Australia border control allows it, we ship it!

Items we typically send when shipping to Australia from the UK are:

• Clothes, accessories and shoes
• Sofas, armchairs and TV units
• Server systems, computers, work tools.

Your Australia shipping coordinator will provide you with an exhaustive list of items that you can and can’t send to Australia, or if you have any specific shipping queries, just ask!

There are a few things that are prohibited by Australian border control which means you can’t include them in your shipment to Australia. Restricted items include but are not limited to the below:

• Firearms or Ammunition – BB Guns, Firearm Parts, Firearm Accessories, Paintball Markers, Imitation Firearms and Ammunition
• Antibiotics – Tetracycline, Penicillin, Nitrofurazones, Sulpha Drugs, Rifampicin
• Knives or Daggers – Daggers, Automatic Knives, Star Knives, Sheath Knives, Butterfly Knives, Throwing Knives/Blades/Axes, Non-Metallic Knives, Ballistic Knives
• Crown Control Equipment – Body Armour, Electric Shock Devices, Acoustic Shock Devices, Expandable Batons or Anti-Personnel Sprays
• Cosmetics (Toxic Materials) – Cosmetics containing over 250mg/kg of lead or lead compounds, except for hair treatment products containing more than 250mg/kg of lead acetate

Get in touch with our professionals for a detailed list of items that are not allowed to be shipped to Australia.

We have two options when shipping to Australia. We ship methods to use when shipping stuff to Australia; sea freight, air freight and road freight. Each method – or a combination of – is beneficial to different customer requirements.

Sea Freight

If you are looking for cheap shipping to Australia, sea freight is your go-to option! Sea freight’s economic costs make it the most popular method of transport among our customers. Your items are arranged onto a shared or sole-use shipping container, which is loaded onto our cargo ship to Australia for delivery.

Sea freight is the slowest of our transport methods and you can expect your items to arrive within weeks for the UK to Australia shipping. For example, the average delivery time for air freight is 7 to 10 days, in contrast to the estimated 6 to 8 weeks for sea freight, but this is reflected in the bargain cost of shipping to Australia.

Air Freight

Air freight to Australia is the most expensive of our transport methods; however, it is the quickest and sometimes the most convenient way to send goods to Australia. We pack your possessions onto a commercial air carrier ready for take-off to your chosen airport in Australia. Air freight is the best transportation to Australia method if you need your items sending in a hurry as your goods will reach you in a matter of days. This timeliness does come with a much higher price tag than shipping to Australia using sea freight.

Yes! We ship boxes to Australia from the UK all the time.

Our smallest standard box size is 48 X 37 X 33 cm which is ideal if you’re shipping a large parcel to Australia. Also we can provide you with free export strength boxes if you need them – you don’t get that with other service providers.

It’s probably worth noting that we limit our box shipping service to what one person can carry and 30 kilos per item.

If you have any questions at all about sending boxes or parcels to Australia, our friendly team are at the end of the phone to help. They can talk you through the whole process and even provide you with an instant quote. Alternatively you can get a free online quote.

Our services for shipping items to Australia are adjusted to suit your budget and time-frame, but there are three principal factors that will influence your overall shipping costs to Australia from the UK; load size, transport method and end destination in Australia.

If you are looking for cheap shipping to Australia, sea freight is the recommended method as shipping costs from the UK to Australia are primarily estimated based on the dimensions of your load.

By assessing your load via our online home survey, we can determine if you require a shared shipping container or an exclusive container. A shared shipping container is cheaper as you’ll only be charged for space your goods consume within this container. So ideal if you’re shipping a box or a few items.

An exclusive shipping container is only really used for very large shipments, such as a home move or if you’re looking for car shipping to Australia.

If you’re shipping to Australia using air freight, you can expect to pay more as your costs are calculated based on the weight of your items. With this being said, air freight is great if you need your items urgently and it is a small load, a box or two, or a suitcase, for example.

Another contributing factor to the cost of shipping to Australia is the distance that your goods are travelling and how they are delivered upon arrival in Australia.

Shipping parcels, suitcases and household goods to Australia is already a stressful process and we don’t want to aggravate this by sneaking in any extra costs.

As an advanced international shipping company to Australia, we have our customer’s best interests at heart, which is why we include all of the costs in our transparent and detailed quotes, ensuring you know exactly how much you are paying, what you are paying for, and the service you should receive when you choose Anglo to ship to Australia:

• Industry standard tea cartons, moving boxes and packing materials to protect your items
• Movers and packers to arrive at your home, pack your belongings and create an inventory
• We load your possessions onto our vans and haul to our shipping containers or freight plane
• Send your items to Australia using the agreed shipping method
• We organise Australia customs clearances and assist with completing any documentation
• Your goods are delivered directly to your home, hotel or office in Australia
• Anglo can also assist with unpacking your items and disposing of any used packing materials

If you’re shipping a small amount of goods and would prefer to pack your items yourself then we can provide you with packing materials for you.

Here are some handy pointers to ensure your items reach you safely when sending your goods to Australia from the UK.

Pack in advance

There is no such thing as being over prepared when sending a package to Australia. The earlier you start organising your home and packing your bags, the less likely you will be to forget something vital. When possible, start packing 6 to 8 weeks prior to your move to allow time to pack room-by-room and at a steady pace.

Pack light

If you declutter your belongings as you go and only pack items that you need to ship or that have great sentimental value, you will make the shipping process a lot easier for yourself and also reduce the cost of shipping goods to Australia.

Wrap your fragile and precious items

One of the most important phases of packing is wrapping your fragile goods and precious items with packing materials such as tissue paper, corrugated card, bubble wrap and packing foam to minimise the risk of harm. Examples of fragile items include artwork, glassware, china, mirrors, pictures, china, crockery etc.

Use the right sized moving boxes

Choosing the appropriately sized moving boxes is not often thought of, but using a box that is too big or too small means an increased risk of damage. The contents of your box should have a little bit of space around them and then this space should be filled with packing foam.

Label all boxes clearly

The first benefit of labelling your moving boxes is for ease of organisation and unpacking when your goods reach your new home. It is a much quicker task if you know what rooms the boxes belong in without opening them. But you should also label self-pack boxes with your name, contact details and new address so that your goods can be easily forwarded to your on the very small chance they are misplaced.

We have purpose-designed tea cartons and moving boxes for shipping goods from the UK to Australia. Our boxes are made in various shapes and dimensions to accommodate any loads. If you need small or large moving boxes, flat, cubed or long, there is a shipping box or tea carton to home your items!

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The cost of shipping to Australia depends a lot on the following:

• The total volume of the items you’re shipping.
• Your chosen transit method.
• Your end destination.