bahuma: the blog

Today I finally got around to going to Customs to lodge the paperwork for my incoming shipment of personal effects from the USA. It has been bugging me for a while and I probably should have done it sooner.

I walked to town and on the way noticed that there was a LOT of police cars about. Not just police cars, saw a couple of pretty nice police 4×4’s and a police boat!

Upon arriving at Customs I picked up the phone on the counter and dialled 1222 for service. A nice lady came out and went through my forms and took my ID (Passport, 2x driver licenses). After coping some relevant info and signing my life away, I was directed to go and visit quarantine a few blocks away so they could assess whether or not they would want to inspect my items or not. Another nice lady helped me and went through my stuff. After making a joke that I might have swine flu (ha ha!), she said they will release my shipment in the system today saving me time and money! woohoo!

Since I was in town I popped into the Harris Scarfe department store. I saw a nice 7.5L cast iron pot on the front page of their catalogue for $99 (down from $399 but I bet no one ever pays that much) which I was interested in. Surprisingly enough they had some in stock! On my way up the stairs to homewares I noticed a sign that said if you spend over $150 on homewares, we will deliver your order FREE to your home next day. Beauty I thought as I was not sure if I was going to buy one or not if I had to lug it 2-3 km up the hill. So I bought two of the buggers, one for me and one for Dad.

Once I arrived home I paid my Melbourne port fees and rang the Cargo company. They gave me an update that my stuff left Melbourne yesterday and is due to Hobart on a truck on the 10th. If all goes well I should have my stuff on the 11th or 12th!