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An Easy Guide to Import Your Car from NZ to Australia

I recently moved to Canberra from Wellington for a job at the Australian National University and had to import my trusty Toyota Corolla Wagon that they do not sell in Australia and that would have been twice the price if I were to sell it in NZ and buy a replacement similar age car in Australia. The process was super easy despite much scare mongering online! Here is what you need to do. *NB!* This assumes that you are importing a family car as part of your move to Australia. :-) 1. Go to the Australian ROVER system, create a simple account and pay around $2 to apply and obtain (takes about a week) a permission to import the vehicle into Australia: https://rover.infrastructure.gov.au/ 2. Go to AutoHub and nobody else as they are by far the easiest and most experienced car mover I got a quote from: https://autohub.co.nz/ - follow their instructions and it costs around $3K including all fees for the valuer etc to ship the car the fast way directly from NZ to Australia and it takes ar