Travelling with bonsai

[Jason]

Am heading over to Sydney at the end of the month, and am planning on checking out a few bonsai related sites. My plan was to just get a few pots, and enjoy twhat I can see, but I was wondering what the deal is with travelling with bonsai? Living in WA, I just assume that its not possible to bring a bonsai back with me with our strict laws, but is there anyway to do so? without it costing me an arm and a leg that is lol

[Pup]

You could always chance your luck, a friend of mine brought one over in a box that mobile phones are packed in. It is still alive and thriving.

Enquire at WA quarantine office and get all the info there. I have heard of people bringing back trees just find out what the requirements are.

Do not try with any of the Myrtaceae, family though they are on the no no list because of Myrtle rust.

from a credible nursery should be OK.

[PAUL2229]

yeah if its small enough put it in a box and take it as carry on luggage. if you cant do that and want to take it as normal luggage make sure you put as many of the orientation labels as you can fit, cover that box with arrows pointing up and FRAGILE labels otherwise it will arrive upside down and squashed

[cre8ivbonsai]

yeah if its small enough put it in a box and take it as carry on luggage. if you cant do that and want to take it as normal luggage make sure you put as many of the orientation labels as you can fit, cover that box with arrows pointing up and FRAGILE labels otherwise it will arrive upside down and squashed

didn't you know ... "Fragile" means Throw hard, and "this way up" means Throw harder! sorry Paul but those stickers mean nothing in air freight

[Jason]

yeah if its small enough put it in a box and take it as carry on luggage. if you cant do that and want to take it as normal luggage make sure you put as many of the orientation labels as you can fit, cover that box with arrows pointing up and FRAGILE labels otherwise it will arrive upside down and squashed

didn't you know ... "Fragile" means Throw hard, and "this way up" means Throw harder! sorry Paul but those stickers mean nothing in air freight

Learnt that the hard way too Had an awesome pot come in the mail, only to find it split in two. Had fragile stickers all over it, and was well packed. Haven't been keen to risk it since lol

You could always chance your luck, a friend of mine brought one over in a box that mobile phones are packed in. It is still alive and thriving.

Enquire at WA quarantine office and get all the info there. I have heard of people bringing back trees just find out what the requirements are.

Do not try with any of the Myrtaceae, family though they are on the no no list because of Myrtle rust.

from a credible nursery should be OK.

Yeah the Mrytle rust is a bummer, as it rules out most of my favorites, but I might drop the quarantine office a call and see what other options I have

I'd ruled it out entirely, but its good to know there is some hope at least

appreciate the responses

[PAUL2229]

yeah if its small enough put it in a box and take it as carry on luggage. if you cant do that and want to take it as normal luggage make sure you put as many of the orientation labels as you can fit, cover that box with arrows pointing up and FRAGILE labels otherwise it will arrive upside down and squashed

didn't you know ... "Fragile" means Throw hard, and "this way up" means Throw harder! sorry Paul but those stickers mean nothing in air freight

in close to eight years of working in logistics ive never had a problem with people throwing around fragile cartons, 99% of my stuff comes through the international cargo terminal so the guys working there are probably more aware of the labels than the guys handling baggage but I still think its your best option and if you really worried just put a Class 8 dangerous goods label on the package and I guarantee people will handle it with a lot more care lol

[Jason]

Are there any 'must see' places that I should visit? I've been to sydney a few times, but never with Bonsai in my head. Am visiting my mum who lives over there, and have convinced her to check out a few places with me, maybe get an early chrissy present or something

So far, i'm hoping to get to Bonsai South, Ray Nesci (if I can get out there), and hopefully Auburn gardens are there any 'must see' places for a bonsai nut in sydney?

[Josh]

I would highly recommend the Chinese garden of friendship in Darling harbor. They have some bonsai but the gardens are well worth the time to visit. Allow a bit of time to wonder and enjoy. Say hi the Leong at Bonsai south, he is a top bloke and will take the time to talk. Enjoy and have fun.

Josh

[Jason]

I would highly recommend the Chinese garden of friendship in Darling harbor. They have some bonsai but the gardens are well worth the time to visit. Allow a bit of time to wonder and enjoy. Say hi the Leong at Bonsai south, he is a top bloke and will take the time to talk. Enjoy and have fun.

Josh

Cheers Josh, will definately add that to the list I think that is not too far from where we are staying either, so will be perfect

[Jason]

Well I didn't get in to see Bonsai South, but I did get in to see Ray Nesci's as well as the Japanese Gardens in Auburn, and the Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour

Just want to say that Ray's was amazing! Was a torturous trip, being able to look but not buy, but the chat that I had with Ray more then made up for that. I was with him for a good couple of hours whilst he took me around his nursery, and showed me his collection and answered each of my questions. I didn't want to take up his time, but he seemed more then happy to take me around and show me the sites of the nursery, which was mind blowing for me compared to the few I've seen in Perth. I really had a great time, and just wanted to reccomend it to anyone who is thinking about dropping in or hasn't gone yet Have my new Nesci Calender on my desk

Auburn Japanese Gardens was great, but unfortunately the cherry blossoms were only flowering half-heartedly, so wasn't at 100%, plus being father's day... its was quite chaotic. Nearly went for swim in the pond while dodging the young ones Wasn't too bad, but could have done with a bit of work, there were a few trees recently chopped down that distracted a bit from the overall look.

The Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour were amazing. So peaceful and tranquil, I could have quite happily stayed there all day sitting under one tree or another. Very well kept garden, that was almost in full bloom (weird seasons might be to blame for that) but still looked great. I did the 'pamphlet tour', which was just following the map around through the different sections of the garden, but it was really nice. Felt so strange to step out of the city into this peaceful garden setting!

Took a few photos which I'll post up when I get them onto the PC