Removals to Australia
Planning removals to Australia? It’s one of the longest moves you can make — and one of the most rewarding. From our depot in Surrey to your new front door in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth or Brisbane, we handle the distance, the paperwork and Australia’s famously strict biosecurity rules, so your household arrives cleared and intact.
What's Included in Our Australia Removals Service
- Export packing designed to meet Australian quarantine inspection standards - clean, pest-free, and properly documented
- Sole use containers (12-14 weeks) or shared groupage (14-18 weeks) with weekly departures to all major Australian ports
- Export wrapping and cleaning for biosecurity — outdoor gear, garden tools, bikes and wooden items cleaned and prepared so they're less likely to be held for inspection or treatment on arrival. See our packing services.
- Containerised storage before shipping — if your visa, house sale or new place isn't ready, your packed goods wait securely at our Godstone depot on flexible terms and load onto the container when you are.
How Your Move to Australia Works
A tried-and-tested process, run by our own team in Surrey and Britannia’s agents in Australia.
Survey & Biosecurity Briefing
We survey your Surrey home, in person or by video, and talk you through what Australian biosecurity looks for — soil, plant or food traces, untreated wood — so there are no surprises when your container is inspected on arrival.
Packing to Australian Standards
Our own crew cleans and packs the items quarantine scrutinises most — garden tools, outdoor furniture, camping gear, bikes — and inventories and barcodes everything to Australian inspection standards.
Shipping & Pre-Clearance
Your container sails for your Australian port, one of the longest routes we run, and with your paperwork completed correctly, customs and quarantine clearance can begin before you land.
Delivery Down Under
Our Britannia partner in Australia delivers to your door in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane or beyond, unpacks room by room, and removes all the wrapping and cartons.
Why Britannia Sandersteads for Australia
Every move to Australia we run is handled by the same family firm from start to finish. Britannia Sandersteads has been family-run in Surrey since 1972, is part of the Britannia Cooperative, a BAR member and a National Quality Award winner in 2023 and 2024, and we crew every job with our own full-time staff. It’s one strand of our wider international removals from Surrey.
- Pre-clearance capability - unlike many destinations, Australia allows customs processing before you arrive, saving valuable time in those first weeks
- Experienced with Australia's strict biosecurity regime - we know what triggers inspection and pack accordingly to minimise delays
- Britannia agents across Australia who are part of our extended network and meet regular quality audits
- Guidance on visa-specific eligibility for duty-free import - the rules differ for long-term working visas, permanent residents, and returning Australian/NZ nationals
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Can my goods be cleared before I arrive in Australia?
What items might cause quarantine problems?
How long does the whole process take from start to finish?
Can you store our belongings before the container ships to Australia?
Yes. Australia sailings run to a schedule, and your move-out date won’t always match it. If you’re ready first, your packed and inventoried goods wait in our containerised storage at our Godstone depot — flexible terms, no long-term tie-in — and go onto the container once the sailing’s confirmed.
What affects the cost of removals to Australia?
The main factors are your volume, whether you take a sole-use container or share a groupage one, your packing level, any biosecurity cleaning or treatment your goods need, storage before shipping, and access at both ends. Every quote comes from a survey of your actual home, not a flat rate.
What can't I ship to Australia?
Australian biosecurity restricts anything that could carry pests or disease — food, seeds, plants and soil, and some untreated wood, wicker or animal products. We’ll flag anything questionable at your survey; when in doubt, leave it out and check the current rules with Australian biosecurity.