ACK! EEK!

[Guest guest]

When did it become November? It can't be, it really cannot. If I don't get

cracking now, the Christmas/Yule candy won't be done. Yoicks!

 

I'm madly paring down the variety of candies I'll make, but knowing myself, I'll

end up making all of the candies I usually do.

 

So, question time, my fellow veggie chomping mates. Does anyone know if it is

allowed to ship homemade candies to Australia? Also, since it is close to

summertime there, any suggestions on shipping hand dipped chocs there? I have

considered putting freezer packs in, and know where to buy the styrofoam

shippers (Uline), but the freezer packs would heat up before the package arrived

there. Worst comes to worst, I can ship peanut brittle, spiced sweet pecans,

divinity, nougats and homemade lollipops, but Christmas means chocolates in our

family. Come to think of it, birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter,

Beltane, etc mean chocolates in our family.

 

GAH. How long will it take to get to Australia (Queensland area) if I air

freight it? I'm not even going to look at the price. I'll just make the stuff,

pack it and hand it to the husband person and ask him to never, ever tell me the

cost.

 

I'll never get done in time. Hugs, Jeanne in GA

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Best thing I can think to suggest is go to FedEx, make sure they know it's

perishables that need to be kept cold. They can but dry ice in the package

and overnight it. Yeah a tad expensive, but about the only option I can

think of.

 

I know when I worked at Godiva a few years back, that's what corporate did

when they shipped out the 'G' Collection that they had which were hand made

chocolates *swoons* Oh damn were those good, but expensive *whimpers* Oh

dear Goddess are they expensive.

 

Dennis

[Guest guest]

I don't know about Australia but flat rate priority boxes to Baghdad take any

where from 4 to 7 days. Maybe that helps a little..

 

Jenn

[Guest guest]

Thanks, it does help. Since it isn't totally into summer yet, maybe the

styrofoam pack box and several cold packs will keep it from melting into an

amorphous blob of chocolate. Since her flight between Australia and Atlanta,

Georgia, USA, takes 19 hours, maybe freight goes a different (faster???) route.

 

I knew folks on the list would have the answer. Thanks!

 

Hugs, Jeanne in GA

PS: anyone remember where I put the Christmas candy molds? They're supposed to

be in the box marked " Christmas Candy Supplies " . Maybe I should look in the one

marked " Halloween Candy Supplies. "

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Jeanne, the only place in Australia that I would risk shipping chocolate in the

summer would be Tasmania (it never gets hot there). Queensland is tropical!

Don't know about the import question, it should be OK but better find their

customs web page and ask. I imported vegetable seeds when i lived there but

they went trough customs (it was OK though). Air still takes a while, maybe 4

days?

 

ship homemade candies to Australia? Also, since it is close to summertime

there, any suggestions on shipping hand dipped chocs there?

> GAH. How long will it take to get to Australia (Queensland area) if I air

freight it?

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanne,

Send it the quickest way you can.,air express if that is possible. Whereabouts

in Qld, because that could take some time once it arrives in Oz. Also it may not

be summer but it can still be very hot in parts

http://tinyurl.com/y8g5tb6

 

Virginia

West Aussie

[Guest guest]

Thanks Virginia! All the summer stuff is on sale here, so I'm hoping to get some

lightweight stuff for her. Carl had to restrain me from buying a huge Mr. Potato

Head toy for the youngest, lol. Are the DVD players down there still in PAL

format? I'm getting together a bunch of the DVD's for the kidlings. I can't tell

our daughter in love (heck, they got divorced, we didn't!) about them because

she'd do the usual " No, Mom, we don't need you to do that. "

 

I have sooo got to find out what we're not allowed to send her. Thanks again,

Jeanne in GA

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeannie,

I just love!!!!! Mr Potato Head. What a nice term -daughter in love - I really

like that lol. Not sure about PAL - I just buy dvd's and play them lol, but

found this

http://tinyurl.com/nkh9l

which in part says:

Australia DVB-T introduction started in 2001 (PAL to be abandoned for DVB-T by

2012)

 

HTH

Virginia

West Aussie

 

 

> Thanks Virginia! All the summer stuff is on sale here, so I'm

> hoping to get some lightweight stuff for her. Carl had to restrain

> me from buying a huge Mr. Potato Head toy for the youngest, lol.

> Are the DVD players down there still in PAL format? I'm getting

> together a bunch of the DVD's for the kidlings. I can't tell our

> daughter in love (heck, they got divorced, we didn't!) about them

> because she'd do the usual " No, Mom, we don't need you to do that. "

[Guest guest]

Jeanne, do take care to check on what items can be sent to Australia. I know

that they are a lot of restrictions on what foodstuffs can be imported into the

country, particularly nuts and seeds. I also think it doubtful that US DVDs will

be playable in Oz. When they brought out DVDs they divided the world up into

regions and DVDs from each region are in a different format. Unless your

daughter in love has a multi-region DVD player, American DVDs won't play in her

DVD equipment.

Christie

 

, Jeanne B <treazured wrote:

>

> Thanks Virginia! All the summer stuff is on sale here, so I'm hoping to get

some lightweight stuff for her. Carl had to restrain me from buying a huge Mr.

Potato Head toy for the youngest, lol. Are the DVD players down there still in

PAL format? I'm getting together a bunch of the DVD's for the kidlings. I can't

tell our daughter in love (heck, they got divorced, we didn't!) about them

because she'd do the usual " No, Mom, we don't need you to do that. "

>  

> I have sooo got to find out what we're not allowed to send her. Thanks again,

Jeanne in GA

>