Items of quarantine concern in personal effects
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Animal equipment including, but not limited to:
- animal naturopathic supplements
- pet food, bowls, mats, utensils and storage containers
- pet toys
- rawhide chews
All food and pantry items including, but not limited to:
- Chinese herbs
- cooking ingredients
- dried/dehydrated food items
- dry goods
- food offered in prayer
- herbs and spices
- medicines
- pre–packaged food
- protein shakes and supplements
- ration packs
- rice/pasta
- snacks
- teas including herbal tea
Kitchenware including, but not limited to:
- bowls, place mats and coasters which may be made of wood, leaves or other plant materials
- chopsticks
- crockery
- cutlery especially cutlery made from antlers
- cutting boards
- flat packed, prefabricated kitchens
- food containers
- large appliances e.g. refrigerators, freezers, etc
- mixing bowls and baking equipment
- pots and pans
- small appliances e.g. breadmakers, food processors, toasters, etc
- toothpicks
- utensils including knife block
- waste bins
Family room/lounge
Animal equipment including but not limited to:
- animal beds, baskets and bedding
- fish tanks and equipment/fish food/ aquarium rocks
Artifacts/ornaments/souvenirs including, but not limited to items containing:
- animal products including bone, antlers, feathers, animal hair and hide
- bamboo products e.g. wind chimes
- banana products including photo albums, hats, bags, mats, baskets
- baskets
- dried flower arrangements, sphagnum moss, natural stems
- other plant products including bark, plant material, seeds
- pot pourri
- sand/seeds/soil as a filling
- shells
- statues made of clay or compressed sand
- statues made of wood, totem poles
- wooden carvings
Festive decorations including, but not limited to:
- bark on artificial Christmas trees
- blown eggs
- conifer items, pine cones
- dried holly
- seed pods
- sphagnum moss
- straw
- vines, wreaths
Furnishings including, but not limited to:
- carpets, mats, rugs
- pillows especially Thai pillows
Wooden items including, but not limited to:
- antique furniture
- furniture made of bamboo, cane, rattan, wicker, willow
- picture frames
- raw timber furniture
- souvenirs made of timber
- water hyacinth/banana leaf furniture
- wooden furniture
- wooden table legs
Bathroom
Items of plant/animal origin including, but not limited to:
- baskets
- dried flower arrangements, natural stems, sphagnum moss
- mats
- ornaments with bark or seed
- pot pourri
- sands/seeds/soil as a filling
- shells
- statues made of clay or compressed sand
Laundry
Cleaning equipment including, but not limited to:
- brooms
- dustpan and brushes
- vacuum cleaner bags
- vacuum cleaners
Wooden items including, but not limited to:
- cane/wicker laundry baskets
- wooden clothes pegs
Picnic
Picnic items including, but not limited to:
- cooler box/esky
- picnic basket
- picnic rugs
- thermos
- utensils
Cloakroom
Clothing including, but not limited to:
- farm/outdoor clothes
- footwear
- hats made of other plant material
- sporting footwear /football/cricket/golf shoes
- straw hats
Bedroom
Clothing including, but not limited to:
- ‘farm/outdoor’ clothes
- footwear
- footwear with wooden components
- hats made of other plant material
- sporting footwear /football/cricket/golf boots
- straw hats
Mineral items including, but not limited to:
- fossils
- rocks/stones
- sand
- soil
Musical instruments including, but not limited to:
- commercially manufactured instruments e.g. pianos, clarinets, oboes, violins
- non-commercially manufactured instruments e.g. rawhide drums, rainmakers, maracas
Sporting goods or equipment including, but not limited to:
- hockey sticks, cricket bats, racquets, pool cues
- sand-filled weights
- shuttlecocks
Toys including, but not limited to:
- rocking horse
- skateboards
- toys filled with sand, soil, seed, water
- toys with wooden components
Wooden items including, but not limited to:
- beads/necklaces
- brushes with wooden handles
- cane waste paper baskets
- furniture made of wood
- jewellery boxes
- picture frames
- water hyacinth/banana leaf furniture
Home office
Home office items including, but not limited to:
- picture frames
- waste bin
- wooden pencils
- wooden furniture
- ornaments
- furnishings containing plant material
Garage/attic/cellar
Animal equipment including, but not limited to:
- animal beds, baskets and bedding
- animal grooming equipment
- animal leads and/or restraints especially screw in the ground leads for pets
- pet-wear
- portable and electronic fencing
- pet food
- pet food bowls
- pet food storage containers
- pet toys
- saddlery, and other tack
Camping equipment including, but not limited to:
- back packs/day packs
- boots
- climbing implements
- hiking packs
- ground sheets
- tents, tent poles, tent pegs
Garden equipment including, but not limited to:
- fertilizer
- garden seeds
- garden tools & implements
- Gumboots/Wellington boots
- lawn mowers & catchers
- plant pots
- ride on mower
- sheds
- waste bins
- wheel barrows
- whipper snippers/weed eater
- wine barrels
Sporting goods or equipment including, but not limited to:
- children’s bikes and trikes
- firearm butts
- golf clubs
- hockey sticks
- punching bags
- racquets
- sand-filled weights
- shuttlecocks
- skateboards
NOTE: Any sporting goods or equipment that has been in contact with fresh water must be dry on arrival. This includes:
- fishing equipment/fishing tackle e.g. feather fish flies/tackle boxes/ rods/ wet lines
- kayaks
- wetsuits and diving equipment
Tools including, but not limited to:
- tools with wooden handles
- tools used in a rural/farm setting
- used tools
Wooden items including, but not limited to:
- dowel
- logs
- plywood and veneer
- sawdust, wood pieces, wood shavings
- sawn timber
- timber mouldings
- tools with wooden handles
Outdoors
Outdoor furniture including, but not limited to:
- barbeque/grill
- outdoor tables and chairs
- outdoor garden statues
- umbrella stands
Farm goods including but not limited to:
- farm equipment
- non-machinery and non-fuel operated items used in around farms
Playground equipment including, but not limited to:
- cubby houses
- sand boxes/sandpits
- seesaws
- slippery dips/slides
- swings
- trampolines
Vehicles/motorised equipment
Vehicles and motorised equipment including, but not limited to:
- ATVs/quad bikes
- bikes/trikes
- carts
- horse floats
- jet skis (must be dry)
- motorboats (must be dry)
- motorbikes
- outboard motors (must be dry)
- scooters
- tyres
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous goods including:
- goods marked PBO (packed by owner)
- goods that have not been itemised
- other miscellaneous goods