Anything worth buying & bringing home from Australia?

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Going out to visit a friend soon...... is there anything brilliant I should get? Or is everything the same as the UK?

Chicken salt for chips 😋

The reason I mentioned it was because if the situation was reversed, with wooden items coming in, Border Security in Australia would require them to be declared, and might not allow them in.

Aboriginal art is a definite, also look at jewellery, I got some opal stuff and a ring with a gold nugget on it. I don't think it was cheaper but not something you see here.

I also got some really nice children's books if you have children to buy for.

Have a fab time, and if you are flying via Singapore, pack your bathers for the airport pool.

Fruchocs! They are south Australian not sure how widely available they are. Also if you are an iced coffee fan try Farmers Union iced coffee. It’s the best!

This an outrageous thing to say penguins are far superior!

I live here and I don’t think there is much you can get here that you can’t get there. As a side note our local supermarket has just started selling m and s bits and warburtons crumpets which are far superior to the Aussie ones but at £2.50 a pack!

This an outrageous thing to say penguins are far superior!

They might have been at one time, but no longer qualify as chocolate.
OTOH, Tim-Tams now contain palm oil too, so have fallen away from their former majesty, holding on to chocolate status by the skin of their teeth.

Disclaimer: I'm properly disinterested here as I don't like chocolate.

Fruchocs are a South Australia thing, you don't often see them in other states sadly.

Noosa chocolate is great. Whittakers chocolate is available in supermarkets and it is the GOAT. It's a Kiwi brand.

Oh and melatonin is prescription only and only one strength available.

If you’re coming to Queensland and do want Melatonin, you can buy the 2mg tablets OTC, if you are over 55

Since a few people have mentioned Haigh's, it's good chocolate but I think Koko Black is even better (there a number of stores in Melbourne and Sydney) and also Josophan's (in Leura in the Blue Mountains).

20 years for me too. B&M sell Cherry Ripes now.

Chicken salt (all fries are coated over there) and, if you have a baby/toddler, Bonds zipped onesies

I used to ask people going to Oz to pose me a pair of Blundstone Boots, but they are commonly available in the UK now.

I used to get Bond’s knickers in John Lewis. They were great. JL don’t carry them anymore, so I’d get them. I like a good knicker.

The only thing I regularly use and found good value and worthy of bringing home was unbranded, real sheepskin slippers.

Last time I went home, I brought a big block of Cadburys dairy milk chocolate. The. We had taste test games with the U.K. version (obv not with ‘chocolate’ in the name anymore). We did a few games like that. My dc are teens but still loved it. It’s been almost a year since I was last home and I still have the chicken salt. With the Tim tams (lots of limited edition flavors) we did Tim Tam slams.

And you used to also be able to get the Bonds wonder suit on Ocado! Not anymore.

If you know anyone with a new baby, Bond’s poodlet wonder suits. They’re gorgeous. Much more expensive here

Agree that Josophan’s is the best. The problem is though you have to go to Leura, which is where Kay if you have a car and make a stop before Katoomba (where everyone goes to see 3 sister’s, do sky car etc), but if not, it’s quite out of the way.

As for KoKo Black, it’s all personal. I know some people who love it, personally I’m not a fan at all.

I love Koko Black, not particularly thrilled by Haighs. I do not love the price of Koko Black.

Sanza.co.uk sells a lot of Australian snacks too

There are loads of different flavour Tim Tams in Australia, including limited edition ones. I've only ever seen about 4 here. Also many different varieties of Cadbury blocks.

Haighs chocolate, Darrell Lea flavoured licorice/chocolate, Peter Alexander pjs and Lorna Jane activewear

Forgot Darrell Lea, dh loves the bullets. And we bought PA pj's for dd, they had whippets in.pjs on. Bloody expensive, but were on sale.