Safety in Australia

Australia and New Zealand are both classed as developed nations, and have very little street crime, so they tend to be quite safe once you arrive here. But, getting here can be a different story if you are a little naive. Australia and New Zealand is at the other end of the world and most flights to Australia and New Zealand will take at least 20 hours before you have safely arrived here.


So, here is a rundown on what not to do:

Do not accept to carry the bags and/or items of other travellers that you meet along the way. This is a popular trick of drug syndicates who bring drugs and other contraband into Australia and New Zealand. The penalties for bringing drugs into Australia and New Zealand are very severe, let alone the penalties that Thailand and some other South East Asian countries hand out (including the death penalty).

If anyone does ask you to bring something in, take a good look at it before you make decision. But, if you want to remain on the safe side decline them and contact the authorities in that country if they are trying to compel you to take whatever it is into Australia and/or New Zealand.

Make sure you regularly inspect everything that has gone into your luggage on a regular basis, because ignorance of the law is not an excuse in Australia and New Zealand. If contraband like cocaine or heroin is found in your luggage you will have a difficult time proving your innocence in an Australian or New Zealand court of law.