That "limited edition Michael Jackson lithograph" infomercial has been creeping me out for some time. You know, how they have the shrine of roses and all that. I mean, seriously?
even with all of the crap airports make us go through they are still unsafe
my brother managed to smuggle a case of cuban cigars and a vintage hunting knife into his carry on from brazil to miami to atlanta, just to prove a point to his girlfriend.
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Hey elx, your sig is too big. 400 x 100 pixels is the limit, son
You wouldn't be able to try that stuff getting into Australia.
As Stever Irwin used to say everyday on TV; "Quarrantine matters, don't muck with it."
Random airport security questions: "Do you have any bees or bee keeping equipment? Have you been to a farm in the last week? Do you have any fish? Do you have any fish oils or other products?"
And if you have any of these things you get sent to Nauru.
my dad flew into South Africa at about the same time Mandela was released from jail, and they confiscated his camera at the airport. All we saw of South Africa was via postcards, as in, "The view from my hotel sort of looks like this."
It's not so much rabbit or cane toad sized animals that they are looking out for, it's the microscopic bacteria or insects that are worse. It seems that any sort of crop destroying organism thrives like crazy in Australia.
Kitsa, I don't think anyone gets sprayed for staying in log cabins, but you do get sprayed at the airport if you are from Eastern Europe or South America.
My mom is the American liaison for an Australian company and my dad's company deals a lot with Australia, so there are a lot of miles racked up between here and there.