/ foreword
In June, with the cold winter in Australia, the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching again!
When I think of that soft waxy, fragrant and hot traditional food,
No matter where people are, zongzi can always temptation your "Chinese taste"!
If you want to eat the original Chinese zongzi, you should also strictly prevent the danger that the visa will be cancelled!
1. The trouble behind the Dragon Boat Festival
June 7 this year, that is, next Friday, the Dragon Boat Festival, one of the traditional Chinese festivals.
Although it is difficult to see the dragon boat race in Australia, eating zongzi is always the hope of overseas tourists for a long time.
Whether it's egg yolk, pork, chestnut, jujube. In the morning, a zongzi goes down, not only in the winter to warm the whole heart, but also to start a new day, so that the whole person is full of energy!
Some parents who love their children do not hesitate to catch up with short holiday and take a few more days of annual leave to send thousands of miles of home flavor to Australia. I want to share this rare and warm moment with my children.
But this year, perhaps before these mothers out of customs, they were immediately cancelled visas, and delicious zongzi, as well as Australia said goodbye!
Friends may think, just a few zongzi how big ah! What's more, it claims that bringing zongzi from home every year is all right, but it is much better than Australian zongzi!
However, I do not know that zongzi has long been blacklisted by the Australian Customs and has become the target of the Australian border inspection.
two. Destruction and fine, it's far from that simple now.
Australian media, government and customs on the road to crack down on contraband customs can be described as a painstaking effort! To this end, a series of documentaries < Border Security > have also been made to warn the general public not to regard customs as a joke.
One of the Chinese little girls, with her zongzi unfortunately became the heroine of the documentary.
Although she did not declare any contraband in the declaration list, the X-ray test found that there were a lot of articles in her luggage!
As soon as her face sank, the customs sister found some suspected contraband in the scanned image with a black shadow. The girl must be checked out of the box! As a result, the Chinese girl looked flustered, but there was no other way.
After looking for it, the customs officers finally found the crux of the problem!
Isn't that the figure we're familiar with? Several zongzi, large and small, lined up. And where do Australians recognize these things, wrapped in leaves and wrapped in thread? It's not bomb or something, is it?
For this serious quarantine personnel can not help but say that zongzi dissected a fine light.
It was found that there was a lot of pork in it! Chestnut! Customs officers immediately declared all these zongzi prohibited! All confiscated and thrown away!
Chinese girls not only regard Australia's relevant declaration requirements as waste paper, but have not truthfully filled in their entry cards. The deadliest thing is to face law enforcement officers who also intend to muddle through and cover up the facts.
Law enforcement officials asked the girl, "these things can be bought in Australia, why take such a big risk to break through the customs?"
The girl said with dignity: "Australian zongzi have changed flavor, there is no smell of hometown, this is what the family specially made for her, is the smell of hometown that Australia does not have!"
Such atmospheric words are really sad for those who hear them, and tears for those who listen to them! However, the Australian Customs did not eat your "hometown feelings" set, zongzi serious threat Australian ecological environment, not only destroyed all contraband, but also issued a $420 fine!
And now it seems that the little sister was really lucky at that time! If such a thing happens again now, the party concerned will be invited directly to the plane and go home!
3. When the new rules go on, Chinese must not play!
The Australian WeChat reported as early as two months ago that Australian customs would adopt a "zero tolerance" attitude towards bringing contraband into the customs.
Since April 17 this year, if you dare carry relevant prohibited goods, hold the fluke psychology``break the customs'' , I'm afraid that even the airport gate can't leave, will be immediately cancelled visa, repatriate!
Canceling the visa and being repatriated means leaving a "black history" of credit records, meaning that there may never be any way to set foot on Australian land again, and that visa applications in other countries will be more difficult. These are unimaginable consequences!
(picture source: MIA)
The meat and eggs contained in zongzi, especially pork ravaged by swine fever, are prohibited by Australian customs orders. Not even a little bit can be brought to Australia.
In addition to meat and eggs, its related products, as well as dairy products, living animals and plants, seeds and nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables, weapons and ammunition, etc., are not allowed to be brought into Australia! Food and beverage, animal and plant products and medicines are also under the strict control of Australian customs!
Chinese immigrants, especially elderly Chinese tourists, lack awareness of contraband, and even think that if they take it on a plane and avoid waste, they should take it with them anyway. And in the face of the formal investigation of the customs may have to make a scene. In the past, it was possible to pay up to a few hundred Australian dollars in fines, but now it is not the same!
The original beautiful "Australian tour" has directly become a "one-day tour of the Australian airport".
Finally, Dragon Boat Festival was originally a beautiful traditional festival, if the contraband in the luggage destroys the family reunion, it is not worth the loss. Those who want to enter the country should declare in strict accordance with the regulations at all times, otherwise, no matter how much you and the customs officers talk about the feelings of the country, it will only be useless and will not escape the bad luck of being repatriated in the end.