Importing a car from Sydney
Collected from your driveway anywhere in Sydney or New South Wales, shipped from Port Botany and registered on UK plates at our site.
- From
- Sydney, NSW
- Port
- AUSYD
- At sea
- 6 to 10 weeks
- Door to door
- 10 to 16 weeks
From Sydney to Castle Donington
Port Botany is the container port for Sydney, a short run from most of the city. If your car is in Sydney itself, the first leg of its journey is a short one.
Further out is no problem either. We collect from the suburbs, the coast and regional New South Wales, and plan how the car gets to the port from wherever it is.
We are often asked about Parramatta, the Northern Beaches, the Central Coast, Newcastle, Wollongong, the Blue Mountains, Canberra. All fine.
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Collected
Week 1
From your driveway, a dealer or a storage yard, anywhere in Sydney or New South Wales.
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Port Botany
AUSYD
Loaded into a shared container, or a 20ft to itself, and sealed for the voyage.
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At sea
6 to 10 weeks
Insured for the whole crossing. You can follow it in your online portal.
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Castle Donington
DVLA around 10 working days
Unloaded at our site, cleared through customs, converted, tested and registered.
Before it leaves New South Wales
Three local jobs to sort while you are still there. Everything after collection is ours.
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The rego
Registration in New South Wales is handled by Service NSW. Talk to us before you cancel it, so the timing lines up with the collection.
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Tolls
Sydney is a city of toll roads, and many cars carry an e-tag. Take the tag off the windscreen before collection and close or update the account, so nothing is charged to it while the car is on its way here.
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Any finance
A car with money owing is usually recorded on the PPSR. It needs to be cleared, or the lender needs to agree, before the car can be exported.
Ringing us from Sydney
Sydney is 9 to 11 hours ahead of the UK. Both countries move their clocks, in opposite directions and on different dates, so the gap shifts through the year.
9 to 11 hours ahead
Questions from Sydney
Do I need to bring the car to Port Botany?
No. We collect it from your address, or from a dealer or wherever it is being kept, and take it to the port for you.
How do I cancel my NSW rego?
Registration in New South Wales is handled through Service NSW. Talk to us about timing before you cancel, so it lines up with the collection date.
I am in Canberra. Can you still collect?
Yes. We collect anywhere in Australia, and plan the route to the port from wherever the car is.
Somewhere else?
Tell us about the car in Sydney
Make, model, year and where it is. A person here prices the whole job, and we aim to reply the same working day.