Aussie,
I'm still tyring to iron this all out, but anything older than a 1989 model may be imported to Australia without restriction. As sponsored immigrants my wife & I are each allowed to bring along a car without being hit up for import fees, duty ect. I plan to load both broncos into a 40' container box & pack our stuff around them. The problem comes when I go to get Queensland "rego", they will require a restricted use license plate because they are left hand drive. This requires them to be certified as completely original & restricts them to being only driven in club functions, parades ect. This won't work for me as mine are very modified & driving restrictions defeat the whole purpose of bringing them in the first place. I have figured how to perform the steering conversions & plan to do so, but then the problem then becomes the requirement of having an engineer inspect & ok the conversions to meet Queensland safety requirements, or have a qualified shop do the conversions. There is a lot more to it than this & like I stated I'm still working in it.
I'm also bringing a backhoe & a very large boat, so I should have this importing stuff figured out pretty well in the end.
I'm meeting with a "bloke" in Los Angeles who ships stuff to Oz for a living in a couple of weeks so hopefully he can shed some light.
My wife is a registered nurse & is being sponsored by the Townsville hospital which is how we are getting our visas. They make it very difficult to migrate to Australia even for their most qualified & needed people (I wish the US would take notes). We've been working on this for a year now & expect to be moving in 6 months or so, thats extremely fast for Australian immigration.
Last April, we drove from Brisbane to Townsville looking for a new place to live. We absolutely fell in love with Australia & we can't believe how relaxed & friendly you Aussies are. I'm sure my children are getting a better place to grow up. I love the US & this pains me greatly, but I think it's headded down hill fast. Also Australia has a better economy & a brighter economic future especially for an excavation contractor from Az.
When/where are you moving to Queensland? Who knows maybe we can start A down Under EB club.