Shipping a bike within Australia

[basti]

Hi all,

what are cheap and reliable ways to send a bicycle (26" trials bike) from Townsville to Sydney?

On my trip from Townsville to Sydney, I will spend two weeks in Fiji and I do not want to take my bike there. That's why I want to mail it down to Sydney.

The local post office wants to charge around 150$ :eek3:, which is way too much.

It would be pretty cool when I could send it from Townsville and pick it up two weeks later somewhere in Sydney.

Any hints?

Cheers,
Sebastian

[BBTAUS]

G/day Sebastian
If you can go to a local bike shop in T'ville an get 26" bike box ,Send it to a bike shop in Sydney or someone that you know or Travel with it to sydney on greyhound bus service . I have sent acouple of bikes to Mt Isa and the price was only $25.00 and $10 insurrance $35.00 total by Greyhound bus freight service .Just get a quote from bus depot in T'ville .Hope this helps out
regards
Buc

[gillyboy]

If you find a cheap way to send it i have plenty of room at my house to store it until you arrive. you could send it to my work(channel 9) then i could take it home and store it in my garage. thats if you feel comfortable leaving it with a complete stranger though............:run:

[Macbeth]

You're more than welcome to ship it to City Bike Depot in Sydney.... I'll hold onto it here for a while if you like.....

We generally use Clipper freight for all our stuff and they are super reliable... Not sure about price though....

[steve]

i know that pack and send are cheap i sent a bike from melbourne to adelaide for 40$ including insurance and you dont need to be a member or anything which is good

[basti]

Thanks for your help!

For the archives:

Pack & Send wants to charge me 180$ for sending the bike from Townsville to Sydney.

Greyhound charges 65$ plus 8$ when you want the package to be delivered to someone. When you travel with your bike, the bike costs only 25$. This seems to be a reasonable price. I still have to check, whether they include any insurance.