Can you bring honey into Australia?

Carry-on: Conditions Checked: Conditions Declare on arrival: Required Different on domestic flights

Honey and other bee products must be declared and most are restricted, because they can carry diseases that would devastate Australian hives. Honey from New Zealand is generally permitted; most other origins are not.

This catches people bringing manuka home from New Zealand or honey from a market in Europe. Declare it and let the officer decide.

Source: Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Flying within Australia? A different rule applies.

Honey is restricted travelling into Western Australia as well, so this one has an interstate version too.

What else changes on a domestic flight

This one is decided at the Australian border rather than at screening. Declaring a thing costs nothing and a biosecurity or Border Force officer decides - it is failing to declare that carries the fine. If you are not sure whether something counts, declare it.

Coming home to Australia

Cash over $10,000 There is no limit on how much cash you can carry, but AUD $10,000 or more - in any currency, or the foreign equivalent - must be declared to Border Force both leaving and entering Australia. Duty-free allowance Coming home, adults 18 and over can bring in AUD $900 of general goods duty free, and under-18s AUD $450. Tobacco coming home Travellers 18 and over may bring in one unopened packet of up to 25 cigarettes or 25 grams of tobacco, plus one open packet, duty free. Food coming into Australia All food must be declared on your Incoming Passenger Card, cooked or raw, sealed or open, including snacks from the plane. Wooden souvenirs and carvings Every wooden and bamboo article must be declared on arrival in Australia. Seeds, plants and flowers Most seeds, live plants, cuttings and fresh flowers are prohibited without an import permit, and all of them must be declared.

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Packing something else? The full A to Z of what you can take on a plane covers 61 items, the domestic flight rules set out what changes when you are not leaving the country, and the pre-departure checklist puts the rest of the trip in order.

Last reviewed 2 September 2026. Screening, dangerous-goods and biosecurity rules change, and airlines can be stricter than the government baseline. For anything unusual, the linked source and your airline's dangerous-goods page are the final word.

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