Experience shipping Australia to NZ?

[iamaelephant]

I'm a Kiwi living in Sydney, looking to move back permanently to Wellington in May. I own a 2017 Triumph Street Triple R. I'm considering whether to sell and re-buy in NZ or ship this bike, and it seems like shipping is a much better option financially. Bikes are far more expensive in NZ and I got an incredible deal on this bike ($12,900 for the demo model with about 100km on the odo).

I'm considering a company called WillShip (http://www.willship.com.au/) which unlike most shipping/moving companies has great reviews on Google and Facebook.

Anyone gone this route before? I'm banking on about $2k to ship the bike and $1k to get a new VIN and registration, am I in the right ballpark? I'm not too worried if shipping is slow as I'll be too busy to ride much in my first few weeks anyway.

[BMWST?]

I'm a Kiwi living in Sydney, looking to move back permanently to Wellington in May. I own a 2017 Triumph Street Triple R. I'm considering whether to sell and re-buy in NZ or ship this bike, and it seems like shipping is a much better option financially. Bikes are far more expensive in NZ and I got an incredible deal on this bike ($12,900 for the demo model with about 100km on the odo).

I'm considering a company called WillShip (http://www.willship.com.au/) which unlike most shipping/moving companies has great reviews on Google and Facebook.

Anyone gone this route before? I'm banking on about $2k to ship the bike and $1k to get a new VIN and registration, am I in the right ballpark? I'm not too worried if shipping is slow as I'll be too busy to ride much in my first few weeks anyway.
are you shipping a house lot of stuff too?

[iamaelephant]

I'll be shipping a one bedroom apartment worth of stuff - bed, desk, fridge, tallboy, some shelves, TV, etc. I'm considering using a separate MoveCube (https://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/en-au/moving/movecube/international) for this. Are you thinking I might be better off consolidating these together? My reasoning is that vehicles should be handled by a specialist, but obviously I'm not very experienced here.

[BMWST?]

i am not either but it would be all in a container together?Maybe ask the movers they should be able to advise

[WALRUS]

I'm planning a move from Hobart in the next year and a bit. I'm just going to crate my bikes, load all my music gear and furniture into a 20' containter and find a haulage company to take it all to Chch.

If you're happy to send the bike on its own, check out Get Routed (https://www.getrouted.com.au/). I've got some mates who have used them to freight to The Isle of Man and say that it was great. I know they do NZ too so might be worth a squizz.

They've got a nifty way of shipping bikes (http://www.getroutednewzealand.com.au/how_its_done.html?fbclid=IwAR0taAOTW0vkNxBPlOxTGCr 2bkE2JRIBbbOpvYvdXnmnqjtWmcLR77DT3iw) with no crates and I'm pretty sure they operate out of Melbourne and Sydney

[iamaelephant]

Get Routed looks like a great company, unfortunately it's Christchurch only and I'm going to Wellington. I will take a look into 20' container options, unfortunately I don't think I have enough stuff to justify it, but maybe it'll end up cheaper anyway. Do you know how much you'll be looking at for a 20'?

[BMWST?]

Get Routed looks like a great company, unfortunately it's Christchurch only and I'm going to Wellington. I will take a look into 20' container options, unfortunately I don't think I have enough stuff to justify it, but maybe it'll end up cheaper anyway. Do you know how much you'll be looking at for a 20'?
if you pick your flights its very cheap to get from wellinton to Chch.Bit more expensive on the ferry to come back tho

[WALRUS]

Do you know how much you'll be looking at for a 20'?

I've had a few quotes at around $10k-ish door to door but I can't find any of them and it's not a huge priority at this point. I'd have to sell my house first to pay for the move so yeah can't help with that sorry. There are a handful of companies out there who can give you quotes online though so I'm sure you won't find it hard to find one.

[sidecar bob]

I'll be shipping a one bedroom apartment worth of stuff - bed, desk, fridge, tallboy, some shelves, TV, etc. I'm considering using a separate MoveCube (https://www.sevenseasworldwide.com/en-au/moving/movecube/international) for this. Are you thinking I might be better off consolidating these together? My reasoning is that vehicles should be handled by a specialist, but obviously I'm not very experienced here.

I'd just be selling the big stuff & buying new stuff here with the proceeds of sales combined with the money saved on freight.
GT logistics in Andrew Baxter Drive Auckland do bikes for us on a commercial basis regularly.
No complaints there.
They always seem to have plenty of bikes coming & going.