Inventory with those all important stamps

You apply at the Indonesian Consulate, bringing a detailed inventory and showing your visa status, and they then permit your shipment to be categorised as personal effects exempt from duty - there are some rules like electrical equipment should be "used" and "not too new".

Australiasian Relocations was the Sydney company that advised us, picked up the shipment, documented it and despatched it.  This was a "home to port" consignment - meaning that we would arrange to pick it up from Denspasar Airport and have it trucked to our new home.

Inventory with those all important stamps

We had used our car rental person to get us a truck at a pretty aggressive price - but it turned up as an open truck with no serviceable tarpaulin, and there were thunderstorms about.  A tarp was purchased and draped over, then came the next challenge.  The driver and his two assistants did not know where Lovina was (just a bit more than 100 Km from the airport), and again after much talking the only solution was that I should lead with our rented car, and they would follow.  I am still pretty new to Bali roads and take wrong turns and sometimes get lost.  I dreaded the prospect - but off we went.  We lost them once when they turned into a "pumpa benzin"  to re-fuel, then went through thick fog on the mountain road at Bedugul, then later nearly took them down a "no trucks" street in Singaraja.  But we got here, no great downpours, and got everything off-loaded into our house.  All the cartons we have looked in so far seem fine with no breakages.