Suri

Hi All,

My family have been granted PR in the Dec 2003. We're coming to
Australia in the month of May 2004 with 10 months old kid. In the USA,
we have to use car seat for the KID. I do not know the precess in the
Australia? Do we have to use car seat for KID? Please any suggestions?

Thanks
Suri

Datamile

yes you do , it might vary from state to state , and the straps might be
different as the OZ system using a centre hook from the rear, and
conform to the state standard.



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texan

On 23 Dec 2003 06:53:57 -0800, (Suri) wrote:

    >Hi All,
    >My family have been granted PR in the Dec 2003. We're coming to
    >Australia in the month of May 2004 with 10 months old kid. In the USA,
    >we have to use car seat for the KID. I do not know the precess in the
    >Australia? Do we have to use car seat for KID? Please any suggestions?
    >Thanks
    >Suri

If you are required by the airline you are flying with to pay for a
seat for your child, you may seriously want to consider using the car
seat you have in flight. This will definitely save you a lot of
strained arms holding onto the child plus allow the child to rest/
sleep comfortably and safely during turbulence.

Check with the airline.

Cath

Leo

For the car seat - yes it is required, just as it is in the US - rules
differ although - you need to check with the state you are in Australia.
But take yours and check it for free when you check your baggage.



For the plane - If you travel with a child of less than two years
of age, you can pay just 10% of the ticket price (the last I
remember - someone will correct me if I am wrong) But with this
you do not get a seat.



However, if you get your bookings done properly you can do much better
than a seat - you can get a bassinet for the child by just paying this
10% of ticket - this is much preferable to having a seat and using a car
seat for the child. Look into this and book really early to reserve a
bassinet seat. FYI there are only very few of these seats on the plane
so they get taken early!!



Note: Bassinets are not available within US on US airlines, so they may
not know about this - but they are certainly available for
flights to Australia/NZ.



Enjoy Australia.



./Leo









Originally posted by texan

    > On 23 Dec 2003 06:53:57 -0800,
    > (Suri) wrote:


    > >Hi All,

    > >My family have been granted PR in the Dec 2003. We're coming
    > to

    > >Australia in the month of May 2004 with 10 months old kid. In the
    > USA,

    > >we have to use car seat for the KID. I do not know the precess in
    > the

    > >Australia? Do we have to use car seat for KID? Please any
    > suggestions?

    > >Thanks

    > >Suri


    > If you are required by the airline you are flying with to pay for a

    > seat for your child, you may seriously want to consider using the car

    > seat you have in flight. This will definitely save you a lot of

    > strained arms holding onto the child plus allow the child to rest/

    > sleep comfortably and safely during turbulence.


    > Check with the airline.


Cath

Alrobson

Hi,



Yes, I agree with all the above posts, but if you are hiring a car in
Australia then you can rent one from the hire car company. I did when I
went in November. The car seats are different to the ones in the UK, the
regulations regarding them are much stricter so if I had took the car
seat from the UK to Australia then I don't think it would have been
legal, which obviously puts you in an awkward position should you have
an accident. I don't know what the standards are for USA but talk to the
car hire company and try to sort it out with them because it's a lot
less hassle.



Good luck with your trip.



Adrian