Breaching the Australian Quarantine Laws

I have breached Australian Quarantine Law and the customs official wasn’t to keen about it. My bag was ripped open and received a cavity search like a degenerate junkie. I did answer the customs form correctly, yes I did have wood and shell objects in my bag. That declaration got me sent to the x-ray line no problem so far. I gave the guy my bag containing a wooden statue and pulled the wooden carved snake from the other bag, so far so good. I was then asked if I had anymore stuff, I did and said so lifting my bag up to the table. I quickly lifted up some clothes as if to say here you go, not good enough. Soon clothes were flying out into the air. Oops, there was that bead necklace I forgot all about. Pissed off guy digs deeper, damn that knife made of bone decked in beads popped up. The penis gourds were next, that is embarrassing, on its own, but a trip to PNG just isn’t the same without buying the dinner table conversation pieces. The guy was truly pissed now and I sweating. The end result was I got served a form saying I breached section 70A and regulation 58, that could have been a fine of up to $AUD 60,000 or ten years. I read the brochure also given to me about the importance of just what can be brought into OZ. I fully now understand. My advice is to ship all those goodies found in the PNG jungles home from there. Luckily I was allowed to keep many of the treasures once tempers cooled. I apologize to the AQIS, go to this site to see what is allowed, save everybody a bad airport day!