How much alcohol can you really bring back?

[JohnM]

Is it just me (happy to be wrong for OPs sake) but wouldn't the duty free allowance of each country you pass through come into effect ? Unless you are transiting they will assume you intend to 'land' the goods in their country for consumption / sale, etc. and may not just assume you will take it out again for transport back to Australia.

At least while in the EU you wont technically cross a 'border' but the US ?

Anyway, worth thinking about.

That is, indeed, another reason why I've given up.

 

[RooFlyer]

Sure, USA can be a wrinkle where I think the DF limit is 1 litre, but on one trip, where my target grog was Romanian (bottle of red and bottle of white), I then flew to Vienna, then Venice (disembark) trains in Italy until flying to Zurich; onto Amsterdam (disembark); onto LHR (disembark and where at least I shed an equal weight in books!!), then Russia (disembark), Frankfurt, Singapore and home!

Everything safe and sound (well, maybe a compromise on quality, but I let it all settle for about 4 months or so).

With 2 bottles you are pretty much OK most places, LOTFAP excepted.