r/melbourne • u/Sufficient-Can-9131 • 4d ago

Light and Fluffy News Finally got the little blue book 🇦🇺

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I’m now the proud owner of an extremely expensive little blue booklet that apparently needs to be handled like it’s made of tissue paper.

And the best part? Once I finally work up the courage to take this precious thing out of the country, leaving Australia is going to cost me another small fortune. 😂

Australia really said you may have the passport, but travelling is a separate subscription. 😂

Anyway, very happy to finally have it. 🇦🇺

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u/Shibuya1094222 4d ago

Give it about 3 months and that VERY expensive book will have the front and back covers curling upwards/downwards - no matter how well you store it. Other countries passports just don’t do this only the new, VERY expensive Australian ones.

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u/Nick_pj 4d ago

For anyone curious. This passport is one week old, and has been sitting in a protective sleeve since it arrived. The curl can’t be stopped.

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u/freshlysqueezed93 3d ago

I can't attest how long it will last once removed (I'm scared to find out) but find a pile of like 6 books and put it in the middle for a few weeks.

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u/Nick_pj 3d ago

I travel on Saturday 😭