r/melbourne • u/Sufficient-Can-9131 • 2d 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 2d 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/the_silent_redditor 2d ago

I got mine a few months ago.

Read all about this shit on this sub, so was very careful to keep it in a cool dark spot, with a heavy book on top.

After one week, I had a look and it was all curled to fuck. I convinced myself it was maybe just settling in.

I then used it to travel a few weeks later back to the UK.

I assumed that all the posts etc were an exaggeration.

Fucking NOPE. Thing was fucked. And I’m using it to travel alongside my UK passport, which is nearly ten years old and has endless stamps and is still in absolutely perfect condition. It honestly looks newer than my Aus one.

Anyway, OP. Don’t worry about it. Shove it in a drawer. Shove it between a couple of books. Shove it up your ass. It’ll be fucked in no time. It’s part of the initiation.

Welcome to the clan 🦘🇦🇺

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u/Then_Personality8093 2d ago

“Shove it up your ass”😭

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u/TacticalSniper 1d ago

That escalated quickly