At this time, Australia was still at the tail end of summer. As soon as they got off the plane, a wave of heat rolled in. Canberra was not far from the ocean, and the heat wave was hot and humid.
The climate here was almost the opposite of that of Flagstaff. Flagstaff was cold and dry, but here, it was hot and humid.
Poor Big Quinn was worried that the children would be cold, so he put woolen sweaters on them. As soon as they got off the plane, they were sweating profusely.
The three children were as black as coal. As we all know, black is the best at absorbing heat. They even wore woolen sweaters. The air conditioner on the plane had been set to a low temperature, but now that they were standing under the sun, they felt like they were on fire!
"Daddy, I'm hot," the youngest daughter, Suzanna, said weakly.
Big Quinn wiped his face and said, "I'm even hotter!"
He wore an oversized woolen sweater, afraid that the children and himself would freeze.
After getting off the plane, they had to apply for an immigration card to complete the immigration process, which was another very complicated process.
The Australian Customs anti-narcotics police sniffed around them with sniffer dogs. When it came to Li Du, one of the sniffer dogs did not come near and struggled to move back.
The police looked at Li Du suspiciously, which scared him. He quickly raised his hands and said, "I'm fine. I can cooperate with your inspection. What are you doing?"
When it came to Sophie, the sniffer dog continued to struggle. Li Du realized that the two of them probably had the smell of Ah Meow and Ah Ow on them. They were ferocious beasts, and the sniffer dog was afraid.
The police did not know. Someone came over and asked, "Do you have any drugs on you? Sensitive drugs? Dairy products, eggs, and egg products too! Do you have any? "
Li Du shook his head. "No."
"All kinds of seeds, vegetables, sausages and meat that are not sealed or canned. Do you have any?"
"No."
"Okay, then you can go over." The police asked a few questions and did not search them. They turned around and left.
Hans went through the customs declaration. According to Australian law, if you carried more than 10,000 Australian dollars, you had to declare it.
Li Du had a harder time getting into the country than the others. He was a Chinese, and Australia did not have an in-person visa with China. To check his visa, he had to fill out an immigration card.
However, the Australian Border Inspection Service was very humane. After looking at his passport, they gave him an immigration card in Chinese. A staff member came over with a cup of tea to chat.
"Chinese?"
"Yes."
"The Great Wall of China is really not bad. Your fried paste noodles are not good, but the roast duck is not bad. The Forbidden City is very big, and I like it there."
As Li Du filled in the entry card, he asked, "You've been to our country? Thank you for the compliment. "
The staff nodded and proudly said, "I've been to many places, almost all of Asia. I travel every holiday. Oh, the one on the right is the declaration form. If you bring anything on it, you have to declare it. "
As he spoke, he pointed to the right half of the entry card. There were 11 options on it, and it was the item declaration option.
On the back of the Australian entry card, he had to fill in his contact number and address in Australia. It had to be a valid address. Li Du had not prepared this, so he was a little flustered.
Hans came over to help him leave his address and phone number. The staff looked at him suspiciously and said, "Don't fill it in randomly. Otherwise, even God can't help you if something goes wrong."
"This is my girlfriend's home address. Definitely no problem," Hans said with a smile.
Li Du asked in surprise, "You have a girlfriend in Australia?"
Hans said, "I just met her. She's the prettiest flight attendant, Stelly."
After the entry card was filled in, the next step was customs. The customs staff sat in a row and checked people's passports and visa information, and the inbound passengers moved forward in a snake-like line.
The queue was mainly for their flight. Li Du and the others had just arrived when Brooks and his wife arrived. Brooks walked with a limp, his wife supporting him.
At the same time that Li Du saw Brooks, the other side also saw him, and suddenly glared at him fiercely.
This made him very depressed, and he said, "What's wrong with this guy? Did I eat his food or dig his ancestral grave? "
Fortunately, Brooks did not provoke him, so there was no conflict between the two sides.
After passing through the entry gate, they could enter the entry channel.
The two channels of entry were the green channel and the inspection channel. The green channel, as the name suggested, was an unimpeded fast channel. Passengers did not need to go through any unpacking and could just push their luggage through.
The inspection channel was a little more troublesome, as the luggage had to be scanned and unpacked. And when the customs staff checked the luggage, the owner of the luggage had to respond and explain to them.
Naturally, Li Du and the others took the green channel because they had cleared the customs smoothly and did not need to go to the inspection channel for re-inspection.
At that moment, Brooks, who was walking behind them, suddenly said to a staff member, "Hey, sir, someone has entered the green channel."
There was a staff member standing on both sides of the channel at regular intervals, which was to facilitate the handling of unexpected situations.
Brooks's words caused an emergency, and the staff member next to him immediately came over and asked, "Hello, is there a problem?"
As soon as there was a problem, Li Du and the others, who were walking in front, were stopped.
Hans looked back and saw that it was Brooks who was looking for trouble, and said impatiently, "Why is this son of a b * tch always looking for trouble?"
Brooks pointed to Li Du and said, "This man is from China. I'm sure he is from China. You'd better let him go through the inspection channel and check again. As we all know, Chinese people like to carry messy things."
Upon hearing this, Li Du's face suddenly changed. He glared at the big white man and sneered, "What? Is there racial discrimination in Australia?"
There were no indigenous people in Australia. All of them were immigrants, so when he looked at the information before, it was said that Australia was the most xenophobic place in the world.
But now it seemed that the first Australian he had met was xenophobic and more racist than white Americans.
The staff member, who was much more impartial, said with a smile, "Sir, you are too extreme. Australia welcomes Chinese tourists and tourists from all over the world."
Brooks did not know why he had to go against Li Du. He said stubbornly, "This Chinese man is different. He brought something and hid it. If you look carefully, you will definitely find something that violates the rules."
Seeing that he was speaking so confidently, the staff member hesitated and said to Li Du, "Sir, if you don't mind, can you go through the inspection channel?"
Li Du did not speak, but Sophie was angry. She stepped forward to block Li Du and said, "Of course we mind. Everyone here comes the same. Why is my boyfriend the only one going through the inspection channel?"
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