My apologies as this is a commercial post....with the discussion earlier about lasers (and their un-availability in Victoria) I may be persuaded to import some
provided enough people are interested. The link is here
if I accidentally pointed it at a street light say 50 metres away, would I accidentally damage the street light causing it to no longer function?
Last edited by madtuna; 05-02-2008 at 01:21 PM.
Reason: refrased so I wouldn't look like an intentional vandal ridding my street of unwanted light pollution
This is in a related thread, but needs it here as well.
Greater than 1MW in Victoria is a PROHIBITED WEAPON.
Yep, if you get caught in possesion of or using a laser of greater than 1MW in VICTORIA you are going to be in deep trouble. Like a maximum $6000 and or 12 months in a prison.
But you can get them, if you apply for a permit, and have no history of doing illegal stuff.
Here is the info regarding what is a prohibited weapon...
My apologies as this is a commercial post....with the discussion earlier about lasers (and their un-availability in Victoria) I may be persuaded to import some
provided enough people are interested. The link is here
Other people on IIS have bought lasers from Ebay and they have been intercepted by customs. If you imported a number of them, even if you had a license to use one, I don't think customs would allow you to actually "get" them. I would just get a permit and buy one for yourself from someone in Australia. They are not a big price tag item so the savings would be minimal and you would have to show some appropriate documentation to customs etc.
There are many vendors in States other than Victoria that import laser pointers.
We have imported many 30mW units in past. In short, customs don't have a problem if the port of landing is outside Victoria.
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Originally Posted by OneOfOne
Other people on IIS have bought lasers from Ebay and they have been intercepted by customs. If you imported a number of them....I don't think customs would allow you to actually "get" them.
if I accidentally pointed it at a street light say 50 metres away, would I accidentally damage the street light causing it to no longer function?
