I bought something from overseas, which unfortunately cost more than $1000.
The import duty was quite reasonable - I think it was only about $75 - however, the nasty bit was about $200 to the stevedoring company for "handling costs" and of course GST of 10% slapped on top of that.
Yes; split the presents up if you can but make sure that they don't arrive too close together,
Cheers Charlie

