I too live in Australia and have bought amps and speakers from the USA but that was before shipping costs went through the roof. Now I consider shipping and duty costs to be prohibitive. Twelve years ago I got Martin Logan Vantage speakers on Audiogon and shipping was A$ 700 but I still saved $4000 on the Australian price. I don't think you would get that sort of deal now as a 25kg amp would cost about A$500 to ship plus duty and insurance. Also good buys on Audiogon are difficult as most sellers won't ship overseas. I do know that Underwood will ship to Australia as will Parts Exchange in Canada but generally not speakers. Also occasionally some sellers on US and Canuck Audiomart will ship internationally.