Mycelio said:

I know the Australian quarantine regulations can appear pretty annoying at first, though in my eyes you guys down there should be happy to have them. Anyway, if you look closer, you will find lists of species, which are allowed to be imported, where Volvariella volvacea is mentioned:
http://www.aqis.gov.au/icon32/asp/ex_casecontent.asp?intNodeId=8943622&intCommodityId=27054&Types=none&WhichQuery=Go+to+full+text&intSearch=1&LogSessionID=0

However, you should be able to find all you need within Australia.
Have a look at
http://ediblemushroom.net/
If I remember correctly, it is an Australian forum, where you can ask for local suppliers, if nobody has a spare culture.

Carsten

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Thanks mate...
This mushroom forum (ediblemushrooms.net) like every one I've found in Australia is bloody useless. But I appreciate your time to find it for me. I have scoured the message boards there and many users have the same issue as me. No supply. The standard oyster/shitake etc. cultures are available through suppliers but that's it. I've stuck my requests up there with everyone else though.

I like your optimism on dealing with Australian customs. Great sadly it's not easy and most vendors aren't willing to fill out a huge declaration to send a culture. Customs want to know all about the environment the culture comes from and all about whoever grew the culture. Even then it often doesn't get through, or takes so long and is exposed to extremes so it arrives dead. Cultures generally get sent undeclared, and either make it or not (often not). The only sure way to get new strains from overseas is print on paper.

I'd be more than willing to pay for spores/cultures if I could find someone to send them here though no problem finding vendors to send cubensis spore prints, hmmmm. twisted.