The shipping thing is either:
(a) company has a fear of foreigners, usually instilled via chargebacks from dodgy countries
(b) company sells things that have different distribution arrangements for Australia and the local distributor wants their monopoly.
In the case of (a) use a mailbox service like MyUs, in the case of (b) use a mailbox service like MyUs, then ring up said distributor and tell them how much money they failed to extort from you.
The shipping thing is either: (a) company has a fear of foreigners, usually instilled via chargebacks from dodgy countries (b) company sells things that have different distribution arrangements for Australia and the local distributor wants their monopoly.
In the case of (a) use a mailbox service like MyUs, in the case of (b) use a mailbox service like MyUs, then ring up said distributor and tell them how much money they failed to extort from you.