Girly girl, I was thinking the same thing, although problem being that it wont comply with Australian standards (even though it complies with International standards, is used in most countries even New Zealand, and is just as safe as Aussie ones!!!). There are some fantastic seats in Europe and the UK, and a company called Maxi Cosi makes some of the safest car seats around, and they are fantastic patterns and colours. The ridiculous thing is Australia will say its not legal, yet Australian laws state its OK for a 1 year old to be in car with just a seatbelt and no car seat........ yes they recommend one but its not law, and the other silly law is school buses still running around with no seatbelts!!
Europe and the US are bringing out a new fixing method called ISOFIX/LATCH, which is even safer as it requires no seatbelt as the chair fixes into the body of the car, this will eventually be adopted here (when Australia gives it the final OK). New cars are being produced with ISOFIX points even now, and the great thing is all new car seats around the world will have this fixing system, so you will be able to have whatever you like.
Until then, I will just ship one from the UK, using a relative there (its cheaper for me to buy one there and pay for shipping than buy one here!!!).
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