Answered by ZUPAN
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Jan. 01, 2020 02:53
By far the best way is to take a train from Hong Kong to Lo Wu border crossing. This is Hong Kong crossing where you will clear Hong Kong immigration formalities and there you will tell them that you are traveling to Shenzhen and that you intend to stay in Shenzhen on 5 day Shenzhen VOA.
You will walk about 100 meters after that and you will encounter Luohu, mainland Chinese crossing where you will apply for a 5 day Shenzhen VOA. The price for Australian citizens is 168 CNY. Probably the best option is to bring a Chinese cash that you can easily obtain at one of many Hong Kong money changers. You can also bring a passport size photo.
After your visa is granted, you will proceed to the center of Shenzhen by metro. Just try to avoid a morning and late afternoon rush hours.
After your stay in Shenzhen, you can return to Hong Kong by every mode of transport and my preferred way is to take a direct high speed train from Shenzhen to West Kowloon station in Hong Kong.