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Fruit and Veg in South Australia

Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 06:37

Member - Brian H (QLD)

On my recent trip down I past a unmaned check point so off loaded my stuff (bugger) forgot about it being so close not that I had much to toss.

Anyway restocked at leigh Creek however when I visited Pinneroo Bakery I was reading a small for want of a better discription page holder for a book. It basiclly said NO FRUIT NO FINE, yep all cool, got mine in SA only to find in reading further I MUST have the receipt of purchase as well, failure to produce was a nice $2500.00 fine thanks for coming. Well got my stuff and a quick sprint for the Vic border.

I guess no being aware of this is my fault and should have researched before hand but how easy would it to have been caught without a receipt. How many others keep thier receipts of purchase just in case? Mind you the sign where I deposited my stuff ONLY said to toss my fruit did not say squat about my veggies.

Or was this a way to get the Qlder out of SA, if so it worked rather quickly I might add . LOL

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AnswerID: 255313   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 08:21

Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses replied:

G'day Brian, they are quick with that one aren't they. We didn't buy any before we went to SA and brought. um, not much back after our enforced stay. They will ping you for spuds and onions too, and don't fotget your Queensland Blue is a fruit by true definition.
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AnswerID: 255322   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 10:15

DIO replied:

I guess the reason for all the signs as you approach SA (borders) is to advice of the requirement to dispose of (i.e. not to transport) certain items of foodstuff into the State. Apparently SA is Fruit Fly Free and I guess the growers and the consumers would like to keep it that way. What's wrong with that? The fact that you didn't or may not have known is why they have so many signs on the side of the highways advising (as above). There are also 'Exclusion Zones' throughout the Riverena, all of WA and between NSW and VIC at Woodonga, Tasmania and I think even parts of NT. Gee even when you travel to NZ you are prohibited from transporting certain food items including fruit and veg into the country.
By the way, bet you didn't know that it is an offence in SA to smoke in a vehicle occupied by a child 16yrs or younger. Yep, there is a fine and the legislation is being enforced. Now that's what I call good thinking on the part of the Politicians - for a change.
For some additional reading on the subject of Fruit Fly and SA have a look at the following Link it may help to enlighten you and any other doubters.
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FollowupID: 516473   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 10:33

Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. posted:

"I guess" he knew about the fruit fly . Who said there was anything wrong with that ?

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FollowupID: 516543   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 21:48

Member - Brian H (QLD) posted:

Dio,

I'm not complaining about depositing my stuff at all and I'm am aware the reasons the no go zones are in place in the various states. I have NO issue at all with that and will and do abide by the law, which I beleived I did ............ BUT the fact I never had a receipt of where I got my veggies in SA if court would have been up for a fine of $2500.00.

I was simply pointing out firstly my lack of knowledge in that VEG was part of the BAN and you MUST have your "receipt" with you if even purchased in SA in the restricted zone. I just found it poorly advertised considering the billions of dollars the industry is worth and where I dropped my stuff there was NO mention of tossing even veggies out (i just did it myself) or the fact you must have a receipt of any fruit or veg purchased.

Basiclly my main reason for the post is to make others aware so they do not fall foul of the law when they have simply not retained a receipt. Who holds onto there fruit and veg receipt geeeeeeezzzzz??

As for the smoking I don't give a sh*t I don't smoke and no one smokes in my vehicle and as for the law for that one no problems with me on that one.

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AnswerID: 255330   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:23

Love The Outback replied:

Hi everybody involved in travel around Australia.
I have to write my comment to this thread.
Not only you don’t take your fruit & veg to exclusion zones, but if you take to Western Australia nuts and honey!!!, you get penalised as well. It doesn’t matter if the honey is from commercial outlet Coles, Woolie… (even unopened jar) or if it is from small producer.
We usually buy & eat…That is only possible approach.
Anyway beats me, why these things are not appropriately advertised in media?, say on TV and radio??? They should do that instead of flipping lips about nothing.

Ps. Packing for Canning….uuuh I don’t know where the things coming from, but
it is a big pile already and not finished yet. Unfortunately the rig is not inflatable…that would help….
Ciao Dana
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FollowupID: 516533   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 20:15

Dave B (NSW) posted:

Carrying goods into WA in cardborad fruit cartons e.g. apple cartons is illegal too.
I have seen goods sent over there by Busfreight returned back to the east because they were in fruit cartons.

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FollowupID: 516544   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 21:51

Member - Brian H (QLD) posted:

There yeah go learn something everyday ..... not sure why unopened honey be an issue. Mind you will have forgotten by the time I get to WA :)

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FollowupID: 516584   Submitted: Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 08:58

Love The Outback posted:


we were told, that honey it self may carry some disease and traces of that may wipe out whole industry. I don't know too much about bees.

What I don't understand why they don't advertised a appropriately?

Governments are put into the power by us, people of Australia, and they should work for all of us.
Dana
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AnswerID: 255339   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:03

Garbutt replied:

You can't take much into Tassie either. Perhaps a quarantine section in ExplorOz would be a help showing rules for different states?

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FollowupID: 516483   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 13:19

Garbutt posted:

Try this:

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FollowupID: 516521   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 19:14

GeoffMc posted:

......... "You can't take much into Tassie either."

Thinking about my pet fox.

LOL ..... Geoff
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AnswerID: 255342   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:33

Longreach replied:

Was discussing this sort of thing with my inlaws last night who were travelling west in NSW towards Broken Hill and hence SA and got somewhat confused. Question is, do you have to dump your fruit before you get to Broken Hill or after before you get to the border ? I'd have guessed Broken Hill would be considered part of SA for quarantine purposes. If you buy in BH, can you take it into SA ?
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FollowupID: 516515   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 18:40

Member - Rob S (NSW) posted:

Just as you enter the outskirts of Broken Hill heading from Cobar their is a fruit dump.We brought fruit (tomatoes)in Broken Hill again and it is labelled.
So you can take it it to SA.

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FollowupID: 516519   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 18:59

Member - Duncs posted:

Be careful going west through Broken Hill and on into SA.

There is a bin 10km east of the Hill for people travelling west. It is monitored and from time to time AQIS set up there and do inspections. I know of at least one vehicle which decided to do a runner on the inspector and it cost them at least a day in court.

There is also an inspection station at Oodla Wirra. They will take fruit and beg from you even if it was purchased in Broken Hill. No fdruit gets through potatoes and onions have to be peeled.

Rob, I don't know when you got through with yor tomatoes but I llived in the Hill for nearly 5 years up to last Christmas and every time I went down to Adelaide they stopped, I asked about stuff from BH and they took it off me.

It confuses me really because when you get to Oodla Wirra heading west, or is it south, you are actually leaving the fruit fly exclusion zone. I argued this point with people from the Dept of AG in both states, they agreed that what I say is right but still want all my fruit and veg.

I think it is a ploy to get us outback travellers to stop in Peterborough. Willem doesn't have shares in a fruit shop does he?

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FollowupID: 516565   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 23:24

George (NT) posted:

Duncs

No Willem doesn't have shares in the local shop..........LOL

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AnswerID: 255344   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:54

JimDi replied:

Had a similar problem a few years ago. Driving from NSW to Vic and thru to SA.
In NSW we came across the fruit dump bins and did the right thing, got rid of our fruit. Stayed at Hay that night and had lunch at Ouyen. When paying my bill at the counter I purchased bananas on impulse. Sure enough, out of Ouyen we came across a manned inspection station and had to dump the bananas. I often wondered how the locals got on. That was some time ago but no one asked me for receipts etc.Just get rid of the fruit.
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AnswerID: 255350   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 13:56

Love The Outback replied:

JimDi,
I know what you talking about, and I can go little bit further.
Last year, we travelled to WA from Sydney and we bought two tomatoes in
Wagga Wagga around 1pm for lunch. Few Km down Sturt Hwy, after passing
dumps we were thinking, if we have docket from Wagga Wagga, we be OK….
Well, it cost us $220, ~ and no tomatoes for lunch, no compromise, no excuses, contractors from some company didn’t want to see even the docket.
Ciao Dana
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AnswerID: 255356   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 16:28

Kevern replied:

I recantly contacted NSW quarantine authority [ not the correct name but who cares] and they kindly sent me a package on the restrictions for all boarders. I was told by the lovely lady on the phone that the package would explain everything.When It arrived I opened it in excited anticipation, now I would know what I could and couldn't take across boarders.I open the pamphlet to find a page for each state and a corresponding list of fruit and veg. Next to each item was NO, YES or ASK. WA for instance had ASK next to all but one item and the other states were not much better. Who should I ask I thought, phone the contact numbers in the pamphlet, so I did and was told I will get a package in the mail from S.A. and N.T., great I thought, guess what, they sent me the same package as NSW, so I rang again to obtain the correct info and again was told they will send me a package to which I naturally replied don't bother. If there is no hard and fast info around how can they expect anyone to do the right thing.
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AnswerID: 255358   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 16:38

Kevern replied:

I read somewhere quite a while ago that if you purchase fruit and veg in Cairns you can get a form from the seller that allows you to take that fruit and veg into cape york quarantine areas, someone on here may be able to confirm or dispel this.
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FollowupID: 516494   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 16:49

Love The Outback posted:

Kevern
That sounds worst then giving a birth……isn’t it???….LOL
Dana
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AnswerID: 255413   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 22:01

Member - Brian H (QLD) replied:

Anyway what it has highlighted to me is when I do travel I will not only have to look at Booze restrictions but also fruit and veg and other edibles which are also banned.

I just find it very poor the billions of $$$$$$$$$ the industry is worth to protect it spending millions on better signage (one method) to make people better aware of thier responsibilities.

I do beleive majority of people would do the right thing if the REALLY knew what it was.

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AnswerID: 255422   Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 01, 2007 at 23:22

Muddies Doe(Trippn) replied:

Hi Brian

Depending on how much you have you can always cook it up the night before and store it in the fridge so as not to waste it.
I have heard you can safely carry it through like that?
Happy to be informed otherwise, if not so.

Cya
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