Mobi Condo posted:

Also - we found that a warning was out that a "Mobile Inspection Rig" operated along the track as well. We did all our necessary dealing with what would be "contraband" at Rabbit Flat to be ready and then saw none! Cheers - Mobi

Member - Davoe (Yalgoo) posted:

Thats gotta be the funniest loada crap ive ever heard.
What is WA afraid of exactly???? perhaps some fruit that ISNT chokka block full of fruit fly maggots???
Having moved to WA ive soon found its pontless having fruit trees

Member - Dennis P (Scotland) posted:

Have to agree with Davoe.
Got a house in Norseman and Wickepin.
The fruit trees and grape vines are full of fruit fly, especially in Norseman, at least the Shire in Wicky comes around and sprays for them.
Maybe Norseman suffered from having the checkpoint there a few years back.

disco driver posted:

Without being too critical of the two previous follow ups, other than fruitfly, there are many other pests and diseases that are not yet in WA but exist "over there".
Codling Moth is an example and there are others as well.

If you are prepared to do a bit of research, you will be able to verify this and even find out what they are, and their potential impact on WA .

Why do you think Australian applegrowers are against importing fruit from NZ. Same reason, they have diseases there that Australia doesn't. (Fire Blight is one)


Disco.

Member - joc45 (WA) posted:

Agree with Disco.
Sure WA is riddled with fruit fly, but;
twice in the last 20 years, whole apple orchards in the Bridgetown area have had to bulldoze their trees and burn to eradicate Codling Moth, thoughtlessly brought in by someone who couldn't afford to throw away their fruit.
The big impact is for export markets. Having an area certified free of particular diseases means a lot when exporting to certain countries. WA even exports disease-free honey bees, believe it or not.
Gerry

Member - Ed. C. (QLD) posted:

re the fruitfly thing...

WA currently has the

Mediterranean Fruit Fly

The one they're trying to keep out is the

Queensland Fruit Fly

If ya think the Medfly is bad, then this is one Q'ld-er that you definitely do not want in the West...

We don't want 'em either, but because their host range is so large (including native fruits), eradication is near impossible...

Member - joc45 (WA) posted:

Hi Ed,
couldn't agree more! Leave them there in Qld!! Have seen those little poison lure patches nailed to trees up there.

And of course soils are another thing. We wouldn't have the disastrous Phytophthera dieback fungus here in WA if someone hadn't brought in plants from (probably) Indonesia.

Gerry