Sth Aust Fruit & Veg Nazis

There is the same system in NSW also.

A total exclusion zone and it basically means no movement of fruit into the area.

Anyhow I hope your trip and mood improves.

None of the states are very good at providing correct information regarding quarantine zones..... except WA... where everything is against the law.... lol..!

You will be easy to spot on the Nullabor.

I will look out for a Cruiser with smoke coming out the windows ROFL


Leaving Eucla for Ceduna in Morning. 2 nights there.


CU

Hiya Bigfella

I remember DIO posting something about the changes about a year or so ago here on the Forum. But you are right there isn't much info given out about any changes.

I had an altercation with the female version of Adolf at Yamba a while back. First of all they are in a hurry to look in your fridge. I said they had to wait 'cos the dog would take their arms off. So when that was done she said 'You got any eskies and I said No forgetting about an old busted esky in the trailer. So next se wants to look in the trailer and I had to unzip the sides of the trailer.....meanwhile the traffic is banking up...lol. "Wot's this?" she cries. Me "A plastric box"...."I wanna see inside it" I said "Go for it"....'twas only some old preserving jars in there. I said she could unpack the whole of the bloody trailer if she wished. I had made my declaration and if she carried on like a pork chop its her stress. "Think we're finished here" came the reply

Anyway its a stupid system because at some times of the year the bloody Control Offices are shut. I make sure I have nothing on board when coming home and spill for an argument but the last three times the bloody place has been shut at Oodlawirra...LOL

Cheers

WELCOME to the RANN state mate, where everyone is subject to PLUNDER and PILLAGE, not just the locals.
I was under the impression if you had the reciept you could keep it, expecially if it was woolys or coles.
I would have turned around and parked behind the stn and cooked it all or something, and if i had to surrender it i would have smashed it up so they couldnt eat it.
Im all for protecting the state from friut fly, but sometimes this mob go over board.
My mother spent weeks drying huge amounts of nectarines a few years ago, and so when going to the west to see daughter took several bags of dried fruit, only to be told that the only dried fruit permitted was angus park, so guess who is getting a kick back there.
She made them give her a reciept and they kept them for several weeks and she collected them on the way home. Go mum hahaha

Pesty

Hey Mr GB, Did this fellow say that he only accepts "Reichsmark" .. I hope that you told him what went wrong after his grandfather invaded Poland. At 4'6" he would have only been up to your naval.

Cheers


Mark

I know exactly what you mean. In July we travelled from Vic to SA to QLD to SA to NSW to Vic all in a five week trip zig zagging around. I can tell you that was fun trying to work out state rules for fruit and veg. It nearly did our head in.

To confuse the SA/Vic issue even more - when in SA you can buy fruit & veg outside the FFZ of SA and with a valid receipt you can drive into the the SA FFZ with the fruit & veg just purchased - figure that one out!!! Sorry I can't find the link where we found all the information but it was all very difficult to interpret.

I can relate to that GB; same thing happened to us.

Before entering the zone, i checked on the internet, to ensure we didn't breach any regulations. Vegetables were OK, but not fruit (which includes tomatoes). I looked at both the CMCA website which is an excellent website and had a good easy to read article on the zone. It said grapes were permitted, however the Govt site which i also checked said grapes were not, so the grapes got eaten too (CMCA got it wrong). Likewise we shopped at Hay - not a cheap store either! We also got a flat tyre when we stopped to go shopping which was an added drama as Rooster was not well that day and going under the van to jack it gave him a mighty headache and nausea. I had gone shopping leaving him to change the tyre. Because he felt so ill after this, we missed having a good look around the town and going to the "Shear Outback" display.Hay was a nice friendly town, as when i enquired in the grocery store about a tyre service in case we needed one (it was Sunday), shop staff went to find the phone number, and came back with the lady who with her husband run the tyre service. She gave me her mobile number in case we did need them to come out (we didn't).

Had i known, i would have sliced, steamed and frozen the tomatoes at least. I was equally NOT IMPRESSED to find we still lost the produce purchased inside the zone, just due to a state border. The Nazi-ess was quite polite about it, so i won't "shoot the messenger". Although i am a bit of a Nazi myself when in comes to protecting WA primary production, i found this ridiculous, and like you, i wouldn't have minded so much if i had known to plan ahead. I had done what i thought was checking the right websites.

I didn't let it spoil my holiday, and purchased more fruit and tomatoes in Renmark, and spent the next few days at camps along the Murray. At Berri we went to a ski boat racing competition which was something different, and the Rooster who was heading for home as fast as he could stopped and enjoyed the day relaxing by the river and seeing the boats and competitors.

We never got to Melrose to camp as we had intended - we struck a dreadful day with very hot dusty strong winds, so decided to stop ASAP (needing a powered site to run the air con as it was so hot, and couldn't run the genny with a fire hazard day like that) so changed travel direction and found a lovely place to stop at the Auburn Sports Ground instead. Our camping experiences through SA were all good.

Enjoy the Eyre - they should be all smiles there this year.

Motherhen

Just getting our own back Stephen :-o).......but really, Mike Rann (aka 'good news Mike') gets very nasty as soon as he makes bad news - lately he's had plenty of bad news. As for WA, I always refer to the border guards at Kununurra as Nazis, since they pinched my peanuts in the shell bought from Woollies in Katherine :-o( and hell... our cotton clothes and linen teatowels were at risk too I reckon.........

A quick search or posting the question on here could have saved you all that stress GB ;-)
On this years trip accross we 1/2 cooked all our vegies & Cryovaced them in portion serves. A little preparation keeps the border patrol happy. Berri is the heart of fresh fruit so we always aim to buy it there.
Literaly Bypassing the State of SA and all the great places it has to offer is a bit childish don't you think for the loss of a few dollars worth of food. That will certainly teach them a lesson for your mistake :D
Cheers Craig.........

Well after coming from SA and nw living in WA I fully support any measure SA takeseven if some peoplea are "inconvenienced" crops of fruit full of maggots make growing frut trees here in WA a waste of time. It makes you realize why they are so dedicated

Geez,

I reckon you guys should lighten up a little, you are too stressed out:-)

Who gives a continental about a couple of dollars worth of fruit! Get over it.
The quarantine officers are only there to protect the citrus industry from accidental, as well as deliberate breaches of the fruit fly exclusion zones which in either case can have dramatic financial impacts to the Fruit growing industry.

We travelled from Adelaide to Pooncarie (NSW) through the premier fruit growing areas and back again and had no problems with the attitude of the Quarantine Officers at all.
SWMBO even had a pot of herbs in the vehicle which proved to be no problem at all as they were "alive" and still rooted in soil.

We just go with the flow!


Bill.

Thanks for the warning, never occurred for me to check.
Live in Brisbane, and there used to be the check going into NSW.

Have been to SA once, but never saw a sign or any warning.
Went to Flinders ranges via the Strezlecki.

Have heard about WA, but didn't realize the FFEZ around the Murray was there.

Describing them as "Nazis' is offensive to the extreme, they are people doing their job to protect our agriculture industry & save jobs.

I live in W.A. and would like to know how is it I can buy fruit and veggies at Coles and Wollies tha are not grown in W.A. and evn from overseas??????

Had a look at the rules out of interest and a link follows. Essentially this guide tells you what you can and can't take over State borders, and this appears regardless of whether you purchased the fruit within the FFEZ.

Apologies in advance if already posted elsewhere.......

Quarantine - Domestic

Cheers

Got 'stung' with the same situation. We tried to do 'the right thing'...
The cook was NOT impressed !!

Having been stung a few times, despite trying to do the right thing, the only stuff we transport now is processed hops and grapes (problematic though in some parts of the NT).

Most of the officials are reasonable, but I reckon jobs with uniforms do tend to attract more of the anal retentives amongst us than most. How often do you reckon I've had to tell a young copper handing me a ticket to lighten up a bit?

If you want to find people with officious attitudes you'd start with police, parking officers, bouncers and the like. Most are quite reasonable people doing difficult work really well, but this is where you can really strike the so called 'Nazis'. People with these personalities gravitate to these jobs so they can push people around, or in the case of bouncers, beat the cr-- out of them (although Roebourne and Palm Island come to mind too).

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Going from Brisbane to WA this year quarantine drove us mad. We understand and support the need for it but it does get complicated! Surely simple signs saying "No Fruit or Veg Past this Point" would be better than all the different regs. We did the right thing (we thought) and picked up the WA Govt information booklet in Ceduna and it had errors according to the info we got from WA border inspectors!

It is also a pain that the WA checkpoint has been moved from nearNorseman to the state border. We had planned to spend several days on the Nullarbor, which is hardly noted for its agricultural industries or shops and had to do without any fresh fruit and veggies, including the ones we had thought OK like garlic.

We stayed in SA, found a pleasant campspot and cooked, parcooked or peeled everything - the garlic and chillies we bottled in olive oil (travelled perfectly for weeks!) We survived a week in the desert very well!

When we finally went through the WA border the inspector was very courteous and they must put up with a lot! Especially as their govt gives out inaccurate info and doesn't answer the listed info phone number!.
She was also brave. Our dog was in the back of the vehicle and she suddenly said "you have a dog! I have to check it for grass seeds!" Whereupon she reached in. and without hesitation or introduction ran her hands all over the astonished dog! Luckily the dog was too bemused to react! What if it had been a Rottweiler instead of a Jack Russell!? Would the dog have gone into the bin if she had grass seeds on her?

Apparently WA is the only Australian state still free of a terrible disease that is destroying honey bees all over the world. They are desperately trying to save a significant industry so be nice to them about the honey quarantine although it seems strange!

Happy travelling! Lynne