Taking food int WA

Peter,

Your only real option is to ensure you have used up any fresh or dried stuff, or dispose of remaining stock and rely on canned stuff, until you can replenish your stock in WA.

Easy As!

We were asked to hand over any honey and bags that may have been used for vegetables/fruit eg, potato bag, so be aware of that as well.

Peter

Quarantine

Fresh is the no no.

Processed or frozen is usually OK see the list above.

Alan

Peter

The way you are travelling will take you past an unmanned bin outside Halls Creek.
It's then your responsibility to dispose of quarantine items, unlike the main roads where you go through a check-point.

Whether there are inspectors or not at the checkpoints WA is working hard to save its agricultural industries eg they are the only state now free of a honey bee disease so it is necessary to observe the restrictions. Many people's livelihood depends on everyone doing the right thing.
When we went through the inspection point we could not take ANY fresh fruit or veg or honey. Sealed packets of dried peas and tinned food were OK.
However vegies that were peeled and cooked were fine. So before leaving SA we camped and cooked some stew and soup. For the remaining vegies we fried up chopped onion and lightly steamed potatoes, carrots and other vegies and stacked them in the fridge in plastic containers - it was amazing how much fitted in! Garlic cloves peeled and in a small jar of oil were OK. We stewed the apples and ate the bananas!
So we did not have to throw anything away and managed quite comfortably until we reached Norseman a few days later. Lynne

Hi Peter

As you are planning to go to Halls Creek, there is a small grocery store there for fresh produce.

Check ahead with the community store at Billiluna; they may well be able to provide your needs. Other travellers may know better about this option.

Motherhen

N if ya run out of thongs the halls creek store has cheap ones... The other thing they took off us was a half bucket of fresh yabbies I caught down the road, they weren't certain whether or not to take them until the boss came out and he salivated and his eyes lit up and said yes we we need to take those.....

I have been led to believe that if you partly cook something then it will be fine the way you are going. BUT DO NOT take spuds down to anywhere near Wiluna and all points south west of the CSR. We will be starting in Alice and then up the Tanami to Wolfe Creek and then back down to Bililuna and the CSR.

Haven't looked much past spuds as yet because we have a freezer for vegetables (21lt Fridge dedicated as a freezer).

Phil

I meant to post this link earler but forgot. A handy quarantine checklist for entering WA. And from the Government as well. But whether they talk to each other or not is another matter.

Destination: Western Australia

You may find some information for the other states as well but I have not read them as yet.

Phil

The issue some people have with quarantine always boggles me. What is wrong with buying your supplies in the state you are visiting? Yes if you're bypassing main towns in that state then fresh supplies may be limited however what we do is call ahead and find out when the locals get their fresh supplies sent up from the main supply centre. There is often a weekly supply truck that delivers to locals and/or local store. As a traveller, you can put in a private order and collect this from the depot on the given date, or ask the store to hold it for you. You can buy absolutely anything the same as you would at Woolies/Coles at home. We have done this in Birdsville, and in Wiluna. I'm sure you can do this from Halls Creek too. Hope this helps, don't mean to be rude but people living everywhere eat fresh food too.