Hmmm - fresh produce and WA border

Andrew, as far as I know, the checkpoint is at Norseman. They won't let you in with honey, or even any boxes or cartons that have had fruit in, e.g. apple or banana cartons.
Dave

Do the trip in the reverse direction, that will minimise the provisioning required at Eucla.
They will also confiscate hessian bags, feedsacks etc.

Andrew,
Checkpoint heading west is at Eucla and they are strict. Checkpoint heading east is at Ceduna. Theres no checkpoint on the Anne Beadell Hwy!!

Cheers
phil

Hi Andrew
They took my new sqeeze bottle of honey of me at the Kununurra site and when i got into town i went to the supermarket only to see the same brand on the shelf, thier excuse was it might be that other honey could be added to the bottle, A big BIG fine if you get caught

Andrew - Processed food is OK; eg canned fruit and vege, frozen food (if you have a freezer) or those commercial dried veges. Dried fruit is usually well liked by children and is space saving as well. So long as the food is free of soil and cooked you're OK. I peel onions and potatoes well - they last a few days like that in a plastic bag. Staff check there is no soil left on them, and in they can come. They will even confiscate fruit and vege as well as food boxes that have come with me from WA. I have now bought plastic containers for packing instead of boxes. Honey can't come in either. I'm sure you can have a healthy diet without 'fresh' fruit and veg, and you will have less to refrigerate too (unless you cook and freeze everything).

This year i had a big cook up of all the leftover veges, which was hard to handle as the caravan fridge had come to grief, and i was fitting everything into the Engel car fridge. Managed it though.

The checkpoint is at the Border - a few kms East of Eucla.

Have a wonderful trip.

Hi Andrew

Try this link or have a look at the member file swap "Travellers Guide Keep WA Clean"
Because of the cane toad's coming in to WA they will be very strict

have a good trip but remember to KEEP WA CLEAN

Regards

Richard

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I have had unsatisfactory dealings with these guys on several occasions. I've found them to be generally rude, ignorant and aggressive.
On one occasion I had my families stuff strewn over the road just on dark, a pile of cars behind me, and then I find that the rear doors weren't functioning properly. Naturally they found no bloody banned substances.
On another occasion I almost ended up in physical bunfight with one guy (and anyone knowing me will know that's got to be a first :) Only the threat of his bosses bum being kicked politically saved the day.
The next checkpoint had a lady who took us at our word, and was polite and cheerful. What a difference !
Not a great job, but they seemed to get their labour from the closest pub.
For all travellers sakes, I sincerely hope that things are better these days.

Seems to be a lot of negative responses to these guys standing in the middle of the nullabor 24 hrs a day.
You have to remember that their job is to prevent the entry of a range of pests and disease entering WA and keeping it disease free.
Personally I didnt have any trouble during January when I went across and back and other than these guys not being in the mood for conversation didnt have a problem at all.

we had no problem up near kunnunurra but a woman a day before did put it all under the bed and said nothing to declare the guys found heaps of stuff under the bed

there was talk of putting in under car and tyre baths dont know if anymore has happened about that

steve

Andrew W
Check point at SAWA border make sure you have no cardboard boxes with fruit or veg lables on them, or will be confiscated as possable contamination in the flutes of the box. Other items already covered in post.

Cheers
Charlie

Hi All,
In my past life I spent some time at the checkpoint(when it was east of Norseman) dealing with all you travellers.

Most were reasonable people when the reasons for the checkpoint were explained, but there were also a few who were not at all impressed when asked to open the boot, caravan fridge etc.
It's extremely surprising what we found hidden in some vehicles.

After one has dealt with a number of those ignorant B's, is it surprising that the inspector, who as 1arm said is only doing his job, is a little bit terse with you.

Disco