Fruit Fly Checks

Yup..there's a fruit drop off point just east of Broken Hill,,
Leave your shopping till Woolies at BH...

Not sure about the Fruit Fly Check east of Broken Hill. Must be a new one.

There is most definitely a Fruit Fly Checkpoint at Oodlawirra which lies 25km east of Peterborough on the Barrier Highway. You can shop at Foodland Peterborough, IGA Orroroo or Woolworths, Port Augusta

Broken Hill is a bit of a problem. There is a sign on the Barrier Hwy east of BH warning you to get rid of your fruit and vegies as you are entering the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone. Even though there is no fixed gate they do have random checks. Since BH is in the far NW corner of the fruit fly zone you leave the zone again on the other side of BH as you continue towards Adelaide. However, you then encounter the SA border gate at Oodla Wirra where you WILL be stopped and searched.

So the moral of the story is don't bring fruit and vegies into BH, and don't stock up in BH as you'll lose it at Oodla Wirra.

Stephen.

And they mean business. I was crossing into the zone at Pinarroo in my work crummydore wagon loaded to the gunwales with furniture and equipment.

"Do you have any fruit?"

No

"Lets have a look anyway."

25 minutes to search the car, but then I had nothing better to do. Not sure about the 2 cars parked waiting behind me though. :o)

They do mean business.

Pete

I have heard that the NSW / SA border is pretty strict. Does anybody know about going from SA into NT
Cheers

Yes, well whether they are strict or not, how about just not taking fruit and veggies into the area it you see it posted, just eat it or cook it.

I've seen some real ratbags busy hiding fruit in stops just before Blocks and just begged for them to get sprung.

Alice Springs does have fruit fly! Bringing fruit in is not welcomed but takeing fruit out is a bleep load worse! Ti Tree has a big fruit industry and Im sure they wouldnt like people bringing things in from other states for all sorts of infectious reasons but you wont come across road blocks like you do in the Eastern States. Do the right thing for all concerned and dont bring in anything that could possibly be a problem. Its got to be safer for everybody!
Cheers

keep in mind that you don't have to throw everything out.

Not prohibited:

Beans, canned fruit, carrot, celery, coffee berry, dried fruit, eggplant, grapes, lettuce, monstera, okra, olives, onion, peas, pineapple, potato, shallot.

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Hi all,

Thanks for the info, we respect the need and reasoning for these checks.
We will do our shopping at Port Augusta.

Matt

Hi Matt L,
This site go to 'On The Road' (little blue boxes above). Open Food and Water then scroll right down to 'Quarantine Regulations & Checkpoints'. It's all there.
JJ

Go to the www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture and all will be revealed.