Fruit fly block

Yep you will have to detour to the east. Look at a Hema Map or RAA Map. There are some tracks shown

That happened to me once. Had a truck full of goodies bought at home(SA) and had to return home due to unforseen circumstancers. So I took some back tracks to miss the Inspection Point at Oodlawirra.

Harry,
Yes you do go through the fruit fly block after googs, its between the googs road and Ceduna, which is a coupla k's west of the town, but if you tell them where you have come from they usually let you through, we have been let through twice before.
May help to keep receipt handy for proof of where you purchased your goods, but I guess there will always be the possiblity of getting a pedantic mongrel who is having a bad day and will stick it to you.

Cheers Pesty

Harry

Googs track is best done travelling North. Going south you don't need a 4WD you can do it in a Holden.

Tjilpi

Ok! I'll be a dick and ask the obvious.

Which way does this GOOGS thingy go. Nth - sth or Sth Nth.

I was always under the impression that it was a one way Sth - Nth.

So, which way would you do the Simpson or Canning.
National parks wouldn't know if they were Arthur or Martha.

Harry, and to any 'like minded Harry heroes' out there, hope you do decide to take Phil Gs advice. It's sound and logical.

Western Australia is free from many animal and plant pests, diseases and weeds found elsewhere in Australia. Quarantine restrictions apply to the movement of a range of goods between Western Australia and other states and territories, whether they be commercial goods or personal effects. These restrictions are in place to prevent the introduction and spread of many weeds, pests and diseases that affect agriculture, the environment and our way of life.

Honey for example cannot be taken freely into WA because of the possibility of the introduction of disease to the local bee hives etc. A real threat to the industry and the livelyhood of many.
The olive lace bug has been identified and located at Boyanup and inudstry and official are working tirelessly to try and control it to prevent devestation of the olive industry.

I believe that there may also be limitations on the unrestricted import of potatoes into WA in order to protect the local industry from disease.

Even though your 'greens' may have been bought in SA, they too may have been transported or traded by an unscrupulous wholesaler, retailer, or traveller - just like others who may have been tempted to avoid detection.

If you are silly enough to persist with your intention to avoid appropriate inspection and declaration of suspect foodstuffs (and I hope you don't), you are acting in a very un-Australian way and with complete disregard for the very industries that Dept of Agriculture are working to protect. No consideration whatsoever for the likely implications that could devestate the lives and income of many poor devils trying to make a living from scratching in the dirt.

Is it really worth it for a few greens?

Enjoy your trip and travel safetly.

Thanks Willem and thanks Pesty,
No more comment needed.