Quarantine

Jenzarl · Senior Member

Quarantine

navynurse · Senior Member

Thanks for that it will be very handy for a quick reference for me & I'm sure many others.

Allan

deverall11 · Guru

Got that map and all that goes with it and still got hassled at the 'border' with excuses that the 'list' had changed. So, this is not the bible and you will find it's up to the person on the day. We have been waved through and have been searched. No rhyme or reason.
Larry

Jenzarl · Senior Member

deverall11 wrote:
Got that map and all that goes with it and still got hassled at the 'border' with excuses that the 'list' had changed. So, this is not the bible and you will find it's up to the person on the day. We have been waved through and have been searched. No rhyme or reason.
Larry

Larry people will be people I guess. Makes life a bit frustrating when you are trying to do the right thing

migra · Senior Member

You can obtain a booklet call Traveller's guide to Australian Interstate Quarantine.

Contact details: www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au or freecall 1800084881

deverall11 · Guru

Jenzarl wrote:
Larry people will be people I guess. Makes life a bit frustrating when you are trying to do the right thing

Yes, just trying to make people aware that the contents on the website and the booklet is NOT gospel.

Larry

migra · Senior Member

The booklet is clear...refer to page 2, It states that the information is a general reference guide for private interstate travellers but remember requirements may change as new pests, diseases and weeds are detected.

If you are concerned with what you want to take across borders you should contact the numbers above during business hours Monday to Friday.

Baz421 · Guru

deverall11 wrote:
Got that map and all that goes with it and still got hassled at the 'border' with excuses that the 'list' had changed. So, this is not the bible and you will find it's up to the person on the day. We have been waved through and have been searched. No rhyme or reason.
Larry

You obviously had something "they" wanted, and they are a law unto themselves sometimes,,, ie one word out of place to them and they "turn you over" nothing new with this concept in many enforcement areas.

deverall11 · Guru

Baz421 wrote:
You obviously had something "they" wanted, and they are a law unto themselves sometimes,,, ie one word out of place to them and they "turn you over" nothing new with this concept in many enforcement areas.

Very true indeed. He took a baby cos lettuce we had. Cos lettuce is not on the list. Must've had a rabbit. 100 km down the road, found exactly what he took at Woolworths that afternoon.

Larry

Santa · Guru

What a load of codswallop, you are seriously deluded if you think the quarantine people are laying in wait at the inspection station with a shopping list, waiting to relieve you of a bloody Cos lettuce biggrin

Not sure why the recurring discussion re quarantine, we cross the borders between SA, Vic and NSW regularly and have no problem whatsoever, simply takes a little planning.

Surely people are not trying to smuggle a bit of limp produce between states, do the right thing, eat it, cook it or dispose of it, easy. wink

Baz421 · Guru

Santa wrote:
What a load of codswallop, you are seriously deluded if you think the quarantine people are laying in wait at the inspection station with a shopping list, waiting to relieve you of a bloody Cos lettuce
Not sure why the recurring discussion re quarantine, we cross the borders between SA, Vic and NSW regularly and have no problem whatsoever, simply takes a little planning.
Surely people are not trying to smuggle a bit of limp produce between states, do the right thing, eat it, cook it or dispose of it, easy.

No codswallop seen it myself,,, done 100's of trips through myself, I've never had a problem except when the NT had a temp quarantine out of Darwin into rural areas (some Banana disease or something) one day sliced tomato from woollies Ok in sandwiches, a couple of days later whole tomato a no no and they never looked at either.

Spydermann · Senior Member

Resurrecting this thread. Just had some friends go from Vic across to WA and back. Made salads & sandwiches are OK but whole fruit and veggies are not. It's assumed that the fruit and veggies in salads have been washed and peeled so any contamination has been removed. Fruit and veggies delivered into quarantine areas for supermarkets are generally treated to remove any contaminants. However one item I cannot fathom is Honey. Honey is on the hit list across every quarantine area. But heated treated honey is OK. I'm assuming the regulations are referring the honey purchased at the farm gate or famers markets and not the stuff that you buy in supermarkets. The other odd one is rice. I can understand loose rice but what about packaged rice?

www.planthealthaustralia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Australian-Interstate-Quarantine-A-Travellers-Guide.pdf