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There is quarantine, though: http://www.interstatequarantine.org.au/travellers/interstate-quarantine/ http://www.interstatequarantine.org.au/travellers/interst

There is quarantine, though: http://www.interstatequarantine.org.au/travellers/interstate-quarantine/ http://www.interstatequarantine.org.au/travellers/interstate... Driving or flying to or from WA, you will see inspectors and dogs.

madeofpalk 9y ago
Huh that's so interesting. I've done plenty of flying along Eastern Australia so I never had a reason to presume there was anything more over in WA. Thanks.
- caf 9y ago
  Every eastern state airport I've ever seen has fruit bins at the gate or on the airbridge, and there is frequently an on-board announcement near TOD that some states prohibit bringing in fruit.
  - madeofpalk 9y ago
    They 100% don't have disposal bins at Sydney T3, nor do I remember them at Melbourne or Brisbane. I've spent a lot of time in that airport, sometimes without even flying and I've never seen anything other than just regular bins and the "oops I forgot this bottle of water" before security.
    - will_hughes 9y ago
      Water and liquids are permitted through security on domestic flights from domestic airport terminals. No reason to dump your bottle of water. http://travelsecure.infrastructure.gov.au/onboard/liquids-aerosols-and-gels.aspx http://travelsecure.infrastructure.gov.au/onboard/liquids-ae...
  - SyneRyder 9y ago
    there is frequently an on-board announcement near TOD that some states prohibit bringing in fruit Yup, was about to mention this. I did Sydney to Perth a couple of weeks ago & Qantas made that announcement close to landing. In particular, they mention not to bring honey into Western Australia, and to talk to a flight attendant if you were carrying honey. I do remember seeing signage (somewhere) in Perth on arrival, but I don't remember seeing any disposal bins.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
  I live in Launceston Tasmania, there's a fruit bin on the way in to the airport from the tarmac. Nearly every time I've been to the airport here there is a Beagle getting about on the luggage carousel. Now that I think about it, that dog might not be there entirely for fruit. There was a bit of a spate of people bringing ice (meth-amphetamine) in through checked baggage a couple years ago. Who does that?
  - jsjohnst 9y ago
    Beagles usually are used for smelling foods (vegetables and meats), not drugs.
  - will_hughes 9y ago
    Unfortunately the beagles are mostly gone from Hobart airport. There's just the one now, I'm told, and s/he wasn't on duty last I flew down. Family that fly through there regularly all say they havnt seen it on duty much either. This made my paranoid checking of whether my chosen brand of fruit-oil containing shower gel would be permitted kind of redundant. For somewhere there's not supposed to be fruit fly, we sure saw a lot of fruit flies.
- NamTaf 9y ago
  There's similar if you go north of Brisbane. Turns out, having a ridiculously sparse population is also a good defence against the spread of plant diseases. There's actually signs somewhere north of BNE telling truckies that they can't take bananas past that point, for example.
mcguire 9y ago
Does California still have the agricultural prohibitions? I can remember the fruit fly traffic inspections in the '70s. I've also been sniffed by a Dept. of Agriculture beagle coming back from Puerto Rico.
- vinay427 9y ago
  I-10 from AZ still has an inspection station that seemed to wave through most passenger vehicles.

madeofpalk 9y ago

Huh that's so interesting. I've done plenty of flying along Eastern Australia so I never had a reason to presume there was anything more over in WA. Thanks.

caf 9y ago
Every eastern state airport I've ever seen has fruit bins at the gate or on the airbridge, and there is frequently an on-board announcement near TOD that some states prohibit bringing in fruit.
- madeofpalk 9y ago
  They 100% don't have disposal bins at Sydney T3, nor do I remember them at Melbourne or Brisbane. I've spent a lot of time in that airport, sometimes without even flying and I've never seen anything other than just regular bins and the "oops I forgot this bottle of water" before security.
  - will_hughes 9y ago
    Water and liquids are permitted through security on domestic flights from domestic airport terminals. No reason to dump your bottle of water. http://travelsecure.infrastructure.gov.au/onboard/liquids-aerosols-and-gels.aspx http://travelsecure.infrastructure.gov.au/onboard/liquids-ae...
- SyneRyder 9y ago
  there is frequently an on-board announcement near TOD that some states prohibit bringing in fruit Yup, was about to mention this. I did Sydney to Perth a couple of weeks ago & Qantas made that announcement close to landing. In particular, they mention not to bring honey into Western Australia, and to talk to a flight attendant if you were carrying honey. I do remember seeing signage (somewhere) in Perth on arrival, but I don't remember seeing any disposal bins.
TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
I live in Launceston Tasmania, there's a fruit bin on the way in to the airport from the tarmac. Nearly every time I've been to the airport here there is a Beagle getting about on the luggage carousel. Now that I think about it, that dog might not be there entirely for fruit. There was a bit of a spate of people bringing ice (meth-amphetamine) in through checked baggage a couple years ago. Who does that?
- jsjohnst 9y ago
  Beagles usually are used for smelling foods (vegetables and meats), not drugs.
- will_hughes 9y ago
  Unfortunately the beagles are mostly gone from Hobart airport. There's just the one now, I'm told, and s/he wasn't on duty last I flew down. Family that fly through there regularly all say they havnt seen it on duty much either. This made my paranoid checking of whether my chosen brand of fruit-oil containing shower gel would be permitted kind of redundant. For somewhere there's not supposed to be fruit fly, we sure saw a lot of fruit flies.
NamTaf 9y ago
There's similar if you go north of Brisbane. Turns out, having a ridiculously sparse population is also a good defence against the spread of plant diseases. There's actually signs somewhere north of BNE telling truckies that they can't take bananas past that point, for example.

mcguire 9y ago

Does California still have the agricultural prohibitions? I can remember the fruit fly traffic inspections in the '70s. I've also been sniffed by a Dept. of Agriculture beagle coming back from Puerto Rico.

vinay427 9y ago
I-10 from AZ still has an inspection station that seemed to wave through most passenger vehicles.