Ceduna Quarantine Station

thomas01 · Senior Member

Ceduna Quarantine Station

Peter_n_Margaret · Senior Member

Just tell them you have not crossed the border and that will be that.
Cheers,
Peter

TheHeaths · Guru

Stop in at the station on your way out to Penong or Yalata or anywhere before the WA border, and they will give you a return pass to show them on the way back.

We did that when we went to the Head of the Bight a couple of years ago. Covers your van as well if you have that with you.

-- Edited by TheHeaths on Thursday 13th of February 2025 07:24:32 PM

thomas01 · Senior Member

Thanks Ian and Peter.

I was hoping there was some sensible way of retaining any unused fresh produce purchased in SA.

As I don't currently have the time to travel to the west, I was at least hoping to get to the Bight, just in case the worst happens and I never get the opportunity again.

Regards Robert

Brodie Allen · Guru

My experiences with them is less than edifying.

They confiscated 2kg of commercially labelled honey in bottles with vacuum lids.

Reason: The honey might have eggs in it!!!!
(That was from the relevant authority who replied after i made a written inquiry).

So check your honey - you don't want bee eggs in it!!!

Just a scam to get more sales from local retailers.

B

Peter_n_Margaret · Senior Member

Brodie Allen wrote:
My experiences with them is less than edifying.

They confiscated 2kg of commercially labelled honey in bottles with vacuum lids.

Reason: The honey might have eggs in it!!!!
(That was from the relevant authority who replied after i made a written inquiry).
So check your honey - you don't want bee eggs in it!!!
Just a scam to get more sales from local retailers.

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If you had bothered to check you would have known that.

There are serious diseases that need to be stopped from spreading.

You have never been able to take ANY honey into WA.

There is a prawn disease that also prohibits the transport of prawns (including frozen ones) into WA.

Cheers,

Peter

Dick0 · Guru

It's amazing how we are an isolated continent of one nation and these quarantine diseases can be stopped at "virtual borders".

There are many "unmanned" quarantine notices prohibiting the entry of products at State borders also, with disposal bins provided.

My fridge was inspected at a crossing and my two cucumbers were confiscated. The reason given that they are of the tomato family, being fruit.

Kind of makes me wonder as to why there are varying Licensing and Registration laws between the States. Plus many other examples.

Yet, throughout the year, all types of fruit and vegetables criss-cross this continent in seasons from farms to markets.

The bees are now more clever and know where our borders are and can smuggle the pollen over these virtual boundaries.

'Poeppel's Corner' is still a challenge though!

confuse confuse confuse

Hairyone · Veteran Member

I've crossed the WA border multiple times and always found the quarantine officers to be very polite and professional.....surely a whole industry is more valuable than one jar of honey? The rules are there for a reason and are quite well explained.....

Brodie Allen · Guru

Yet you can buy the same brand of honey in WA as that that they confiscated.

Woolworths Pure Honey..

From New Zealand. MANGERE

I remember Aldi in WA sold British honey. Must have no bugs in UK?

B

-- Edited by Brodie Allen on Monday 17th of February 2025 05:10:54 PM

Peter_n_Margaret · Senior Member

Commercial sellers must jump through serious hoops to sell their products including proving its sterilisation.
They have no idea of the history of yours.
The rules are well advertised. Do not blame the inspectors if you did not bother to check.
If you get caught with fruit in the fruit fly exclusion zone in SA it is an instant fine. No excuses about where it came from will help.
Cheers,
Peter

watsea · Guru

I thought the OP had the query about going through Ceduna from SA with honey, towards WA, but not entering WA, then returning via Ceduna.
That was given sensible answers early in the thread.

Brodie Allen · Guru

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
Commercial sellers must jump through serious hoops to sell their products including proving its sterilisation.
They have no idea of the history of yours.
The rules are well advertised. Do not blame the inspectors if you did not bother to check.
If you get caught with fruit in the fruit fly exclusion zone in SA it is an instant fine. No excuses about where it came from will help.
Cheers,
Peter

I think you are a bit anxious to jump to conclusions:

"They confiscated 2kg of commercially labelled honey in bottles with vacuum lids."

They were from Commercial sellers

B

Dick0 · Guru

Brodie Allen wrote:
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
Commercial sellers must jump through serious hoops to sell their products including proving its sterilisation.
They have no idea of the history of yours.
The rules are well advertised. Do not blame the inspectors if you did not bother to check.
If you get caught with fruit in the fruit fly exclusion zone in SA it is an instant fine. No excuses about where it came from will help.
Cheers,
Peter

I think you are a bit anxious to jump to conclusions:

"They confiscated 2kg of commercially labelled honey in bottles with vacuum lids."
They were from Commercial sellers

B

Just makes no sense, does it?

rgren2 · Guru

Had new jar of honey confiscated too, no biggie, the sign and pamphlets say no honey. Poo Bear may complain because he consumes hunny, not honey.

Peter_n_Margaret · Senior Member

rgren2 wrote:
Had new jar of honey confiscated too, no biggie, the sign and pamphlets say no honey.

It makes every sense.

There are probably known diseases contained in commercial honey. The aim is to contain them in limited areas and not spread them all over the country.

Some just can not accept that these rules apply to them.

Some deliberately try to cheat.

Some don't care about our agricultural industry or the lives that are affected when things go wrong.

Some think they know better.

But it is always someone else to be blamed.

It is not that hard.

Cheers,

Peter

-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Tuesday 18th of February 2025 02:29:59 PM

Brodie Allen · Guru

Dick0 wrote:
Brodie Allen wrote:
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
Commercial sellers must jump through serious hoops to sell their products including proving its sterilisation.
They have no idea of the history of yours.
The rules are well advertised. Do not blame the inspectors if you did not bother to check.
If you get caught with fruit in the fruit fly exclusion zone in SA it is an instant fine. No excuses about where it came from will help.
Cheers,
Peter

I think you are a bit anxious to jump to conclusions:

"They confiscated 2kg of commercially labelled honey in bottles with vacuum lids."
They were from Commercial sellers

B
Just makes no sense, does it?

I would like to see just what happens to some confiscated goods!

I had a very expensive and also a sensitive heirloom pocket knife over 100 + yo confiscated at the airport.

Had been hand made by my great great grandfather in Scotland from bits and pieces. Was an absolute work of art.

The copper prick said that he understood and it would be on the plane with some senior

host person.

Guess what - nobody knew nothing at the destination. Lost forever.

Yeah I know peter - but i forgot when leaving Sydney.

40 years ago, now.

B

thomas01 · Senior Member

An update on my original post.

I stopped off at the Ceduna Quarantine Station today before passing through from the east and explained my travel plans to the friendly officer there.

I was given an exemption pass to allow me to return in a few days time without having to dispose of the fruit/vegetables I had previously purchased in SA.

As that 4WD supplier ad goes, "You've just got to ask".

Regards Robert.

ps: I don't know how honey entered this post. A bit like chinese whispers I guess.

rgren2 · Guru

Sweet result.

Warren-Pat_01 · Guru

Hi thomas01,
We lived in Ceduna for 15 years - you can keep your fruit, veggies by cooking, stewing, freezing.
We didn't appreciate that stop being there as someone ditched some dudd fruit one year & we had fruit fly in our yard possibly due to living close to the fruit fly station & also were on the then truck bypass. Whoever ditched that fruit cost us all of our stone fruit that year - grr!

Some have mentioned honey - you can keep it if it was bought in WA (on a previous trip) & it hadn't been opened.

The worst quarantine bloke was at Eucla we met about 8 years ago had the nickname of "Little Hitler" - he would go through everything! Even taking those quality tomato boxes is banned.