Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to World's BIGGEST Golf Course - Australia - Nullabor Links" video.
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Some areas in Austalia put restrictions on transport of fresh fruit, vegetables, animals plants, cuttings, etc. Fruit for example is restricted in many places due to fruit fly, other items for various other reasons.
These are more a quarantine stop than actual border. Though now under COVID-19 MANY STATES PUT STOP TO PEOPLE CROSSING BORDERS. Very contentious but forced out of fear of spreading COVID. That on several occasions even stopped people for weeks to months getting home from being interstate, on holiday or visiting family or friends. Some stopped outright having to live in tents, rented rooms or caravans, others having to at personal expense upto over $3000, do 14 days stay in quarantine.
Normally other than restrictions for produce , such as fruit, there are no controls travelling state to state. Good is fore knowledge of such restrictions so you do not in a small town buy for example apples, bananas or grapes and within short distance have to either consume it, or throw it away in the waste bins.
Sadly in some cases restrictions might apply locally within the state, due to fruit fly outbreak for example. Sadly if you know back roads or are intentionally not on the main highway you could bypass the control, accidentslly or on purpose. But if caught later with "contraband" fruits or vegetables, you could face expensive fines, even if totally accidental. I was on a 300km 4WD trip that ended in SA from NSW and in my food supplies I still had two apples, that I was no longer even thinking about. While fuelling up, a patrol car noted my shuffling in my food box, and came over. Saw the two apples well enclosed in sealed plastic bag. They even had stickers of the originating SA farm on them but having been purchased at a supermarket nearly 450km away in NSW, they were still contraband on reentering SA. I was fortunate that the police let me bin them and dropped the matter. But thst is how silly it gets.
In far north WA near Kunnunurra where the main higway crosses to WA fron NT. All fruit and vegetables are barred, because Kunnunurra has a major agricultural industry, fruits & vegetables, established after originally failing a major cotton industry that the area was originally developed for. The huge areas of cotton were destroyed by insect pests, collapsing the original plans. It is simply good to know before getting there to not be disappointed throwung many dollars of fresh goods in the bin. On my travels there only tins, dried foods and drinks were carried NT to WA, but there is nothing restricting back the other way WA to NT.
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