What are the borders of the Ti Tree Fruit Fly Exclusion zone in Australia's Northern Territory?
In Australia, State and territory governments restrict the movement of fruit within the country to control pests. A government website says:
Ti Tree Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone (FFEZ)
The Ti Tree Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone extends from Tennant Creek to Alice Springs. Do not take fruit (including capsicum, chilli, tomato, eggplant, cucumber, zucchini and squash) into this zone.
Repeated web searches for more information keep returning this exact sentence. A handful of sites point out that all fruit (eg bananas and oranges) are included as well as the "botanical fruit" listed above. What nobody points out is the border of this zone.
If I buy bananas or oranges at an ordinary Alice Springs supermarket (where I assure you, they are for sale), can I take them to Tennant Creek? Will I pass a disposal bin and sign between the two, or is Alice Springs inside the zone, making it ok to continue on with my fruit?
Best Answer
There's a map of the various quarantine zones on the Australian Interstate Quarantine site. Zoom in to Alice Springs and you'll find that Route 87 north to Tennent's Creek is highlighted, with Ti Tree about halfway along. The highlighted section appears to start just north of Alice Springs, so I imagine that your bananas will be frowned upon going north.
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Where is fruit fly exclusion zone?
Riverlands Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone (FFEZ) spans three states; New South Wales , Victoria and South Australia . Note: You cannot enter South Australia with fruit or vegetables of any type and you should not cross state borders into Victoria or New South Wales with host fruit or vegetables.Can you take fruit and veg into NT from Qld?
If you are travelling to the Northern Territory (NT) there are laws that stop some fruits, vegetables and plants from crossing over borders. NT borders aren't patrolled. However, you will find quarantine bins at all airports and railway station for the disposal of fruit from interstate.Is Broken Hill in the fruit fly exclusion zone?
"Broken Hill does not have a large commercial fruit growing industry, but it is on the major pathways into the Sunraysia Pest Free Area, the Menindee fruit growing area, and also into Adelaide. "Outbreaks of fruit fly in these areas can affect not just fruit growers but whole communities," he said.Can you take fruit into Carnarvon?
Fruit fly is a major horticultural pest that we are trying to eradicate from Carnarvon. You are welcome, but please don't bring your fruit !Fruit fly free South Australia
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Answer 2
About 90 minutes north of Alice Springs (but after stopping at the height of land, the tropic of Capricorn, and a giant swathe of termite mounds, so perhaps only an hour if you drove at the 130 km/hr limit) we saw this sign (there had been some warnings before that, reminding us to Eat Fruit Now):
There were no bins, no place even to pull off.
I did not notice where the zone ended.
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