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State Borders in Australia.

Border Crossings in Australia – some of the issues you may encounter

State Border Crossings are for the most part a simple procedure.  Gone are the days of the Fruit Fly Checkpoint or the Tick Gate, but that does not mean you can flout the law.  Taking fruit across the border from NSW into Victoria is still prohibited, and there are bins to put the fruit into.  If you are driving on the highway these days the bins are less likely to be seen, so be sure not to take fruit with you, and there should be no problem. See also National Parks and Aboriginal Lands for more information about what can be transported across borders, be they State, Aboriginal Lands or National Parks. For a detailed map of Australia

NSW, SA and Vic Regional Fruit Fly Zones

Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone for NSW, Victoria and SA.
information provided: 5 September 2000 (and still current as far as is known).  The Zone is to help protect the fruit growing regions within the red border.  So taking fruit out is OK, but not to take it is and risk the transportation of fruit fly to the area.

FruitFlyZone

Another State border issue is QLD to NSW Border Tick Gates
Taking animals across the QLD to NSWborder are less likely to be a problem, but there are CAM checks in place.   For the full story visit that site, but in brief, see the information below. It is not about pet dogs, but taking cattle across the border, so I doubt it will affect most traveller (just don't think it is a fruit fly zone, & eat or jettison all your fruit, then find out it is for ticks):

Tick-Cam Traffic Surveillance for Cattle Tick Control
NSW Agriculture currently run a Cattle Tick Program to protect NSW from the harmful effects of Cattle Ticks which are uncontrolled in parts of Queensland and other northern states. The Cattle Tick Program uses the following processes to achieve this goal.

  • A requirement for written documentation accompanying all livestock crossing the Queensland/NSW border.
  • Compulsory treatment with insecticide of all risk livestock crossing the Queensland/NSW border.
  • Surveillance of border crossing points to enforce the previous two measures.

The aim of the TickCam system was to upgrade the video surveillance system in the Tweed Heads area, which will achieve a number of business benefits.

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