Here’s a quick reference guide to help plan your journey in and around the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone. Remember, you cannot take fruit or vegetables (eg capsicum, chilli, eggplant, tomatoes etc) over state borders into South Australia, New South Wales or Victoria and you must eat or dispose of fruit or fruiting vegetables before travelling through the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone, the Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area or the Riverina Protected Areas.

New South Wales

• You cannot take fruit or fruiting vegetables into the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone or Riverina.
• You cannot cross the state border from Victoria  into New South Wales with fruit or vegetables unless accompanied by Plant Health Certification (for details, contact the Dept of Primary Industries).
• You cannot take fruit or fruiting vegetables from Sydney to Broken Hill, Griffith, or Hay.
• Do not cross the state borders into Victoria or South Australia with fruit or fruiting vegetables.
• You can carry fruit and fruiting vegetables from Sydney to Dubbo or from Sydney to Wagga Wagga, provided your journey does not take you into the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone at any time.

South Australia

•  You cannot bring fruit or vegetables over the state border into South Australia.
• Do not take fruit or fruiting vegetables over the state border into New South Wales (including Broken Hill) or Victoria.
• You must not to take fruit or fruiting vegetables into the Riverland or South Australian areas of the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone (including Loxton, Morgan, Waikerie and Renmark), unless they were purchased within South Australia and are accompanied by an itemised shop receipt Plant Health Certification (contact PIRSA for details). Produce with receipts cannot be carried across state borders.

Victoria

• Do not take fruit or fruiting vegetables over the state border into Victoria from South Australia or New South Wales.
• Do not take fruit or fruiting vegetables from Melbourne into the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone or into the Greater Sunraysia Pest Free Area.
• Do not take fruit or fruiting vegetables across the border into New South Wales or South Australia.