Fruit Fly and Biosecurity

Enjoy the Riverland, but don't bring pests with you!

When travelling into South Australia, you must plan ahead and know the rules before you go. South Australia take a zero-tolerance approach when it comes to fruit fly. Hefty fines apply for bringing restricted fruit and fruiting vegetables across the border.

Travelling to the Riverland from interstate

• If you’re entering South Australia via Yamba, you must eat or dispose of fruit and vegetables at the quarantine bins located before you reach the quarantine station or face a fine. You can no longer declare at the checkpoint, fruit and vegetables must be disposed of prior to reaching this point.

• If you’re entering South Australia via Pinnaroo, Oodla Wirra or Ceduna, you can dispose your fruit and vegetables at the quarantine stations. To see what food items you can bring into the state visit the travelling to South Australia food checker.

Travelling to the Riverland from WITHIN SOUTH AUSTRALIA

• Due to recent law changes on 29 July 2021 previous conditions regarding using itemised receipts no longer apply. If you’re within South Australia and planning a trip to the Riverland, you cannot bring certain fruit and vegetables from either a South Australian retail outlet or home grown into the Riverland fruit fly area. Use the restricted fruit and vegetables chart to see what items are prohibited.

• To avoid a fine, buy local produce once you arrive from a supermarket. Random roadblocks are in operation in this region.

• Help protect our delicious produce. South Australia is the only mainland state that is fruit fly free and the Riverland region is an internationally recognised Pest Free Area – and we want to keep it that way.

To find out more information call the 24hr Fruit Fly Hotline on 1300 666 010 for visit fruitfly.sa.gov.au.