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Travelling to Western Australia?

People visiting or relocating to Western Australia must observe interstate quarantine requirements. Quarantine risk materials must be disposed of or declared for inspection at the point of entry into the State - see Passenger Clearance.

The import status of risk items commonly carried by road, rail and air travellers are outlined in the Quarantine WA : interstate travellers' guide.

Honey bee information:

Quarantine WA: When honey's not so sweet

Grapevine information:

Quarantine WA: Hear it on the grapevine

Apple and Walnut information:

Quarantine WA: One bad apple and a naughty nut

Animals accompanying travellers into Western Australia are also subject to import restrictions.

Persons relocating to Western Australia are likely to bring personal effects with them. Interstate quarantine requirements may be satisfied by the submission of a Personal Effects declaration, which enables any quarantine risk items to be identified prior to transport. Quarantine WA will advise the client or their agent in the case that an inspection upon arrival is required.

Personal effects not accompanied by a declaration to the contrary are considered risk items, and may be detained for inspection. Personal effects are also subject to freight surveillance.

More information on legislated requirements associated with the introduction of quarantine risk items to WA is available.

Quarantine within Western Australia

Quarantine restrictions apply to the movement of some items from one region within Western Australia to another.

Requirements apply to

fruit taken to the Ord River Irrigation Area;
movement of potatoes between the Metropolitan area and the South-West;
movement of palm plants and material from Broome to other regions.

For details of movement restrictions within Western Australia, click on any of the links above or contact the Quarantine WA Follow-Up Officer.

Intrastate Quarantine - Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA)

Stone-fruit and citrus fruit are prohibited entry into the Ord River Irrigation Area (around Kununurra) from another part of the State between 1 April and 30 November each year unless the fruit is certified as meeting movement requirements by an officer from the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.

These restrictions are in place to prevent the introduction of Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) into the area.

Contact the Quarantine WA Follow-Up Officer for details on the Ord River Irrigation Area, and for details of certification requirements.

A State Circular concerned with movement of stone fruit and citrus into the ORIA is available.

Intrastate Quarantine - Palm plants and material

Palm plants and palm material may not be moved from the Broome area to other parts of the state unless certain requirements are met, in order to prevent the spread of Palm Leaf Beetle.

For more information see Regulation 17E, pertaining to the movement of palm plants and material from the Broome region.

Contact the Quarantine WA Follow-Up Officer or the Quarantine Officer at the Broome office of the Department of Agriculture and Food, for information on satisfying requirements and to arrange certification if necessary.

Additional information on this topic:

Quarantine WA

Page updated October 2007

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