[lostlogin]

> He scanned it, stamped it, and handed it back to me, welcoming me to NZ. Took all of 20 seconds.

Just don’t try bringing a bit of fruit across the border into NZ, seriously. Multiple sharp objects in carry on gets a raised eyebrow but a piece of fruit will ruin your week.

[daemin]

Or even between parts of Australia, both countries take bio security very seriously!

[FabHK]

Yep, Australia has a dingo fence, a rabbit fence, and, as I learned when searching for those, now a cat fence (though much shorter).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_Fence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-proof_fence

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-australia-world-longest-cat-pr...

[daemin]

True, but I was referring to the fruit and quarantine zones set up in parts of south and eastern Australia, where they are trying to prevent the spread of fruit fly.

[kerbalspacepro]

As they should! Failed interpersonal security is limited to a tiny area, failed bio security can fuck up an entire ecosystem!

[astura]

Don't bring fruit or meat across international boarders, or if you do declare it and understand you may have it taken away. Countries are super serious about this and undeclared items come with fines in the hundreds of dollars range.