Unexplained events? (63)
rivame: Sorry to be the bearer of bad news Wash....
our quarantine rules suck big time and are a joke..
we have thousands of containers dumped on our shores daily from all around the world..most dont get checked for creepy crawlies nor soil which is often in the bottom of containers
our quarantine rules suck big time and are a joke..
we have thousands of containers dumped on our shores daily from all around the world..most dont get checked for creepy crawlies nor soil which is often in the bottom of containers
just sitting on the fence here..... being an Interstate Truck Operator for over 40 yrs, The rules and regulations and rules governing SHIPPING CONTAINERS in and out of Port Depots around AUSTRALIA is overwhelming, with spraying, electronic x-raying and camera detection, my truck and I included, JUST FOR "CREEPY CRAWLIES" BLADES OF GRASS where it may have sat on ground in a foreign port, so all in all our quarantine rules are pretty good..... J.M.O.
cruiser68: just sitting on the fence here..... being an Interstate Truck Operator for over 40 yrs, The rules and regulations and rules governing SHIPPING CONTAINERS in and out of Port Depots around AUSTRALIA is overwhelming, with spraying, electronic x-raying and camera detection, my truck and I included, JUST FOR "CREEPY CRAWLIES" BLADES OF GRASS where it may have sat on ground in a foreign port, so all in all our quarantine rules are pretty good..... J.M.O.
Couple of years back, I had a tour of Patricks, Port Melbourne. Surprising how many containers are moved each day (busiest container port in Aust) but the stuff they did to each container before going out the front gate. And the local trucks got a thorough going over too. Must admit, a few of the drivers looked a bit suss
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Just out of Melbourne with an apple orchard that has over 50 different varieties and continually looking for more. The sizes range from plum to rockmelon, and all different colours. Never been there but saw it on ABC a couple of years ago.
And 'corn' is another one fast disappearing food. Over 100 different types have been identified but we see only the one type normally, although the multicoloured one seems to appear in some specialty shops.
Landline recently had stuff on potatoes. We all like our white fluffy centres (grew up on Robertson potatoes) but having had the yellow variety from SA recently, I'll go for the flavour. And costs the same.
They are even trying to commercialise the purple potato. Not sure about that, looks a bit odd. Then again, we now have purple carrots on the market. But they go orange if you boil them.
I agree but the key words here are “ doomsday vault”