How do I obtain a permit?
Refer to the Pest Quarantine Area map for your area. As a QBAN accredited nursery, we are covered by Inspector's Approval 1.2 from QLD DPI&F to supply banana plants to residential growers and retail nurseries in the Northern Pest Quarantine Area (from just south of Cooktown to just north of St Lawrence and west to the Burdekin River), and therefore you do not need to apply for a permit if you are planting in this zone.
If you are a residential grower OUTSIDE of this zone, you are also able to purchase banana plants, providing you first obtain a permit from the the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries on 132523. The process is very simple and the permit is FREE. Once you have received the permit, please fax it to us on 0740683646. Plants WILL NOT be posted until a copy of the permit has been sighted. Keep a copy of our invoice and the permit in your files, to confirm your plant was obtained from a legitimate source. Click here for some handy tips.
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