| Porthole 13 Mar 23

A souvenir has cost a cruise ship traveller more than $3,000 for breaching Australia’s biosecurity laws.

One traveller’s undeclared coconut from their Pacific cruise holiday cost them $3,300, after they brought the fruit in from New Zealand.

The traveller was not just attempting to bring the coconut in through the Brisbane International Cruise Terminal; they were also carrying two live plants, seed pods, a betel nut, mustard sticks, shells, coral, and dried plant materials.