Members of the NFFC Executive Committee recently met in Cairns and the Mareeba region. They got a glimpse of the incredible fruit fly management work being undertaken through key partners, including the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and horticulture producers.

Cairns Research Centre

NFFC Chair John Webster and council member Dale Williams had a detailed discussion during their tour of the DPI Qld Cairns facility with Peter Leach and Solomon Balagawi

Members of the NFFC, Stuart Burgess, John Webster, Dale Williams, and Alison MacGregor, during a site visit to the DPI Qld Cairns facility

NFFC members being briefed on the DPI Qld Cairns fruit fly research operations

NFFC members meeting with team leads Isarena Schneider and Stefanie Oberprieler for the DAFF Torres Strait Exotic Fruit Fly Eradication program at their office in Cairns

NFFC member and Bowen mango grower, Dale Williams, looks intently at the extensive exotic fruit fly specimen collection with team lead Isarena Schneider

Atherton Tablelands/Mareeba

NFFC member Alison MacGregor views field packing operations during a farm visit near Mareeba Qld

NFFC members, Alison MacGregor and Dale Williams, discussing all things fruit fly with table grape farm managers near Mareeba Qld.

NFFC members, Dale Williams and Stuart Burgess, with Mareeba mango producer Maurice Cetnic during a farm visit in October

NFFC members, Dale Williams and Mareeba mango producer Maurice Cetnic inspecting fruit fly traps during a farm visit in October

NFFC members, Dale Williams and Alison MacGregor inspecting spray equipment during a visit to Mareeba mango producer Maurice Cetnic.

NFFC member Dale Williams viewing the fruit fly inspection station during the table grape farm visit at Dimbulah in October

NFFC members touring protected table grape operations during a farm visit at Dimbulah in October