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by ecureilx » Tue, 15 Sep 2015 6:25 pm
wannamove wrote:Who maintains these trees? I see a lot of mango trees along the East Coast road and they are filled with fruits and tempt me. Can I just pick some fruits off the tree? Is it permitted?
You can pick it, if you like to end up on Stomp

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by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 15 Sep 2015 9:05 pm
Outside of community gardens, the plucking of fruit from roadside trees without permission is an offence which carries a fine of up to $5,000.
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by bgd » Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:42 am
What actually happens to the fruit then? Govt collects or rots on the tree?
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by ecureilx » Wed, 16 Sep 2015 11:52 am
bgd wrote:What actually happens to the fruit then? Govt collects or rots on the tree?
if it's on the tree, it is a State
property
if on the ground, anybody can take it

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by JR8 » Wed, 16 Sep 2015 2:19 pm
ecureilx wrote:if it's on the tree, it is a State
property
if on the ground, anybody can take it

Is knocking it out of the tree legal...

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by ecureilx » Wed, 16 Sep 2015 2:22 pm
JR8 wrote:ecureilx wrote:if it's on the tree, it is a State
property
if on the ground, anybody can take it

Is knocking it out of the tree legal...

refer Nakatago's suggestion of a boomerang, a real working one

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by JR8 » Wed, 16 Sep 2015 2:27 pm
ecureilx wrote:refer Nakatago's suggestion of a boomerang, a real working one

Hehehe...
'You are charged with Interfering With State Fruit, and your method unexpectedly bounced back to hit you!'....
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by ecureilx » Thu, 17 Sep 2015 9:49 pm
JR8 wrote:ecureilx wrote:refer Nakatago's suggestion of a boomerang, a real working one

Hehehe...
'You are charged with Interfering With State Fruit, and your method unexpectedly bounced back to hit you!'....

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by nakatago » Fri, 18 Sep 2015 6:53 am
ecureilx wrote:JR8 wrote:ecureilx wrote:refer Nakatago's suggestion of a boomerang, a real working one

Hehehe...
'You are charged with Interfering With State Fruit, and your method unexpectedly bounced back to hit you!'....


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by JustSee » Sat, 19 Sep 2015 10:23 pm
There are some mango trees along Telok Kurau Rd, for the 2 years I stayed there you could actually find dozens of fruit just laying on the ground, people would just pick them up.
Quite tasty, though small.
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