Gawd Yabby, heard ya the first time.

Are you talking to me again Belly babe? Yay! That took ages but I am glad and now I can say I hope you feeling okay and health matters are improving.

The bananas were purchased at local supermarket. And yeah funny how crappy fruit and veges are these days, go off super quick. In other countries you have the freedom to buy what you want all year round and at very good prices. Why don’t we do that here?

Closest market is a bit of a hike so I think the petrol and hassle might not be worth it in the end.

Jewlely all the better for saying Gday to you.
It a complex issue, few know bananas in parts of the world are owned by near Mafia groups, story there.
And that they want to bring them here cheap.
But they carry disease that may kill ours.
We only have one type not grown from sead but cutting.
So trade protection is shakey but in place.
Two big cyclones close together killed crops.
And NSW growers are getting cash because of it.
I do buy mine at market days at the price I said but yep not the best quality at present.
Trying to eat better and they go in green smoothys, not sure what part tastes worse.

I dunno if Oz doesn’t import because of Mafia, is it like blood diamonds and stuff? Disease - but they can spray?

I remember the same thing happened 5 years ago and banana prices were through the roof.

Is the trade protection only to protect the Aussie plantation owners… I don’t understand because this seems to be a country where profit is king and you’d think some importers (especially at these times) would be all over getting decently priced naanaas to market. Do our banana people export at these times?

But anyways I will go hunting for prices the next few allowed shopping days. Isn’t someone in charge of stopping the big supermarkets from ripping everyone off?

Overseas the one Aussie product I would seek out was 'pawpaw ointment'.

I’ve never had a green smoothy, they good? What makes them green? Damn Easter, I think I'm on a two year old sugar high.