Port Lincoln- where danger is just under
the surface, just when you think it’s safe to enter the water after tempting
fate with the notorious Great White Shark, look out here comes something most
people are accustomed to finding on shelves in Woollies in a can……..TUNA.
Can you imagine a 40 kilo can of tuna
moving at 70km/hr with razor sharp teeth? Well I have the injuries to prove
that they can make a mess of one’s fingers. I wasn’t too overjoyed to be in the
water with them initially; it’s like being in a massive goldfish tank at dinner
time except you’re floating around with fish that have a cutlery set in their
mouths.
A little daunting at first but I’m a bit of
a chicken. Vics was straight in there loving it and most of the tuna weighed
more than her, she’s nuts!
It’s an interesting process that goes into
farming tuna; they’re wild tuna caught then brought into a bay where they can
be fattened up to be exported mainly to Japan. Over there they’re fetching at
the prime market price around $250,000 a tonne. To me for some raw fish dipped
in soy sauce and wasabi that’s up there.
After swimming and reboarding the boat to
head back they had a taster on the boat of sashimi. I was keen to try something
new and after having them chew on me I figured I could get one back on them, oh
how I was wrong! Those suckers got the last laugh because they taste so bad
even my stomach turns as I write this, YUK!! Spew!
Sorry Japan but you can keep that
expensive stuff you call a delicacy and I’ll stick to meat pies with tomato
sauce.
