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EPISODE · Apr 6, 2026 · 9 MIN

Onion, garlic, and caramel? The bizarre flavour profiles of Australia’s rarest fruits

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At Innisfail's Feast of the Senses Festival, a rare, spiky fruit known as Durio graveolens shocked radio hosts by selling for a staggering $200. Gareth Hamilton Foster, president of the Cassowary Coast Rare Fruits Association, joined Ben Davis on 4BC Mornings to unpack the wild world of fruit hunters paying hundreds of dollars for single pieces of produce.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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