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. We didn’t see any sharks but I think the tuna were scary enough for us!
Can you imagine a 40 kilo can of tuna moving at 70km/hr with razor sharp teeth? The tuna move with lightning speed and when you hold a little sardine above the water they pretty much bite your fingers if you’re not careful. It’s just a little scratch but if you’re a bit of a wuss maybe use the tongs.
Trent 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.
Whilst Trent was being a chicken I got straight in there and snorkelled with them, when you’re swimming with tuna they don’t really touch you, they move really quickly and come within centimetres of you but you don’t feel them. It’s a bit freaky though as the tuna are MASSIVE and people were having fun and games throwing the sardines next to me in the water.
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.
After swimming and reboarding the boat to head back they had a taster on the boat of tsashimi. I love tsashimi but it’s not to everyone’s taste, and Trent’s face was a picture! This pricey Japanese delicacy wasn’t up there for Trent, but some raw tuna dipped in Wasabi was delicious!
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