That place is INCREDIBLE! you guys are so blessed to have tropical fruit grown in your own country! At the same time, prices are very high for being local! It's almost like it would be imported from another country! Nice video by the way! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Yeh if you’re a vegan who binges on fruit it’s gonna cost a bit. We joke and say mangosteen is our lobster 😂 Sunday arvo they mark whatever is left down
When you see the almost obscene amount of fresh fruit and vegetables on display there and considering there will a fair percentage of looking-only tourists the amount that must get wasted and thrown away would be mind boggling 😱
The sellers are almost exclusively Asian, wasting nothing at all. Whatever expired fruit remains unsold is packed into boxes at closing time on Sunday for a few dollars. Not even mouldy fruit is given away!!
It would be a nice change from the high teens that your probably experiencing in Melbourne. In the Newcastle area they've forecasted a top of 27°C so it's not too chilly today in my area !
April weather in Melbourne isn't too bad, infact it's what most around the world would feel is ideal, 18-24C. I just needed a break after 6 months of babysitting plants in the garden.
@@RealLifeFruitopia That’s what happens when we grow our own. Because we don’t go to the veggie shop very often, our prices of fruits and vegetables are out of touch.🤣
I reckon the price hikes are due to food disconnect. Many people are clueless where their food comes from, let alone have an interest to grow their own!
I was there this time last year. And I found the red kang kung (water spinach) at the corner stall at Rusty’s which was very yummy compared to the normal green ones in Springvale.
I'm tight with purchasing expensive fruit, so stuck with cheap staples like bananas dragonfruit and watermelon. I wait till we're in SE Asia for tropical fruit deals. Three durians in Australia are equal to flying to KL!!!
@@RealLifeFruitopia I know in KL there’s so many varieties, it’s the durian ground zero! How do you rate the quality/price over there compared to here?
Envious of you. Used to get a box of loose grapes there at the end of the day for a dollar. Looks like its an in the old days story to tell my kids now.
Absolutely. Inflation is everywhere. No way to escape it completely and the powers that be want to keep it that way. People think they are getting richer when the opposite is true. I like eating food from my own garden because I can forget about thia stuff at least a while that is until I have to go and buy a roll of poly pipe or a tank of diesel or something.
George, yeah Rustys its difficult to fathom the prices was there in February I was expecting to be a huge array of fruit as Tropical North QLD calendar states for Late Summer and only 1/4 of fruits were available most probably due to the floods a week before. so I only walked away with the Yellow, Red, Fluro Dragon Fruits and a Sour Sop I have to warn people before buying a Sour sop it ripens unexpectedly like the Black Sapote I had to eat at Cairns Airport before getting on the plane, I was a sticky mess as it was ripening so quick it would never survive the flight back to Sydney. I think now allot of IGAs and independents have caughten on the Dragon Fruit bandwagon and are selling locally grown ones i got 3 Red, White and Yellow for $3 each the other day. i think i was going to buy a fruit from Rustys on your visit going by your video last time I looked in Woolworths Town Hall Station Sydney the Durian was $21 a kilo I think to make the trip to Cairns that much special i would of brought the Durian and maybe a late harvest Mango and blended it up as smoothie at the Apartments at least its locally grown and not from Thailand like the Woolies one. Cheers for the tour.
Every year since our first visit, we are given a different excuse for the exorbitant prices on rare fruit. it's been too wet, too dry, or a shortage of pickers. Mind you, the prices for regular fruit are fine, which is what we mostly purchase. I'm yet to taste an Australian grown durian after 30 trips to Cairns!! I dont care how good it is, I'm not paying $50-$100 for a single fruit.
@@RealLifeFruitopia thats the problem with Durian there’s danger money from it falling on heads and Its unappreciated on public transport and work places due to its sewer smell so theres be allot of wasted fruits nobody wants to buy the strange prickly fruit
@@RealLifeFruitopiaGeorge I live up here and growing most of this stuff you are right it’s a rip off, though each year I splurge on maybe one durian but it’s a racket mate
Where are you guys from? How do you rate the durian here? My wife and I have only just started liking durian very recently. My wife was utterly repulsed by it a couple years ago when we first tried it. Then last year she still didn’t like it. But this year, she slowly started changing her mind after two weeks. Then about the 3rd week I bought them, she totally changed. ‘Holy shit’ she said, ‘this is f*ckiing incredible’ 😂 I said yep. I knew you’d come round!
We are from Melbourne. Durian is our favourite fruit! We tell people they need to give durian 2-3 chances before giving up, as you can get a bad one. Enjoy the king of fruit!
Enjoy your holiday! I last went to Cairns about a decade ago but didn't go to Rusty's. I might consider coming up this winter.
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That place is INCREDIBLE! you guys are so blessed to have tropical fruit grown in your own country! At the same time, prices are very high for being local! It's almost like it would be imported from another country!
Nice video by the way! Thanks for sharing! 😊
Rusty's was the first reason why we chose to visit over a decade ago. The perfect winter weather was the Cherry on top 😍
@@RealLifeFruitopia so niceee!
Yeh if you’re a vegan who binges on fruit it’s gonna cost a bit. We joke and say mangosteen is our lobster 😂 Sunday arvo they mark whatever is left down
When you see the almost obscene amount of fresh fruit and vegetables on display there and considering there will a fair percentage of looking-only tourists the amount that must get wasted and thrown away would be mind boggling 😱
The sellers are almost exclusively Asian, wasting nothing at all. Whatever expired fruit remains unsold is packed into boxes at closing time on Sunday for a few dollars. Not even mouldy fruit is given away!!
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It would be a nice change from the high teens that your probably experiencing in Melbourne.
In the Newcastle area they've forecasted a top of 27°C so it's not too chilly today in my area !
April weather in Melbourne isn't too bad, infact it's what most around the world would feel is ideal, 18-24C. I just needed a break after 6 months of babysitting plants in the garden.
Go to the Nick’s Souvlaki stall at the market you won’t be disappointed and combo that with the fresh sugarcane juice. Incredible.
Thanks for sharing, but we are vegan. I'm sure his food is tasty!
Wow that would be my dream holiday! Enjoy yourselves!😊
Great for all year sun lovers, but the fruit prices are no longer affordable for the average Aussie.
@@RealLifeFruitopia That’s what happens when we grow our own. Because we don’t go to the veggie shop very often, our prices of fruits and vegetables are out of touch.🤣
I reckon the price hikes are due to food disconnect. Many people are clueless where their food comes from, let alone have an interest to grow their own!
@@RealLifeFruitopia Ha ha ha! We are the champions! (I’m not quite yet but at least qualified for a future champion.)🤣
Rain is better than no rain. Prices like that I will grow my own
I was there this time last year. And I found the red kang kung (water spinach) at the corner stall at Rusty’s which was very yummy compared to the normal green ones in Springvale.
Very cool! I don't remember seeing the red one.
@@RealLifeFruitopia the stems are red, but the leaves are still green. If you see them, buy some and stir fry with garlic.
Hi all
what is the best month to go there
All year is good. Summer is probably best, but very humid and hot.
Thanks
No problem
Hmmmm miss that place already and fun fact I picked up that same durian you did hahaha I remember the size of it
I'm tight with purchasing expensive fruit, so stuck with cheap staples like bananas dragonfruit and watermelon. I wait till we're in SE Asia for tropical fruit deals. Three durians in Australia are equal to flying to KL!!!
@@RealLifeFruitopia I know in KL there’s so many varieties, it’s the durian ground zero! How do you rate the quality/price over there compared to here?
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Great place. I was there in late 2022 but the prices in your video are shocking.
I miss the early days at Rusty's, when prices were almost the same as Asia. Everything used to be $1-$3/kg!! 10+ years ago!
@@RealLifeFruitopiawow things have changed. We weren’t into fruit back then. Now we live for it 😂
Envious of you. Used to get a box of loose grapes there at the end of the day for a dollar. Looks like its an in the old days story to tell my kids now.
It's sad to see the price gouging, but I'm sure the sellers also have to deal with increased expenses on their end.
Absolutely. Inflation is everywhere. No way to escape it completely and the powers that be want to keep it that way. People think they are getting richer when the opposite is true. I like eating food from my own garden because I can forget about thia stuff at least a while that is until I have to go and buy a roll of poly pipe or a tank of diesel or something.
George, yeah Rustys its difficult to fathom the prices was there in February I was expecting to be a huge array of fruit as Tropical North QLD calendar states for Late Summer and only 1/4 of fruits were available most probably due to the floods a week before. so I only walked away with the Yellow, Red, Fluro Dragon Fruits and a Sour Sop I have to warn people before buying a Sour sop it ripens unexpectedly like the Black Sapote I had to eat at Cairns Airport before getting on the plane, I was a sticky mess as it was ripening so quick it would never survive the flight back to Sydney. I think now allot of IGAs and independents have caughten on the Dragon Fruit bandwagon and are selling locally grown ones i got 3 Red, White and Yellow for $3 each the other day. i think i was going to buy a fruit from Rustys on your visit going by your video last time I looked in Woolworths Town Hall Station Sydney the Durian was $21 a kilo I think to make the trip to Cairns that much special i would of brought the Durian and maybe a late harvest Mango and blended it up as smoothie at the Apartments at least its locally grown and not from Thailand like the Woolies one. Cheers for the tour.
Every year since our first visit, we are given a different excuse for the exorbitant prices on rare fruit. it's been too wet, too dry, or a shortage of pickers. Mind you, the prices for regular fruit are fine, which is what we mostly purchase. I'm yet to taste an Australian grown durian after 30 trips to Cairns!! I dont care how good it is, I'm not paying $50-$100 for a single fruit.
@@RealLifeFruitopia thats the problem with Durian there’s danger money from it falling on heads and Its unappreciated on public transport and work places due to its sewer smell so theres be allot of wasted fruits nobody wants to buy the strange prickly fruit
@@RealLifeFruitopiaGeorge I live up here and growing most of this stuff you are right it’s a rip off, though each year I splurge on maybe one durian but it’s a racket mate
Today at Rusty's? Or is it from yesterday?
You didn't watch the video? I did a time and temperature check near the end.
@@RealLifeFruitopia I did while i was cooking 😀 must've missed that part.
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Where are you guys from? How do you rate the durian here? My wife and I have only just started liking durian very recently. My wife was utterly repulsed by it a couple years ago when we first tried it. Then last year she still didn’t like it. But this year, she slowly started changing her mind after two weeks. Then about the 3rd week I bought them, she totally changed. ‘Holy shit’ she said, ‘this is f*ckiing incredible’ 😂 I said yep. I knew you’d come round!
We are from Melbourne. Durian is our favourite fruit! We tell people they need to give durian 2-3 chances before giving up, as you can get a bad one. Enjoy the king of fruit!
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Prices reflect what's happening in Australia with spiralling living costs.