Hi Derek, we have those sardines here (Sainsburys), tried them and I agree very nice. I had some very cheap sardines from Coles about £1.80 they were lovely. They were a product of the Bismark Sea, which had me going, expecting it be up near around the Baltic near Germany. However it turns out to be your end of the world just north of the Coral Sea.
My son tells me that you never import fruit just have what is in season is that right? We have much the same fruit all year round grapes from India or Chile, other fruit from Israel and just about all over. Some people knock what is happening but a couple of years ago they followed up on French beans from Kenya coming into the UK. The production of these keeps a whole village in business with 3 seasons a year, in the UK we only have the straight ones, would you believe?
Problem is they come in under the seats of the passenger aircraft as freight and there are not many aircraft in the sky at the moment. A German friend of mine is the Cargo Manager for a big airline at Munich airport and he used to be rushed off his feet. Not heard how he is fixed at the moment, I expect there are more airfreight planes flying than before, so maybe he is OK.
I am wondering, come 9 months time, whether I will be able to afford to fly out to Oz if they have spaced out seating etc. I also hope they are updating the slightly ageing A380's as well.
regards
Roy