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Pursuing the Great Bluff Oyster, Queenstown, New Zealand
Featured Story Pursuing the Great Bluff Oyster, Queenstown, New Zealand

Bluff Oysters are famous. Famous enough for me to do my own version of hunting for them. Larger than regular oysters and creamy beyond creamy, only in season from March to August each year, they're said to be the world's best oysters and New Zealand's South Island's most famous delicacy. They're expensive too, expect to pay upwards of $30 for 6 of them and the arrival of these oysters are front page news. As witnessed on the front of our newspaper yesterday morning signifying that a flotilla of boats headed out at dawn to bring back the season's first catch.

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