Umlimi osafundayo waseCoffin Bay kuSingasiqithi we-Eyre kuMzantsi Ostreliya ngoku unerekhodi elisemthethweni lokukhulisa ikonofile yendlovu eOstreliya.
"Kwaye minyaka le ndikhetha ezona pesenti ezingama-20 zezityalo zokutshintshwa kwaye ziqala ukufikelela kwinto endiyijonga njengobungakanani berekhodi eOstreliya."
Igalikhi yendlovu kaMnu. Thompson inobunzima obuyi-1092g, malunga ne-100g ngaphantsi kwerekhodi yehlabathi.
"Ndandidinga umantyi ukuba ayisayine, kwaye kwakufuneka ilinganiswe kwisikali esisemthethweni, kwaye igosa liyilinganisela kwisikali seposi," kusho uMnumzana Thompson.
Umlimi waseTasmania uRoger Bignell akaqhelekanga ekulimeni imifuno emikhulu.Okokuqala kwakukho iminqathe, emva koko iitheniphu, ezinobunzima beekhilogram ezili-18.3.
Ngelixa oku kunokubonakala ngathi yinkqubo elula, inokuba yingozi kubalimi.
"Ndimele ndinqumle iziqu zibe zi-intshi ezimbini ukusuka kwi-cloves kwaye iingcambu akufanele zibe ngaphezu kwe-6mm," u-Thompson wachaza.
“Ndandihlala ndicinga, ‘Owu, ukuba ndenza into ephosakeleyo, mhlawumbi andifaneleki,’ kuba ndiyazi ukuba ndinerekhodi yaye ndifuna ngokwenene ibe nexabiso.”
Igalikhi kaMnu Thompson ibhalwe ngokusemthethweni yi-Australian Giant Pumpkin kunye neVegetable Supporters Group (AGPVS).
I-AGPVS liqumrhu lezatifiketi eliqaphela kwaye lilandelele imifuno yase-Australia kunye neerekhodi zeziqhamo ezibandakanya ubunzima, ubude, i-girth kunye nesivuno ngesityalo ngasinye.
Ngelixa iminqathe kunye nesquash zizibambi zerekhodi ezidumileyo, ikonofile yendlovu ayinanto ingako kwiincwadi zerekhodi zaseOstreliya.
UPaul Latham, umququzeleli we-AGPVS, uthe i-garlic yendlovu kaMnu.
“Kwakukho enye eyayingazange ilinywe ngaphambili apha eOstreliya, emalunga neegram ezingama-800, yaye sayisebenzisela ukubhala ingxelo apha.
“Uze kuthi ephethe ikonofile yendlovu, ke ngoku ubeke irekhodi e-Australia, emnandi, kunye negalikhi enkulu,” utshilo uMnu. Latham.
"Sicinga ukuba zonke ezi zinto zingaqhelekanga nezimangalisayo kufuneka zibhalwe ... ukuba sisityalo sokuqala, ukuba umntu usityale phesheya kolwandle, siya kuthelekisa nendlela esikalishwa ngayo kwaye silinganiswe apho ukuze asincede senze irekhodi lobunzima ekujoliswe kulo.”
Umnumzana Latham uthe ngelixa imveliso yegalikhi yaseOstreliya ithozamile, ngoku ikwirekhodi ephezulu kwaye kukho indawo eninzi yokukhuphisana.
“Ndinerekhodi loyenajongilanga omde eOstreliya, kodwa ndihlala ndinethemba lokuba kukho umntu oza kuyibetha ngoba ndingaphinda ndizame ukuyibetha kwakhona.”
"Ndiziva ngathi ndinalo lonke ithuba ... ndiza kuqhubeka nokwenza le nto ndiyenzayo, ndibanike indawo eyaneleyo kunye nothando olwaneleyo ngexesha lokukhula kwaye ndicinga ukuba singakhula."
Sibaqonda abantu bomthonyama be-Aboriginal kunye ne-Torres Strait Islander njengabemi bokuqala base-Australia kunye nabagcini bemveli bomhlaba esihlala kuwo, sifunde kwaye sisebenze.
Le nkonzo inokubandakanya i-Agence France-Presse (AFP), i-APTN, iReuters, i-AAP, i-CNN kunye ne-BBC World Service imathiriyeli enamalungelo okukopisha kwaye ayinakuphinda iveliswe.