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According to myth, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty and lust, was born in a shell. If you ask the people of Mali Ston, they have no doubt that the shell was an oyster.

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Newcastle Food Month is Australia’s largest and longest regional food festival, and Plate Date is one of its most popular events.

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We first visited the Narooma Oyster Festival more than a decade ago and it’s amazing to think that it’s now in its 19th year. Held on the shores of Wagonga Inlet on the South Coast of NSW, it’s grown to become one of Australia’s top oyster festivals.

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Virginia is the largest producer of farm-raised and wild-caught oysters on the east coast of the U.S. It has a wonderful Oyster Trail and one of the world’s oldest oyster festivals.

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One of the highlights of the NSW Central Coast calendar is the annual Brisbane Water Oyster Festival, where you can buy fresh oysters direct from local growers.