He kanaka mahiʻai hoʻomaka mai Coffin Bay ma ka Eyre Peninsula ma South Australia ke paʻa nei i ka moʻolelo kūhelu no ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻelepani kālika ma Australia.
"A i kēlā me kēia makahiki koho wau i ka 20% kiʻekiʻe o nā mea kanu e hoʻololi a hoʻomaka lākou e hōʻea i ka mea aʻu i manaʻo ai he moʻolelo nui no Australia."
He 1092g ke kaumaha o ko Mr. Thompson elephant garlic, ma kahi o 100g ka emi iho o ka mooolelo honua.
"Ua makemake au i lunakanawai e kakau inoa, a pono e kaupaona ia ma ka paona oihana, a na ka luna e kau ma ka unahi leta," wahi a Mr. Thompson.
ʻAʻole malihini ʻo Roger Bignell ka mea mahiʻai Tasmanian i ka ulu ʻana i nā mea kanu nui.ʻO ka mua he kāloti, a laila ka turnips, he 18.3 kilokani kona kaumaha.
ʻOiai he mea maʻalahi paha kēia, hiki ke lilo i ka nerve-wracking no nā māla.
"Pono wau e ʻoki i nā ʻōpala ʻelua iniha mai nā cloves a ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā aʻa ma mua o 6mm," wehewehe ʻo Thompson.
"Ua noʻonoʻo mau wau, 'ʻAe, inā he hewa wau, ʻaʻole paha wau i kūpono,' no ka mea, ʻike wau he moʻolelo kaʻu a makemake wau e loaʻa ka waiwai."
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kālika a Mr. Thompson e ka Australian Giant Pumpkin and Vegetable Supporters Group (AGVS).
He kino hōʻoia ʻo AGPVS e ʻike a hahai i nā moʻolelo mea kanu a me nā huaʻai o Australia e pili ana i ke kaumaha, ka lōʻihi, ka ʻāʻī a me ka hua o kēlā me kēia mea kanu.
ʻOiai ʻo kā kāloti a me ka squash ka mea hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo kaulana, ʻaʻohe nui o ka elephant garlic i nā puke moʻolelo Australia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paul Latham, ka mea hoʻoponopono AGPVS, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Mr. Thompson i ke kālika ʻelepani a ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i hiki ke wāwahi.
"Aia kekahi mea i ulu ʻole ma mua ma Australia, ma kahi o 800 grams, a ua hoʻohana mākou ia e hoʻopaʻa i kahi moʻolelo ma ʻaneʻi.
"Hele mai ʻo ia iā mākou me ka ʻelepani kālika, no laila ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kahi moʻolelo ma Australia, he mea kupanaha, a he kālika nui," wahi a Mr. Latham.
“Ke manaʻo nei mākou he mea pono e paʻi ʻia kēia mau mea kupanaha a pau…inā ʻo ia ka mea kanu mua, inā ua kanu kekahi iā ia ma waho, e hoʻohālikelike mākou me ke ʻano o ke kaupaona ʻana a me ke ana ʻana ma laila e kōkua iā mākou e hana i kahi moʻolelo paona.”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Latham ʻoiai he haʻahaʻa ka hana kālika o Australia, aia i kēia manawa i ka moʻolelo kiʻekiʻe a nui ka lumi e hoʻokūkū ai.
"Loaʻa iaʻu ka moʻolelo no ka pua sunflower kiʻekiʻe loa ma Australia, akā ke manaʻolana nei au e lanakila kekahi iā ia no ka mea hiki iaʻu ke hoʻāʻo hou a paʻi hou."
"Manaʻo wau ua loaʻa iaʻu nā manawa āpau ... e hoʻomau wau e hana i kaʻu mea e hana ai, hāʻawi iā lākou i ka manawa kūpono a me ke aloha nui i ka wā ulu a manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ke hoʻonui."
Hoʻomaopopo mākou i ka poʻe Aboriginal a me Torres Strait Islander ʻo ka poʻe Australia mua a me nā kahu kuʻuna o ka ʻāina a mākou e noho ai, aʻo a hana.
Hiki i kēia lawelawe ke komo pū me Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN a me BBC World Service i kuleana kope a ʻaʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia.