Australia’s prime minister refuses to apologise to Japanese counterpart over melon gaffe

the price isn't the issue, it's the delicate dedication it took to produce that crown melon. I am not so sure Australia comprehends the amount of dedication that it takes to produce one of these melons.
This isn't a typical melon like watermelons or pumpkins, this was hand breed, hand raised, hand nurtured, environment controlled, etc.. This top of the top fruit.
A Greece equivalence, it's as if Persephone herself gifts you a sacred pomegranate, or if Xi Jiping hands you an immortality peach.
It is that grave of a “considerate gesture” she made.