In Australia, bananas are available year-round. Key varieties are Cavendish and Lady Finger, a smaller, sweeter type.
Choose bananas with firm, unblemished skin. Pick bright green ones if you want them to ripen over the next few days, or fully yellow ones for eating straight away.
Bananas are one of the most popular fruits in the world, with an estimated 100 billion consumed globally every year! They were also among the very first fresh fruits taken into space, flying alongside apples on a NASA Shuttle mission in 1983.