Not sure where on the east coast you are - I'm in Sydney and have lived in
Melbourne as well. If you're in either of those places, I suggest you go to
Carlton or Leichhardt. If not, maybe you have an Italian deli nearby. They
usually stock durum semolina flour - we use it to make pasta. Good luck.

"anthony" > wrote in message
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> I've seen some packets of flour labelled 'semolina' but none specify
> that they're from durum flour. So does this mean that Australian
> 'semolina' is in fact often an ersatz product made just from regular
> crushed wheat-germ from conventional flour? Some recipes I want to try
> to specify genuine durum semolina, a totally different type of wheat
> from our normal bread flour. A Google search has turned up one
> manufacturer who says their product is from durum, but they're in WA
> and shipping to the east coast would be prohibitive.