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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Rafqa Touma

‘Best prawn season since the 70s’: 10 recipes to make the most of Australia’s low prices

The Big Prawn in Ballina.
The Big Prawn in Ballina. And now they’re affordable too. Photograph: James D Morgan/Getty Images

There are few silver linings to the heavy rainfall and flooding that has pummelled northern and eastern Australia this year. But nature’s bounty may be one of them: the price of prawns has plunged by half since Christmas.

This year’s short eight-week prawn season has been “the best season since the 70s”, according to Ben Hale, manager of the Love Australia Prawns campaign.

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