Flood disaster turns a profit downstream in the Gulf of Carpentaria

By Jamie Brown
Updated April 29 2019 - 12:55pm, first published April 28 2019 - 11:00am
Raptis Pearl skipper Mick McGillivray, with one of his deckhands, celebrated the best start to the banana prawn season in the Gulf of Carpentaria since 1974.
Raptis Pearl skipper Mick McGillivray, with one of his deckhands, celebrated the best start to the banana prawn season in the Gulf of Carpentaria since 1974.

A two billion dollar damage bill to Queensland graziers, with an AgForce estimate of 664,000 head dead after February floods - the worst since 1974 - has been compensated to some degree by the best start to the banana prawn harvest in the southern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria for decades.

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