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Sydney’s 36-hour seafood market marathon continues
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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12/24/2024
The final Christmas dash to the shops and markets for family feasts is well underway.
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Well, we're in the final hours of the Sydney Fish Market Marathon, and already more than
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100,000 people have come through, and their retailers are expecting thousands more.
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All up, there's about 350 tons of seafood expected to be sold, as well as 120 tons of
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just prawns alone, clearly a popular item, but perhaps not quite as popular as oysters.
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There's estimated to be about 70,000 dozen oysters sold, well into the hundreds of thousands
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as a grand total.
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The day represents a crucial one for seafood retailers in Sydney, who have brought in produce
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from all around Australia.
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Indeed, the trade will be into the millions of dollars in its volume.
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It started yesterday morning at 5am, proceeded all the way through the evening, through the
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midnight and early hours, and now into the afternoon here.
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As it wraps up, people are reminded that Christmas is just getting that little bit
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closer, and there is excitement abound.
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It just keeps getting bigger and bigger each year, and better, just the atmosphere, people
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just love coming down at this time of the year.
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You know what strikes me, is it's such a chaotic and frenetic place, but everyone's smiling,
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no one looks.
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That's right, that's right, it brings a lot of happiness to people.
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The atmosphere and the real buzz about, you know, waiting for the seafood and finally
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having it and enjoying it on the table.
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With all the seafood now bought, it's just a matter of how people decide to cook it up
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come Christmas Day, and of course, the leftovers in the days after.
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