I live at some of the best blue crab country in Aussie.
I much prefer the mud crab to the blue swimmer probably because I have access to the bluey's 12 months of the year.
Yes muddies are available in resteraunts,one very popular dish in the northern territory is chilli mud crab.
I will be up in the land of the big mud crabs in about 20 days time for about 6 weeks.