Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, your go-to resource for all inquiries related to our seafood delivery service. Explore below to find quick and helpful answers to your queries.
At Dawson’s Oyster Supplies we source fresh seafood directly from Sydney Fish Market, thanks to our partnerships with local family-run businesses like Red Funnel Fisheries. We also collaborate with esteemed suppliers like the Newcastle and Tacoma Commercial Fish Co-Ops, ensuring top-quality seafood delivered to your door. We also work with reputable oyster farming families in Port Stephens, Forster, Manning and South Coast of NSW.
Dawson’s Oyster Supplies currently delivers fresh seafood to the following suburbs and postcodes in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie:
2289 ADAMSTOWN
2289 ADAMSTOWN HEIGHTS
2284 ARGENTON
2300 BAR BEACH
2280 BELMONT
2280 BELMONT NORTH
2280 BELMONT SOUTH
2290 BENNETTS GREEN
2284 BOOLAROO
2284 BOORAGUL
2292 BROADMEADOW
2285 CAMERON PARK
2285 CARDIFF
2285 CARDIFF HEIGHTS
2285 CARDIFF SOUTH
2294 CARRINGTON
2290 CHARLESTOWN
2300 COOKS HILL
2280 CROUDACE BAY
2290 DUDLEY
2285 EDGEWORTH
2282 ELEEBANA
2280 FLORAVILLE
2289 GARDEN SUBURB
2290 GATESHEAD
2298 GEORGETOWN
2285 GLENDALE
2303 HAMILTON
2303 HAMILTON DC
2303 HAMILTON EAST
2292 HAMILTON NORTH
2303 HAMILTON SOUTH
2289 HIGHFIELDS
2290 HILLSBOROUGH
2296 ISLINGTON
2299 JESMOND
2280 JEWELLS
2290 KAHIBAH
2289 KOTARA
2305 KOTARA EAST
2289 KOTARA FAIR
2289 KOTARA SOUTH
2282 LAKELANDS
2299 LAMBTON
2285 MACQUARIE HILLS
2280 MARKS POINT
2284 MARMONG POINT
2293 MARYVILLE
2291 MEREWETHER
2291 MEREWETHER HEIGHTS
2290 MOUNT HUTTON
2305 NEW LAMBTON
2305 NEW LAMBTON HEIGHTS
2300 NEWCASTLE
2300 NEWCASTLE EAST
2302 NEWCASTLE WEST
2299 NORTH LAMBTON
2290 REDHEAD
2284 SPEERS POINT
2284 TERALBA
2300 THE HILL
2291 THE JUNCTION
2297 TIGHES HILL
2290 TINGIRA HEIGHTS
2280 VALENTINE
2298 WARATAH
2298 WARATAH WEST
2282 WARNERS BAY
2290 WHITEBRIDGE
2293 WICKHAM
2306 WINDALE
2284 WOODRISING
For orders over $50, delivery is FREE
For orders under $50, a $10 flat rate is charged.
We deliver fresh seafood to your door Monday to Saturday.
Get delicious, fresh seafood delivered to your door as soon as possible. We take orders up until 4pm for next day delivery.
You can place an order for in-store pick up on any day our retail shop is trading. For our trading hours, please visit our contact page.
You can order from Dawson’s Oyster Supplies up to 14 days in advance.
Kindly note, we do not take online orders for Easter or the week of Christmas.
Online orders will be charged at the time you place your order. A credit or debit card is required for all orders.
Unfortunately we cannot guarantee a specific delivery time. Our delivery window is 10am – 3pm.
You will receive your fresh seafood order on the day you selected, between 10am and 3pm.
The Dawson’s Oyster Supplies team will make sure your order arrives fresh and on time. If you are not home, your order will be left in a safe place and you will be contacted via phone. Please always place your perishable items in the fridge as soon as possible.
If you plan to not be at home for a period of time on the day your seafood is being delivered, please ensure you place an esky or cooler bag with ice or ice-bricks at your front door.
If for any reason you have not received an email confirmation for your order, please give us a call on 02 49489608
Larger orders will be packed in a foam box. Smaller orders will be packed in a re-usable plastic bag, with fish and prawns being wrapped in butchers paper.
All Dawson’s Oyster Supplies delivery trucks are refrigerated to ensure that orders are kept under temperature control.
We have an entire blog for all your seafood storage questions. You can read it here.
Certainyl! Cooking seafood can seem like a daunting task, but fear not! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned home cook, there are easy and more challenging ways to prepare seafood, and our handy guide, which you can access here, is here to be your trusty how-to.
One of our best kept secrets! We do not take online orders for extremely busy times of the year like Easter and Christmas. Orders for these times need to be placed over the phone.
As a small business, we only have a certain amount of space to store orders! So we are only able to take a magic number of orders during these busy periods.
Our loyal newsletter subscribers are the first to know when Christmas and Easter orders open, so make sure you’re a subscriber!