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!