Father's Day Seafood Packs on the Gold Coast: What $200 Buys

TL;DR: Father's Day 2026 is Sunday 6 September. Spend $200 or more, online or in store, and you get a free Tasman Star cap or singlet while stocks last. That $200 feeds about 4 people as a main. $400 feeds 6 to 8.

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Father's Day on the Gold Coast is a seafood weekend, not a socks weekend. The useful number is $200. Hit that, online or in store, and two things happen: you feed a table, and you take home a free Tasman Star cap or singlet while stocks last.

The offer stacks. $400 unlocks two gifts. $600 unlocks three. We send what is in stock. Online, write cap or singlet size in the order comments. In store, ask the team at Labrador or Varsity Lakes. Offer ends Sunday 6 September 2026.

Full pack list and photos live on the Father's Day page.

What $200 actually puts on the table

Tasman Star builds three Father's Day styles, each as a table pack near $200 and a feast near $400. Prices move with the catch. The cart always shows the live total.

Style	Table, about $200	Feast, about $400	Free merch
BBQ	Jumbo raw tiger prawns, cooked Moreton Bay bugs, garlic butter. Feeds 4.	Extra prawns and bugs, plus skin-on barramundi. Feeds 6 to 8.	1 gift at $200, 2 gifts at $400
Cold platter	Cooked king prawns, oysters, smoked salmon, aioli. No cooking. Feeds 4.	More prawns and oysters, plus cooked bugs. Feeds 6 to 8.	Same
Sashimi	Large sashimi platter plus salmon, tuna and kingfish blocks. Feeds 4 to 6.	Large, medium and small platters plus extra blocks. Feeds 8. Order the day before.	Same

Sashimi is sliced to order. Order it the day before, not on the morning.

Shop the Father's Day packs or build your own mix.

Online or in store: same offer

The free merch is not an online-only trick.

• Online: add $200 or more to the cart, write cap or singlet size in the comments, we add the gift at checkout from stock.
• In store: spend $200 or more at Labrador (5-7 Olsen Ave) or Varsity Lakes (20 Casua Dr) and ask staff. Same stacking rules.

Sunday 6 September both shops run 7 AM to 6 PM. Gold Coast delivery is Monday to Saturday. For the weekend, book Saturday 5 September delivery, cutoff 2 PM Friday. Sunday is walk in.

A $200 Father's Day lunch that does not need a recipe

If you skip the set packs and shop by the kilo, this mix lands near $200 and feeds 4:

1. 1 kg cooked king prawns, ice and lemon
2. 1 dozen oysters, natural
3. 2 cooked Moreton Bay bugs, split
4. A 300 g salmon portion if someone wants something on the grill

That is a cold platter with one hot option. Nobody stands at the barbecue unless they want to.

Order timing for Sunday 6 September

When you want it	What to do
Saturday night at home	Order online by 2 PM Friday 4 September for Saturday 5 September delivery
Sunday lunch at home	Walk in Sunday morning at Labrador or Varsity Lakes. Premium prawns and bugs move early.
Sunday pickup	Varsity Lakes pickup if you ordered ahead. Labrador stays walk-in shopping.
Sashimi on Sunday	Order Saturday at the latest. Sashimi needs 24 hours.

Father's Day is one of the busiest seafood weekends of the year. The jumbo tigers and the big bugs are the lines that sell out. Come in Friday or Saturday if you want first pick.

If you are not hosting

A box of cooked king prawns, a couple of bugs, or a sashimi platter is a better gift than another bottle. Spend $200 or more, online or in store, and the free cap or singlet goes in the bag while stocks last.

See the Father's Day seafood page for the six packs, store hours and the merch photos.