Shoppers line the street at Harley and Johns Seafood in Fairy Meadow.

Shoppers line the street at Harley and Johns Seafood in Fairy Meadow to pick up their seafood for Christmas. Video by Adam McLean.

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00:00It's been a busy day, busy week. Christmas Eve's the hardest day, but yesterday was nuts, trying to get organized for today as well.

00:08So yeah, we'll go through probably five ton of prawns, just under 3,000 dozen oysters.

00:17Local lobsters, we're a few hundred kilos of them. Western Australia lobsters this year as well.

00:23So yeah, we've got some big numbers coming through.

00:25It was slow in the months leading up to Christmas, but Christmas time is a time for everyone just to spend up.

00:32They're getting family and friends together, so they'll save their pennies all year and make sure that they enjoy their Christmas.

00:39Opened at 6 o'clock, or 6 a.m.

00:42We left last night at about 10, getting here 1 o'clock the night before, and I was back here at 12.30 this morning last night.

00:52So about two hours sleep and back into it.

00:55So it's that time of year, we've got to do it.

00:57They started lining up probably about quarter to five this morning.

01:01Lines, look, early morning it's always probably about an hour each line.

01:07But look, by 12 o'clock it normally dies down and you might be 15, 20 minutes, half hour.

01:12We've got some kingfish, local kingfish, and some salmon and some prawns and a bit of squid as well.

01:18They're like, oh, look, it's going to be a seafood feast.

01:21We'll have salads and fish and lots of sugar and hopefully some sunshine.

01:28Just enjoy the beach afterwards.

01:31All right.

01:32Let's do it.

01:33All right.

01:34Let's do it.

01:35All right.

01:35We'll have nice events.

01:45Yes.