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Contact Novalogisticsshop

Novalogisticsshop takes enquiries by phone, email and the form below, and every message lands on the desk of a buyer who can actually search a factory catalogue. Send a part number, a VIN or a machine serial with your message and you will get a revision-checked answer with a landed cost, usually inside one business day.

1 day
Typical reply time
8:30am
Desk opens, weekdays
Ballarat
Where the warehouse sits
4
Time zones covered by the team
Phone

+61 3 8427 5196

Email

novalogisticsshop@gmail.com

Warehouse

106-110 Creswick Road, Ballarat Central VIC 3350, Australia

Hours

Mon to Fri, 8:30am to 5:30pm AEST

Send a request

Tell us the part and we will do the chasing

The more detail you send, the faster the answer. A photo of the existing component helps more than most people expect.

Two desks run out of this office. The automotive desk handles rare car parts, restorations and grey imports. The industrial desk handles machine components, servo drives and production-line spares. If you are not certain which one your request belongs to, choose "either" in the form and the right buyer picks it up.

Automotive enquiries

Send the chassis number, the OEM number and, if you have one, a photo of the part you are replacing. Read the Rare Automotive Parts Sourcing & Express Delivery page first if you want to know how the search works.

Industrial enquiries

Send the maker's part number, the machine serial and the failure symptom in plain words. The Industrial Machine Components Import & Express Freight page explains why the serial matters.

A person reads every message. Urgent breakdowns are flagged the same morning.

Who you will speak to

The desk is small on purpose

Nine people, and every one of them can tell you where your part is without asking a colleague.

Callum Radcliffe

Callum Radcliffe

Founder, unusual searches

Reads anything that does not fit the usual pattern. If two dealers have already said no, this is the desk to reach.

Aiko Tanabe

Aiko Tanabe

Buyer, Japan

Handles Japanese factory contacts and grey import parts. Answers at 7am Ballarat time, which suits early callers.

Stefan Brandt

Stefan Brandt

Buyer, Europe

German and UK suppliers, and every revision check for industrial customers before a line goes down.

Meera Chandrasekhar

Meera Chandrasekhar

Customs and freight

Call her if a consignment is held. She has the broker account and can usually clear a hold the same day.

Find us

Creswick Road, Ballarat Central

The warehouse sits about ten minutes from Ballarat station. Visitors are welcome, but ring first: somebody is usually out collecting a consignment from the Melbourne freight terminal.

420 m²
Warehouse floor
10 min
From Ballarat station
  • Street parking at the front of the building
  • Loading bay for pallet collections
  • Wheelchair access via the side entrance
Calling from overseas

Different time zones, same desk

If you are ringing from Europe or Japan, the buyers are on the phone earlier than the office opens.

From Australia

Ring the desk between 8:30am and 5:30pm AEST, Monday to Friday. Saturday mornings are covered until 1pm for urgent breakdowns.

From Europe

Your morning overlaps with our late afternoon. A message sent before 7am London time usually gets an answer the same day, Ballarat time.

From Japan

Our Osaka buyer works the morning shift, which lines up neatly with an afternoon enquiry in Tokyo. Email is usually fastest here.

Before you write

Answers to the usual first questions

None of these are here to save us work. They are the questions people ask most often, and reading them will save you a round trip.

About the business

No. A VIN, a machine serial or even a clear photo of the existing component is enough to start. The exact number helps shorten the search, but the chassis or serial is what lets a factory confirm the right revision, so include it if you have it.

Usually inside one business day. A factory confirmation can take longer if the maker is in a different time zone, but we will tell you the same day that the search is underway and when to expect an answer.

You can, but it is better to ring first. Somebody is often at the Melbourne freight terminal collecting a consignment, and the warehouse can be locked while that happens. A quick call means someone will be there when you arrive.

They go to the desk of the relevant buyer and nowhere else. We do not sell data or add you to a marketing list unless you ask. The privacy policy sets out what is kept, for how long, and how to ask for a copy or a deletion.

Ring the office and ask for Meera. She holds the broker account and can usually clear a hold the same day. Have the air waybill number and the order number to hand, and mention if the shipment contains anything that needed a dangerous goods declaration.
Read before you write

Two articles that answer the awkward questions

Most enquiries repeat the same two problems. Both are written up properly by the buyers themselves.

Automotive Rare car parts waiting in a warehouse for export

Why rare car parts take so long to land in Australia

The wait usually does not start where people think. Two real reasons a discontinued part sits in limbo for months.

Read the article
Industrial Nameplate showing a machine serial number

What a machine serial number tells a parts buyer

A part number alone cannot tell you which revision fits. How the import desk checks the build record before ordering.

Read the article