Popularity of Bamboo Growing in Bali

I found this article - reminding me of my journey to Bali last year and my visit to The Green Village.  How I would love to go back again.

Check here to read the article.

International Chinese Film Festival

The International Chinese Film Festival 2013 will be held between 12th -19th October at Event Cinemas George Street in Sydney and 18th-22nd October in Melbourne.

This is awesome really - high in the bamboo this amazing fight.  Enjoy.

More Bamboo

My fishing tackle box is missing one important tool - well, if you call a chopping board a tool.  I had been hunting around shops recently looking for a smallish board - something that I can use to chop my bait.  I'd seen small plastic boards, but I hadn't found the size I wanted (at the right price!) until at Choice at Wynnum Plaza .  Actually I wasn't looking for a board on this occasion, but as luck would have it I found one.

A bamboo one - the right size and at the right price.  So next time I go fishing, I will have with my my bamboo chopping/bait board.  

From Wambamboo

I received an email today from Wambamboo with information about a new light that they have designed.

Ken Gration is the designer - and the information he has on his website about the reasons he uses bamboo needs to be read by everyone.

Growing Interest in Bamboo Products

One of the things I have noticed recently is the increase in products made from bamboo in a wide range of retail outlets - from the major retailers to the community markets.

There are several outlets at Eumundi Markets (Queensland)  - some not so easy to spot.  (Look for the clothing made from bamboo products - ladies fashions, so you may have to ask if there is no sign!)

I am surprised how many products are in K-Mart these days - just click on the link and search for "bamboo" and a number of items will come up.  Ikea at Logan and other Idea stores have some products - I have seen bamboo bowls there.

Coles and Woolworths stores also have a collection of items - kitchen utensils particularly.  Also don't forget to add some bamboo shoots (sadly they are only in cans in the supermarkets) to your stir fried vegetables and seek other recipes to use them.

Target, Big-W, Spotlight, some of the bedding specialists have a range of items - look for bamboo fabric chothes (ladies undies in Target and Big W), and so it goes.

Several years ago it would be impossible to find anything.  There are plenty of stores on line for bamboo products too.  Do a Google search and see what you can find - made from this wonderful sustainable, safe product.

Don't forget Howards either.

Eumundi Markets

I always love visiting the markets and am thrilled that I live not too far away from them now, so I expect to visit them more often.  This really is the place to find bamboo products (indeed there is much here about environment safe products) - and it is in the midst of quite a lot of bamboo growing properties as one can see driving into Eumundi.  There are great stands of bamboo on a hillside on the left as one leaves the highway.

My two Chinese guests are hard to satisfy and I was hoping that a stroll around Eumundi would take an hour or two, but it was short lived as they were keen to move on.

However, I did manage to find some great bamboo wares, and bamboo clothing though I have had to resolve to return to take a closer look at them.

One stall had a great display of bamboo bowls.  I spoke with the gent behind the counter briefly - and we shared stories of our love of bamboo products.

Great Towel

I set out researching beds - as I am about to move into a new abode and as I have almost nil furniture, I have been doing quite a bit of looking around.

At Aspley, as well as a number of bed shops, I found Howards Storage World - one of my favourite shops, though I doubt I am one of their best customers.  I dream mostly when I am there - clearly if one is 'transient' like me, I have little need for some of their wonderful items.

They do have quite a selection of items made from bamboo - from cutting boards, to kitchen items.  I bought this bamboo towel, which is rather neat with the magnet in the corner, and I am using it at the house sit.  (I just love bamboo towels, and they are great in the kitchen.)  The guy behind the counter learning about my interest in bamboo also a not needed bamboo box, which the towel is sitting in for the photo.

I also purchased a canister for my coffee.

These and other great bamboo products are at Howard's Storage World - they have shops in many shopping centres.

My Bamboo Journey Continues

Sorry, dear readers, that I have not posted here for a while.  I have been travelling around Australia and not able to keep up with all of my writing commitments.   While travelling around Australia I visited two great bamboo farms, which I will detail in another post or two, but mean while, I would like to
comment on the increasing availability of bamboo products on the market in Australia.

Products created with bamboo seem to be bobbing up all over the place and I see in Spotlight, Howards, Kitchen Plus, Robin's Kitchen, K-Mart, Target, etc.  The products range from ietms for the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom - just seek and ye shall find.

One item I found on my journey (actually in Perth, Western Australia) were make up brushes with bamboo handles.

I actually cannot remember the precise store I bought this from, but it was one of the stores that has cosmetics in the front of the store and hair dressing at the back.  It is a lovely brush to use, and I shall be looking for others to add to my collection later.

Another item that was given to me was this cup - made of bamboo too.  I shall have to find the photo.