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.

What is the "new" fabric of choice? Bamboo of course!

Readers will of course know that I am 'besotted' with bamboo - it is such a sustainable product, and we can easily ditch many items made of plastic, timber, and expensive fabric when we discover the possibilities with bamboo.  It has been slow coming, well, perhaps I should say, slower than I would like, but almost every day I discover how many new products are making into mainstream retailing.


The large retailers have office, kitchen, laundry and other house hold items in bamboo - and these are regularly featured in the catalogues that are stuffed into our letterboxes on a regular basis.


Today, while on the hunt for some advertising products I visited 1300epromo at Manly (Qld) and while I found what I was looking for, my eyes caught a display of bamboo work socks.  I am now sitting at the computer wearing a pair of these socks - they are long, black comfortable socks (warm too, but I know on a summer's day, they are also cool!), which I will get a lot of wear out of. These are 92% bamboo, and are 'awesome'.


When I was chatting with Tammy Taylor of 1300epromo, she told me that they also stock bamboo polo shirts - and she showed me some - 50% bamboo, and 50% viscose - in navy and black.  Either would make a great gift too - and with Father's Day not far away, it might be a good place to go to get something a little different.  Even if the Dad in your life shies away from 'socks and jocks' for Father's Day or other gifts, I am sure he will be thrilled with the bamboo socks or a polo shirts.


The blurb on the socks packaging says

 organic fibre construction using naturally antibacteral fabric which eliminates foot odour.

  superior wicking (dry and cool feet) 

promotes foot health

ultra fine fibre for more comfort and blister protection

antistatic natural fibre

For those who live in the Bayside South (Wynnum Manly Tingalpa area) , the show room is not far from the Manly Railway Station, and they have a huge range of promotional material and uniforms.

For more information about 1300epromo, contact (07) 1300 377 666 or visit their website.

More Bamboo Products

More and more bamboo products are turning up in stores everywhere.  Just look in the 'junk mail' that appears in your letter box and you will see almost weekly that there are more items making it to the market, which is good.

If you are interested in sustainability, and keen to use 'natural' products or products not made from precious trees, look at the options with bamboo products.  It is such a renewable product and much  better than plastic or anything 'man made' - it should be better for everyone.

This week I found a wide range of products in Howards - from items for the home/office, items for the bathroom.  I am a great fan of Howards stores as they have such amazing storage ideas, and let's face it, we weem to be overloading our homes with so much "stuff" that storage ideas are very important.

Bamboo on House and Garden

Better Homes and Gardens featured bamboo a couple of years ago.  This is the video of that segment of the show.  This is a good segment, and for those who are still fearful of bamboo, this should be of interest as it is a respected gardening program.

Now is the Hour for Bamboo Power.

I found this video - enjoy!

Find more videos like this on video.filestube.com.