NANA HUCHY | Buddy The Dog
Regular price $59.95 $59.95
Buddy, or Bud as he is more commonly known, is a shy & gentle dog. He is the kind of dog that will do anything for his human companion. Although he is shy, he is unbelievably smart & can be taught all kinds of tricks!
Keen to please, Buddy’s favourite trick is making the bed & tidying the bedroom. He's also handy in the kitchen & will lick the dirty dishes until they sparkle & shine.
They say dogs are a man’s best friend but Buddy, with his bashful nature, prefers the friendship of children.
Measures 48cm
Suitable for 0+
Gentle cold machine wash, do not tumble dry.
Tactile velour details to soothe & comfort.
NANA HUCHY | Poppy the Pig
Regular price $42.95 $42.95A literature fan, Poppy's favourite book is 'Animal Farm' but by no means does she identify with the characters.
When not snout-deep in a book, Poppy likes going to her local market, staying home, and eating roast beef (she despises when there is none). But it's her French language skills that has Poppy saying, 'oui, oui, oui, oui' all the home and into the arms of a loving child.
Measures 19cm
Suitable for 0+
Gentle cold machine wash, do not tumble dry.
SOPHIE CONRAN | Gift-Boxed Heart-Shaped Trowel
Regular price $66.00 $66.00Many of us discovered the fun of gardening as kids even if it was just making dirt volcanoes while Nonno planted the tomato seeds. For some of us, we've only relished in it since the recent lockdowns and slowdowns. Apart from the physical benefits and all that prettiness, greenery and self-satisfaction, who knew gardening could be so meditative? Even more so with Sophie Conran's Gardening Hand Fork.
The versatile heart-shaped trowel has been created to be ideal for planting. It’s extremely useful for shallower digging and scooping when planting bulbs, bedding, or plug plants. The wide head moves soil quickly and easily, and the pointed sharpened tip slices smoothly through ground. The ergonomic design gives the gardener more digging power, since the head is in line with handle, rather than angled. This trowel’s small size makes it especially ideal for container gardening.
The mirror-polished stainless steel of the tool head glides with minimal resistance through the soil. The stainless steel is rust-resistant and will keep rust at bay to stay looking bright and beautiful for years to come. The FSC® beech wooden handle is carefully shaped to fit satisfyingly into the gripped hand, and the turned ferrule in solid brass provides a secure and lasting connection between handle and body.
Presented in a stylish gift box, this unusual garden tool makes a lovely gift for any gardener – or, of course, a very practical treat for yourself!
The waxed Forest Security Council (FSC) beechwood handle is smooth and fits snugly into the hand, while the brass ferrule ensures a secure connection between the tool head and handle. The etched Sophie Conran for Burgon & Ball maker’s mark adds a distinctive finishing touch.
Presented in a beautiful box, this heart-shaped trowel makes a beautiful and thoughtful gift for any gardener.
Overall length: 24cm
Head width: 10.5cm
Weight: 226g
Tool head: stainless steel
Handle: FSC® beech wood
Ferrule: brass
Supplied in beautiful presentation gift box
GINGER FOX | Adulting Achieved Mug
Regular price $22.95 $22.95Congratulate supposed adults on a job well done... or at least a job done!
The Adulting Achieved mug is the perfect way to celebrate the completion of those mundane tasks that come with being a grown-up.
GINGER FOX | Really Useful Mug
Regular price $22.95 $22.95This mug is crammed with all the really useful facts you'll wish you always had at your fingertips.
Microwave Safe
Designed in the UK
Made in China
JOS | 24pc Cloud Party Puzzle - May Gibbs x Kasey Rainbow
Regular price $27.50 $27.50When cuteness and the Aussie bush combine. This May Gibbs x Kasey Rainbow collab adds flavour to a nostalgic and treasured part of Australian folklore.
24 Pieces of total kid cuteness. Comes in a sweet magnetic box.
About May Gibbs
May Gibbs is one of Australia’s best loved, classic children’s book writers and artists. May’s deep love of the Australian bush was portrayed in her work, engendering in children her own love of nature. The Gumnut Babies, May’s classic book about Australian bush fairies, was first published in 1916 and was followed by many other Gumnut stories including her famous creations Snugglepot & Cuddlepie.
When she died, May Gibbs bequeathed her works to The Northcott Society and Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Through her foresight, May has helped thousands of Australian children living with disability and their families. For more information visit www.maygibbs.org.
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 3 Australia (Revisited)
Regular price $32.95 $32.95Fall in love with Australia - story by story, again and again.
Featured Destinations: Mount Mulligan • Fraser Island • Kangaroo Island • Adelaide • Darwin • Alice Springs • Uluru • Ningaloo Reef • Wilpena Pound • Karijini National Park • Cape to Cape • Hobart • Scenic Rim Trail • Kimberley • Cradle Mountain • Port Fairy • Daylesford • Larapinta Trail
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 12 Switzerland
Regular price $32.95 $32.95Steeped in history, Switzerland is both lavish and refined - chocolate-box perfection guaranteed to surprise. It is a playground, refuge and wonderland. A hideaway and delight. And amongst these pages are hints of all it has to offer. There are tales of intrigue and adventure, romance and the sublime - of towns where time is kept and paused, cantons that charm, literary escapades, wilderness, trains and alpine fare that is very fine indeed.
Featuring Neuchâtel | Lausanne | Geneva | Gstaad | Mürren | Zürich | St. Gallen | Bad Ragaz | St. Moritz | Ascona | Lugano | Bern | Great St. Bernard Pass | Bürgenstock | Scuol | The Orient Express
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 16 Spain
Regular price $32.95 $32.95BACK IN STOCK LATE FEB. PRE-ORDER NOW!
An ode to slow travel, splendour and sun. Que viva España.
For this magazine, Lodestar's contributors have descended into caves in the name of cheese, gone in search of volcanoes, wandered ancient pilgrim paths, ridden horses into the sunset, been enthralled by architecture, cooked the way their grandparents did and penned odes to lace. They have explored places that come with meaning.
Some destinations are ‘home’, others are steeped in memory, and a few are being discovered for the very first time, the siren’s call impossible to resist. You can read this zest in their words and see the ardour in their images, because when someone creates with love and respect you feel it. You’re there with them. This is how you discover and are reacquainted with Spain - through the eyes of others.
Featured destinations: Ibiza, Tarifa, Oviedo, Toledo, Granada, Segovia, Seville, Valencia, Lanzarote, Montserrat, Formentera, San Sebastián, Santiago de Compostela
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY Issue 11 | Portugal
Regular price $32.95 $32.95Here, there are island oases, pilgrimage trails, artisans and waves - azulejos and pastéis de nata - and one should feast on all that they can; climb mountains, sip Port, meander through markets, swim, savour and walk into wilderness. Layered in history, there is a sublime sense of melancholy - an awareness of the things that have passed, matched by awe of all that remains. Warmth, colour, tradition and light. In Portugal you have time, space and
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 10: India
Regular price $32.95 $32.95
India is changing. It is an impassioned, tumultuous wonderland that embraces visitors, reveres its past, disregards the status quo and offers all who journey there a brilliant, indelible, distinctive experience.
You may wander along sacred waterways, bathe in colour, appreciate the poetry of the everyday, celebrate a southern paradise, traverse the country by train, discover enduring, ancient cultures and cities at the cutting edge, grasp the complexity of tea and tradition, calm the mind, scale peaks, experiment with spices, encounter something wild, question your boundaries, live in the moment and seek out the unexpected. This is a place of craft, civility, history, culture, grace and grandeur. You will be overcome, consumed, saturated, lost in matchless moments, and left craving more.
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LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 13 Mexico
Regular price $32.95 $32.95Mexico is beautiful. It is timeless, multilayered, mesmeric and utterly indefinable. Peruse these pages, dream of the faraway, ignite your wanderlust and prepare to fall in love.
Some featured destinations
Puebla
Mexico City
Oaxaca
Mérida
Tulum
Puerto Escondido
San Miguel de Allende
Guadalajara
San José del Cabo
Ensenada
Tecate
Tepoztlán
El Arenal
Isla Holbox
Teotitlán del Valle
Colima
Lacandón Jungle
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LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 15 Greece
Regular price $32.95 $32.95This is a magazine about Greece - a celebration of her myths, mountains and glittering seas. It contains glimpses of island life and odes to olives, and lashings of wildflowers, ruins, wilderness and awe. A place of gods and romance, Greece has always offered multitudes - so soak up these pages and allow yourself to fall under her spell.
Some locations featured:
Zagori, Corfu, Messolonghi, Mykonos, Santorini, Syros, Kefalonia, Simi, Athens, Pelion, Rhodes, Ikaria, Andros, Kasos, Crete, The Mani, Halkidiki Eleusis
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 14 Wales
Regular price $32.95 $32.95
This is Lodestar's ode to Wales - a celebration of its soaring peaks and dazzling waters, its wilderness, song and lore. Venture here to walk in the footsteps of saints and ancient kings, and to explore landscapes - diverse, dramatic and sublime - destined to fill you with awe. You’ll cross paths with artists, poets and lavender farmers, feast on Welsh cakes and bara brith, wallow in the history, swim in the sea, hike hills, forage, revel and bask in the beauty. All the while knowing that here, there may well be dragons.
Featuring: Hay-on-Wye | Fforest | Pembrokeshire | Gower Peninsula | Wye Valley | Brecon Beacons | Snowdonia | Portmeirion | Farmers' Welsh Lavender | Dyfi Botanicals | Old Lands | Palé Hall | Llŷn Peninsula | Ynys Enlli | Skomer | Conwy
LODESTARS ANTHOLOGY | Issue 17 Ireland
Regular price $32.95 $32.95
Lodestar's Issue 17 is dedicated to the glorious island of Ireland.
A celebration of all that is enchanting, delicious and wild about the Island of Ireland - made by those who are already under its spell.
A few featured destinations: Connemara, Ring of Kerry, Waterford, Cork, The Burren, Dingle, Galway, Longford, Glendalough, Belfast, Mullaghmore, Adare, Dublin, Causeway Coast, Athlone, Aran Islands, Tory Island, Boyne Valley
LINGO | Millennial Slang Travel Playing Cards
Regular price $19.95 $19.95
Do you have trouble getting on the level with your Millennial-aged kids? Finding yourself completely and utterly confused by their new age slang? De-code the kids with these Millennial Slang playing cards. It'll even get you ready for clap-back next time you overhear someone suggesting lets Netflix and Chill!
In 2012, on a Central America backpacking and surfing trip, Lingo's Aussie founder Keaton White had a "light bulb" moment to migrate hand-picked Spanish phrases from a battered notebook onto the cards he played every afternoon over sunset cervezas.
Having improved his Spanish through fun card games, he realised his idea was too good not to share. Lingo was founded in 2014 through a Kickstarter campaign and is now loved all over the world.
Whether you're planning forward for that trip when borders open, or just want to brush up on that school French, you'll love using this fun deck. Featuring the most commonly-used phrases, accompanied by easy-to-follow phonetic pronunciations, Lingo's playing cards offer a fun and easy way to learn a new language.
All Lingo Cards decks are beautifully designed and evoke unique themes and vibes. Each deck, which contains four suits of 52 playing cards and two Jokers, is made from only premium quality materials, ensuring durability and longevity.
Dimensions: 1.8 X 6.5 X 9 (cm)
Designed In Western Australia,
GINGER FOX | Rubik' Book Puzzle
Regular price $22.95 $22.95
In this deck of large-format cards 80's nostalgia meets mind-bending puzzles!
With beginner, medium and difficult levels, are you ready to put your brain to the test?
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Alma Granites Fine Bone Teacup & Saucer
Regular price $29.95 $29.95Sip your afternoon tea and mindfully contemplate the stars thanks to Alma Granites and her extraordinary artwork which adorns this treasurable teacup.
Want a matching teapot to make your tea ritual more special? Here it is.
Royalties from this product directly benefit the artist and their community.
Fine Bone China Tea Cup & Saucer
Dishwasher Safe
Microwave Safe
Capacity: 160ml.
Box Dimensions:
Based on artwork by Alma Granites.
Presented in a gift box featuring information about the artist and artwork.
ALPERSTEIN DESIGNS | Alma Granites Fine Bone China Teapot
Regular price $69.95 $69.95Sip your afternoon tea and mindfully contemplate the stars thanks to Alma Granites and her extraordinary artwork which adorns this treasurable tea pot.
Why not add the tea cup and saucer?
Royalties from this product directly benefit the artist and their community.
Fine Bone China Teapot with Strainer.
Dimensions: 10cm (Height)
Capacity: 500ml.
Ideal for 2 cups of tea.
Based on artwork by Alma Granites.
Presented in a matching gift box featuring information about the artist and artwork.
GINGER FOX | Kids vs Adults Trivia Card Game
Regular price $14.95 $14.95Discover who’s the boss in Kids vs Adults when you go head-to-head in this fun-for-all trivia card game.
GINGER FOX | Cat Chaos Card Game
Regular price $22.95 $22.95Join this A-list cast of feline celebrities for a fast and frantic card-swapping game of cat craziness. Simple to pick up, difficult to put down.
Are you feline lucky?
GINGER FOX | Twisted Sudoku
Regular price $22.95 $22.95Over 100 Sudoku puzzles, each with a mind-bending twist!
Breaking the rules, defying conventions and shaking up the world of puzzling, this is a fresh and funky new take on the traditional Sudoku book.
Do you dare to become a twisted puzzler?
Lay-flat paperback, 128pp.
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