SOHI Secrets
Good Reviews / Interiors
When you go on a mini break it’s the small ‘discoveries’ which give you a fondness for a place. A lot of retailers operate on the 7-11 or McDonalds principle of ’secure the real estate and they will come’, offering cheap tat and a convenient location for tourists to empty their wallets. We’re proud to say that our advertising partners don’t subscribe solely to this theory and when you enter stores like One Wise Owl and Roots & Wings Design in Berry, you really feel like you’ve been let in on a secret that only the cool kids know about.
We’ve made a couple of discoveries locally which we hope will keep the tourists coming back. Tulip-Free-Zones if you like. The first is Dirty Jane’s Emporium on Bong Bong Street in Bowral. What you can see from the street is far from the whole story. It’s really not enough to window-shop here. Go inside and items will speak to you directly. Your imagination will run wild with the history of each piece. Snap up one of their giant French cheese boards in particular.
The second discovery we made is Sidetracked Depot next to the Milk Factory Cafe in Bowral. It’s difficult to walk out empty handed as they stock less expensive items right through to super slick antique glass and steel medical cabinets as seen at Industria on Melbourne’s Gertrude Street. They stock ex-film props, original artworks, industrial spools-cum-candle-sticks, anatomy toys, and of course cloches full of dolls – a perfect gift for the person who has everything.
We hope that the area starts attracting more tourists who spend money on unique things, and that forward planning for the area involves a little more than bussing pensioners in to look at flowers and buy a cup of tea. We would love to hear your comments for event ideas for the area – events that will attract the young, interesting and moneyed.
Christmas in July on Speed Dial
Food / Good Reviews / SOHI Calendar
If, like us, you have decided to leave Christmas in July to the last possible calendar moment, you are going to need some help. We have done all the hard work and hit all the brick walls for you and we’re very excited to be able to give organisational tips for possibly the first (and maybe last) time.
If you have a big crowd coming and you don’t have room in the oven for baked veg and half a beast, call Vicki at Maugher Meats in Burrawang. They simply sell the best meat in the Southern Highlands. They’ll cook your meat overnight and have it hot when you come to collect it. They cater for numbers of 30+. Their prices are very reasonable. Besides, can you really put a price on kitchen-sanity?
The second number you may need on speed dial is Yes Events in Bowral. Does anyone out there have a perfect set of 20 plates, 20 wine glasses, 20 chairs? We didn’t think so. Yes Events delivers, so instead of having to supplement your crockery with paper plates, an embarrassment we have suffered many times until now, ask Yes Events to supply matching everything.
Have you noticed there are not a lot of Christmas ornaments around in July? They’re very hard to come by so a Christmassy bouquet is just going to have to do. Jane at Twigg and Blossom in Berrima is full of completely non-twee ideas for floral arrangements that say Christmas without campy cliches. She can arrange a bush Christmas display using divine natives – a silver Christmas that is 100% holly-free.
And lastly, dessert. Nobody really eats fruitcake except your nan. So buy something that everyone including the kids can enjoy. We’ve discovered Pat and Stick ice cream sandwiches. The boys will pack them in dry ice so that your Sydney guests can safely transport them to SOHI without any melted tragedies.
We hope you enjoy Christmas in July and don’t forget about the Sutton Forest Inn’s fireworks and bonfire night this Saturday, replete with jumping castle, 4m high bonfire and fireworks displays.
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SOHI Social
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We’ve had enough of listening to time-poor colleagues complaining about never having enough time to maintain an online presence. After serving customers, taking orders, doing BAS, taking out the rubbish and other such unglamorous but necessary business tasks, there isn’t a huge amount of time left in the day. Too precious little to be sitting on Facebook and Twitter! We’re here to help. SOHI Social is a social media plan for business owners who would love to be active promoting their businesses online but are simply too swamped to do so. We understand how hard it is to juggle, so get in touch if you feel this is something your business can benefit from. There are only 18 places available, so contact us to grab your info PDF before your competitors do.
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Serious Jugs
Interiors
Don’t you just hate branding on your breakfast table? Milk bottles, peanut butter jars, hideous butter tubs. Quelle horreur! One can never have too many jugs but one certainly have too few. So what a delight it was to discover Robert Gordon’s pottery range at The Cake Store on Kinghorne Street in Nowra. We now have jugs til next Tuesday having collected various sizes and colours with those silly little names that we secretly love like cornflower, duck egg, buttercup, latte and mint. They’re really so sturdy that they feel like they’re from another time. We’re very pleased to have helped you unbrand and unclutter your life.
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Robert Billington – Centennial Supper Club
SOHI Calendar
Are you a fan of our Laugh Lines section? The photography is so highly stylised and classic and this issue we found the perfect contributor – AND he is local to Bowral. His name is Robert Billington and in August, Robert is guest speaker at the Centennial Vineyard Supper Club. The event is 5th August and for $30, you will receive supper and a glass of wine and hear Robert tell his story.
Robert has published a total of nine books, some of those titles being ‘Balmoral, every man and his dog’, ‘The Bridge’, ‘This is Australia’ (sold out), ‘Australianimal’, ‘Billington’s Sydney’ and his most recent ‘Bondi: The sound of tumbling water’. Robert shot on film for our last Laugh Lines feature on Mike Butcher, which was fun for all of us. Quick, accurate and tactile. Nothing like looking at proofs rather than Adobe Bridge!
Details for Supper Club:
5th August
6pm till 9.30pm
“Woodside” 252 Centennial Road, Bowral
Bookings Essential: 4861 8701
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