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Backless G-stringsA Gold Coast woman had a problem with her G-string showing and asked her daughters for advice as she could not see their G-strings poking out. She was shocked to hear her daughters were not wearing any underwear at all and she started work on her project of inventing underwear that does not stick out of your pants. It took 50 prototypes until she ended up with a design that replaces the back with two bra-style straps under the bottom. This may sound like a joke to you but at the time of writing this she is that serious about it that she has already spent $300,000 on the first production of 35,000 and she is patenting her invention across the world. Banana wine
Camels
Exporting camels to the Middle-East may sound like carrying
water to the sea (or coal to Newcastle as they say here ) but the camels
in Africa that normally supplies Arabia increasingly get more diseases
and Australia has such a healthy camel population that it is actually
a viable business. 10 000 camels a year make the trip each year earning
the country $2 million in export. Most Australian products on this page you can buy online but a Google search for online camel sales only came up with cigarettes! If you need a camel you may have to make a trip to the Aussie outback to buy yourself a camel. CoffeeYears ago instant coffee was the norm in Australia, especially
outside the big cities you could travel for days without encountering
a decent cup of coffee. Creating a Coffee Station in Your Home A favourite cup of your coffee at any time of the day may be a simple pleasure, but it is a simple pleasure that you can have - especially when you have a coffee station. You do not need to have a large amount of space to create a coffee station, but you do need some key ingredients: What to Include in Your Setup For your coffee station to be functional and fit for purpose, there are a few things you will want to have present. You will want to have a good coffee machine; this may be one that you put coffee pods into. Or it may be a cafetiere or espresso machine. Within your setup you will also want to have a selection of syrups, sugars, and spoons to stir your cup of goodness. A Selection of Coffee Some days, you want a cup of decaf coffee (especially as you unwind in the evening). There will also be other times when you want to have a cup of your favorite carbon neutral coffee to kickstart your day. All good coffee stations will have a great selection of coffee beans and blends. This may include coffee from all over the world, including coffee from Australia, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Having Open Shelving Ideally, you will not have your coffee station closed off. When a station is closed off, accessing the items you need can be difficult and tricky - especially if you are in a hurry. Open shelving allows you to easily see what you have available (ensuring you never run precariously low on your favourite coffee beans). Open shelving is also ideal because it makes cleaning and tidying up a little quicker and easier. A good Selection of Mugs and Cups The cup or mug you drink out of can influence your coffee taste. Ideally, you will want to keep certain mugs and cups separate for use exclusively within your coffee station. Keeping these cups and mugs stored in a cabinet nearby or hanging on a wall rack can ensure easy access at all times. You may want a variety of cups and mugs to suit the coffee that you are making. For example, you may want smaller expresso cups and saucers for your morning cup of espresso. For that mid-morning pick up, you may want a larger mug. Make Sure the Space is Organized To thoroughly enjoy each cup of coffee, you must ensure the space remains organized and tidy. If you have trouble finding the coffee beans you want or cannot locate your favourite syrup, it will impact the coffee-making process. You may also find that it can take away a little of the enjoyment. The enjoyment you get from being involved at every stage of making the perfect cup of coffee. To ensure the space is organized, you must embrace storage tubs and units. Make sure that everything has a place, and ensure it always gets put back in the same place
Crocodile leather handbags and mobile phone holdersPhotos from crocodilemick.comMick Pitman, around the remote wilderness of the Cape York peninsula better known as Crocodile Mick, makes a living as crocodile hunter, taxidermist and producer of crocodile products, and also specializes in crocodile capture. The unique handmade crocodile leather products above are only some of his works, you can see more on his website crocodilemick.com . Desert quandong jamDesert quandong jam is only one of the amazing products that you can find on the Aussie site bushtuckershop.com , they also produce other scrumptious native fruit jams, wicked marmalades, rare native spices and seasonings, gourmet sauces & spicey chutneys, wild hibiscus flowers in syrup, tasty macadamia nut creations, pungent mustards, native herbal teas and native essential oil cosmetics. Emu oilAt the Emu Farm Marburg, on the Warrego Highway west of Brisbane, Stephen Schmidt has been producing emu oil ever since in 1995 he discovered the relief it brought to his joints for work related pain he suffered throughout his body. He started selling it at local shows, did more research and now has thousands of happy customers taking emu oil capsules daily for all sorts of relief from different ailments simply because of the natural anti-inflammatory properties with the oil (well known by the Australian Aborigine) and the fact that emu oil contains omega 3,6 and 9. More info on his website.... FurnitureWith the availability of rainforest timbers and other influences, the furniture in Australia can be a bit different from other parts of the world, an example is above, and we have some more on our Amazing Australian Furniture page. Kangaroo meatAustralia is the only country in the world to supply this
product! While nowadays you can get a roo burger in many tourist places
the consumption of their meat was banned for most of the 20th century.
It certainly would have been much better for the Australian environment
had people always eaten kangaroos rather than beef as the altering of
the landscape by grazing cows has done some serious environmental damage.
LiqueursEstablished by Mt. Uncle Grazing Co. at the turn of the
21st Century, the distillery has slowly & surely built an impeccable
& incomparable reputation for crafting fine, award winning liqueurs. Pheromone sprayMelbourne company Acrux has developed a spray that has shown to significantly improve younger women's sexual enjoyment and satisfaction. So far the spray has been tested on 261 premenopausal women aged 35-45 across Australia who had a low libido and testosterone levels who had to record all sexual events along with the level of satisfaction during a 16-week study. On average they reported two more satisfactory sexual experiences a month than before taking the hormone. Roo poo paperCreative Paper in Burnie, Tasmania, decided early 2005 to
start mass producing paper made from kangaroo dung and called on all Tasmanians
to drop off any unwanted kangaroo and wallaby shit at their factory. Toilet seats
Tropical fruit wineAustralian wines are pretty famous these days but a few enterprising individuals have deviated from the traditional grape wine and moved on to exotic tropical fruits. One of those is the Shannonvale winery near Port Douglas, they make wines out of fig, mango, caarambola (star fruit), lychee, parsley, passionfruit, grapefruit, rambutan, jakfruit, orange, purple star apple, water cherry, jaboticaba, baku, black sapote (chocolate pudding fruit), ginger, mulberry and lime. Most of these come in the various styles of Dry, Medium, Sweet or Fortified. Moogoo soapMoogoo makes an amazing soap out of 24% fresh milk, the remainder pure nut oils, cocoa butter and lye, as opposed to most commercial soaps that are actually solidified detergent. The business started out producing udder balm which is the cream they apply in dairies to keep milking cow's udders in good condition for milking twice each day. It has been a traditional country remedy for eczema, psoriasis and prevention of stretch marks for many years. It is also used to keep skin in good condition to prevent premature aging. It is known for its soothing and rejuvenating qualities. For their soaps they now use the same basic ingredients with some added vitamins and oils. The cream works like an original udder balm rejuvenating the skin without the grease. People thought they were crazy bottling udder balm but it has worked so well for country people that they thought it was time everybody started using it. Read more about it or buy online.... OpalsMost opal is more than 60 million years old and generally
dates back to the Cretaceous period when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Opal
is one of the few gemstones that is sedimentary in origin. Opal still
contains 6 to 10 percent water, a remnant of that ancient sea. TeaIn the 1970s Australians started growing tea and nowadays about 3% of the 30 000 tonnes of tea we drink each year is home grown. One such tea is the Daintree Tea, grown in a very scenic place surrounded by rainforest, where high rainfall of around 4 metres per annum and a temperature range of 25 to 35 degrees, along with granite alluvial red soils, all combine to make the perfect growing environment for a unique tasting tea, free from tannic acid and pesticides residues. Daintree Tea is also 100 per cent Australian owned, grown and processed. Make sure to buy some when you're holidaying in the Daintree area, or buy it online at Daintreetea.com
Tea tree oilThe tea tree is an Australian tree who has nothing to do with tea that you drink, the name tea is a complete coincidence, often it s also spelled as ti tree to avoid confusion. The official name for the tree is Melaleuca alternifloria or narrow-leafed paper bark tea tree (Ti-tree Ti-trol Melasol). Due to its unique composition tea tree oil displays a number of remarkable properties making a very effective oil for a wide range of complaints. It is a pale yellowy-green or water-white mobile liquid with a warm fresh, spicy-camphoraceous odour. Tea tree oil is employed in soaps, toothpastes, deodorants, disinfectants, gargles, germicides and increasingly in aftershaves and spicy colognes. As with most Australian products, you can buy it online.. VegemiteInvented by Fred Walker in 1923, and named through a public
contest, this is a dark yeast extract made from the leftovers of beer
brewing, similar to Promite and Marmite, which Aussies spread on sandwiches.
It is that important to them that Australian embassies around the world
frequently get calls from desperate Aussies asking where they can find
the Vegemite importer in that country. I have even heard Aussie embassy
staff talking about flying Vegemite in inside the diplomatic bags. Some
people have even been known to drink it, dissolved in a glass of hot water.
Newcomers to Australia are unlikely to enjoy this powerful tasting stuff
and usually have only one try, pull some funny faces and then never touch
it again, it tastes very salty, even though the salt content has been
reduced from 10 to 8 percent. In 1935 U.S. based Kraft Cheese bought Vegemite
so this Australian icon is not even Australian owned anymore. WoolSheep farmer Barry Walker sold a 91 kg bale of 11.8 micron wool ( the standard for Merinos is 20) for $227,000 . He feeds his super sheep a secret diet of grains and special hay and plays Italian opera to them.
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