Each week we post a Gumtree gem:  an odd, funny or unusual item we have found on Gumtree, the online buy/sell/swap site. Most are from South-West Victoria or not far beyond.

This week, we uncovered a side line of skimpy wear available from an unexpected location….

[box] Black tutu skirt, brand new in packet. Multi sizes. 

Local pickup from Geelong @Waterworld (Norlane pool) $12. [/box]

  Find more Gumtree gems here…

Cheapest house ever?

Couch with an ouch

All I need is the air that I breathe

Always check the auto-correct!

Too short for this Hill’s Hoist

12 things for $12

Can’t afford a real horse?

Each week we post a gem from Gumtree gem – the online sell, buy, swap site – that is odd, unusual or just plain different.

Most are from South-West Victoria or not far beyond.

This week: we had heard prices were a little cool in the real estate market, but this is ridiculous.

[box] Fully renovated, large, four-bedroom home $420.[/box]

 Find more Gumtree gems here…

Need a little gardening?

Couch with an ouch

All I need is the air that I breathe

Always check the auto-correct!

Too short for this Hill’s Hoist

12 things for $12

Can’t afford a real horse?

This is the sort of thing that once stimulated “controversy” in households across Australia…to Hoover, or not to Hoover, the new carpets? When Mum bought her first Hoover in the 1950s, this was included in the instruction booklet.

My mother kept everything…and I mean everything. This used to be a source of great embarrassment, but now I am grateful.

Each week, I will upload something from Mum’s drawer – bits and pieces from Warrnambool’s past.

This week is a receipt from George Swinton and Sons Furnishings, which still forms part of the Swinton’s complex in Timor St, Warrnambool.

I am not sure, however, if they still sell tray cloths.

Does anyone remember what a tray cloth was used for?