New Year, New Habits, Time to Shop Locally

New Year, New Habits, Time to Shop Locally

Jan 6, 2026 | Stories

New Year, New Habits: Why Shopping Local Is the one of the most Australian things you can do – and bonus lemon curd pavlova recipe As the calendar flips to a brand-new year (and the leftover pavlova finally disappears from the fridge), it’s the perfect time to...
Why Shopping Local Matters (and Feels a Whole Lot Better)

Why Shopping Local Matters (and Feels a Whole Lot Better)

Dec 10, 2025 | Stories

Ever waked through a market and realised you’ve smiled at twelve strangers, had three great chats, learned about a unique crotchet stitch and left with a bag full of actual handmade things — not just “assembled somewhere overseas and rebranded with rustic fonts”?...
I love a sunburnt country

I love a sunburnt country

Jan 28, 2021 | Stories

This beautiful, honest poem by Dorothea MacKellar is one of our favourites.  It paints a picture of an incredible country that is at once warm and picturesque and at the same time harsh and unforgiving. The Local-Side team were debating long and hard about whether to...
What does community mean to you?

What does community mean to you?

Jan 15, 2021 | Stories

One of the questions we get asked here a bit is, what’s the go with the Local-side? Why didn’t you just get a whole stack of great products from wholesalers and sell them? A lot of the team here at the Local Side grew up in regional areas, with town populations in the...