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Massive end of season clearance sale!

Jenn Zuber - Thursday, August 07, 2008

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Shop at co-op prices!!!

All stock on sale from Thursday 7 August through Saturday 16 August 2008.

Have you got an upcoming birthday or baby shower? What about the holidays? Get in early and take advantage of these savings. Start your gift shopping now.

With savings this huge, stock won't last long! So hurry and start shopping.

Thanks for supporting Koola Koalas Kids Company.

Kind Regards,
Jenn, Eileen and Richard

*Discounts are offered only on instock items and are not applicable to magazine subscriptions.

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Summer clothing sale now on!

Jenn Zuber - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

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Is the summer heat making your little one cranky and irritable? Check out the awesome savings we're offering on only the stylish summer wear that's sure to keep them cool!

Until 31 July 2008, save 15% when you shop for summer clothing and swimwear with Koola Koalas Kids Company. Your kids will be the coolest on the block when they wear these hot Aussie fashion items!

All summer fashions are on sale including our hip baby clothes, funky kids clothing and designer toddler wear. Even our stylish UPF rated, UV protective swimwear is on sale!

Shop now to take advantage of this great discount and ensure your kids stay cool this summer!

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ZOI shipment

Jenn Zuber - Thursday, June 26, 2008

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We recently received another shipment of some fabulous Aussie kids products. This time the shipment was from ZOI Australia. Here's how ZOI Australia describes themselves and their products:

ZOÍ is life.

At ZOÍ, we believe that through the eyes of a child, everyday is an adventure. Our range of blankets, quilts, and little denim ‘necessities’ are designed to celebrate the joy and simplicity of everyday life and to evoke a little magic in the ordinary.

Our products are wholly designed, manufactured and finished in Australia from 100% natural fabrics and yarns; and we are committed to creating beautiful, unique and fun outcomes that are a small reminder of all the best parts of childhood.

Here is a small sampling of the gorgeous ZOI Australia products we now stock including denim aprons, denim smocks, reversible fabric bibs and reversible denim hats:

The hats provide the perfect sun protection for those glorious days spent playing in the back yard. And the aprons are the perfect accessory for your favorite little gardener or baker.

The smocks are beautifully vintage-styled and evoke memories of days spent finger painting.

And babies will look just gorgeous in these wonderful reversible fabric bibs, a great alternative to those nasty PVC bibs that are currently being pulled off of shelves.

We love them! Hope you love them too!

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On the topic of parenting...

Jenn Zuber - Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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Since having Ethan, I have discovered a love affair with the Australian parenting magazine Kindred. I find it informative, not too preachy, low on advertising and fits in nicely with my lifestyle and parenting choices.

Recently, the editor, Kali Wendorf, has announced she is pregnant with her third child. Kali is brave enough to journal this pregnancy in her blog for all to read. I thought you might be interested in reading and following along on Kali's journey. She raises some really interesting questions and backs up her thoughts with sound research.

In Kali's own words she plans "to use this blog to diarise my pregnancy and birth journey. My hope is that it will be of some support in some way to others. It is my intention to be as honest, candid and open as possible. Being 43 (I’ll be 44 by the time the baby is born), planning a homebirth, working pretty much full time, have no intention of doing any prenatal tests (read Sarah Buckley’s wonderful material on pregnancy, birth and prenatal testing in her book Gentle Birth Gentle Mothering, available at the Kindred shop and still burdened with the looming Pap Smear question [Kali had a CIN 3 pap result shortly before she found out she was pregnant] means that my case is rather unusual. How will it all pan out? What will be my challenges, my disappointments and my thrills? I’ve decided to let it all be here on these pages. I hope you will contribute your thoughts, ideas and stories as well in the comments section. Certainly that will make it an even richer experience for all of us."

Enjoy!

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More on Aussie Life

Jenn Zuber - Wednesday, June 18, 2008

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Another thing we recently did when we had family visiting us was visit Featherdale Wildlife Park. If you ever visit Sydney, please put this on your must-do list!

Featherdale is a like a zoo, but more personal. You can get up close to kangaroos, koalas, wombats, Tasmanian devils, fairy penguins and other amazing Australian wildlife.

For a true "circle-of-life" experience, be sure to visit the owls and predatory birds exhibits where you can witness them feeding. I won't go into detail for the sake of the faint-hearted. Needless to say, Ethan found this intriguing and continues to talk about it today, whereas Eileen was not so impressed.

The staff at Featherdale are so pleasant and their talks are very informative. The Koala and Kangaroo exhibits are probably the most popular where you can have your photo taken with a koala and feed a kangaroo. Here are some pics:

Koalas: Here I am with Ethan and Kaleb. Kaleb was actually a "feature exhibit" it seemed to some of the other tourists who thought he was just adorable in his Chicken Scratch Ring Sling (I love my Chicken Scratch sling, Jade design, by the way!).

Kangaroos: Ethan feeding a kangaroo some kanga-food in an ice-cream cone (dairy not included).

Aussie Wildlife: Here are some pics of some of the other Aussie wildlife that you can see at the park including Albino Kangaroos, Kookaburras, Tasmanian Devils, Wombats and Echindas.

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Aussie life

Jenn Zuber - Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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When we first entertained the thought of having a blog on our website, it occurred to me that this would be a great way for me to share what it is like living and parenting in Australia with all my friends, family and customers overseas. When I travel back to the USA to visit, I am so often asked what it is really like living in Australia and if I really do have kangaroos in my backyard (for the record, I don't in Sydney, but I did when I lived in Canberra. He was a huge grey kangaroo that looked like a true boxer. He lived near the river down the road, but often would visit my backyard at night. I even had a resident wombat!).

So, whenever I get a spare minute, which are few and far between with two kids and a business to run, or have something that I really want to say, I'll post about Aussie life. I thought I would take this opportunity to talk about some recent vacations, or holidays as they are called down under, that we've been on and show you some pics.

We've recently had a stack of visitors and the opportunity to do some travelling within Australia. I am a total travel nut - I'm addicted to it. It probably drives my husband nuts, but as soon as we get home from one trip, I am already planning the next. These past few months have been great because we've been able to travel to places that I have always wanted to see, which is rare when you have 2 kids in tow.

Fraser Island
Just before Kaleb was born, we took Ethan away for a long weekend to visit the world heritage listed Fraser Island. This is a gorgeous, all sand island off the coast of Queensland. We spent our days lounging by the pool, which was great being 7 months pregnant, 4 wheel driving (good scenery, but not so great on the bump), and digging for crabs on the beach. The flora and fauna on this magnificent island cannot be beat.

Here are pics from the trip to show you some of the highlights:

Lake McKenzie: a picture perfect lake with clear blue water, covering over 150 hectares and 5 meters deep. This lake is perched high on a sand dune at 100 meters above sea level. It was freezing water, but very refreshing. The sand was soft as snow. Ethan loved rolling around in the water with his floaties on.

Lookout to lake and ocean: this was a gorgeous lookout we trekked down to on foot after a long 4 wheel drive through some crazy tracks! I can't remember the name of the lake though. It might be Lake Wabby.

Maheno Shipwreck: Ethan playing in the sand near this amazing wreck site. We have a picture of this wreck hanging in our staircase at home. Ethan is convinced that Captain Feathersword is responsible for the wreck. It's so sweet.

Kingfisher Bay Resort: We were lucky enough to stay at this gorgeous eco-tourism resort.

Uluru and Kata Tjuta
After Kaleb was born, we had some family visiting from the USA who wanted a "true Aussie adventure". So, we took them to Uluru, otherwise known as Ayers Rock. This was another world heritage listed, spectacular location. Words can't describe "The Rock". It changes color throughout the day as the sun moves from sunrise thru to midday and then to sunset. It is massive! And the Aboriginal legends and history of the place are mesmerizing. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Uluru, here are some photo highlights:

Uluru: at Sunrise

The gorgeous blue Aussie sky: over Uluru. Here you can see the unique depression and formations in the rock.

Kata Tjuta: also know as The Olgas. Another large rock formation close to Uluru.

A funny Aussie sign:

Sydney Royal Easter Show
Another thing we did just after Kaleb was visit the Sydney Royal Easter Show. I grew up in Pennsylvania where the Grange Fair was THE event of the year. Well, the Grange has nothing on the Sydney Show! It's like the Grange Fair on some serious steroids! With animal exhibits, art and craft, rides and games, food halls, and woodchopping shows, this fair has it all. Here are a couple of amusing photos I took:

Piggies: When I saw this, I was glad that I only had one baby at a time to feed.

Best Male: I thought it was funny how Ethan was standing next to a sign that says "Best Male". He is in my eyes!

Happiness: As we were about to leave after a very long day with an almost-three year old, we passed through the food halls where they exhibit giant pieces of art made from all natural products, mainly food items. This particular exhibit caught my eye because I thought it summed up life as a parent pretty well, no matter what country you live in:

I'd love to read your comments about this post. And feel free to ask me questions about life down under that I can post answers to in future blog posts.

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Baby and Kids Swimwear Sale

Jenn Zuber - Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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This month we are pleased to offer 15% off our line of baby, toddler and kids swimwear.

Our swim wear is by madeforsundays and is Australian designed and made from Italian fabric. It is exquisitely made and just so beautiful. All madeforsundays swimwear is UPF rated offering excellent UV protection. These baby and kids swimsuits are the perfect outfit to top off a great day at the pool or beach.

The hibiscus and aloha designs offer a fresh take on traditional toddler swimwear, which is so often done in outdated flouro colors. Instead, our madeforsundays kids swim suits are made from beautiful UV protective fabric in Pink and Aqua with hibiscus design or gender neutral Red and Navy with Aloha design.

Available in short or long sleeves and boyleg shorts or longer cycle shorts, we're sure you will love this swimwear as much as we do. So go on, celebrate summer and splurge on some gorgeous swimwear for your little one.

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Koola Koalas on Facebook

Jenn Zuber - Tuesday, June 03, 2008

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Thanks to everyone who took part in our recent Koola Koalas Facebook Challenge! We are happy to announce that Jessie from PA is our winner. Jessie has won $100 of free merchandise of her choice from www.koolakoalas.com.

Become a Koola Koalas fan now to receive special offers and discounts only for our fans on Facebook.

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Thank You!

Jenn Zuber - Saturday, May 31, 2008

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On behalf of the rest of the team at Koola Koalas, I'd just like to say thank you to all our customers for your overwhelming response to this month's sale!

We have had so many orders this week and we are busy packing all of them. We apologize if you do not get your order as quickly as you have become accustomed to here at Koolas. We are doing the best we can and are getting most orders shipped within 48 hours.

And a huge thank you to everyone who posted a comment about our sale on a public forum! If you are one of those customers, send us the link. If you were the first person on that message board to post a link about our sale, we will be sure to pass on our thanks with a little something special just for you!

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New SMiRK shipment just arrived!

Jenn Zuber - Saturday, May 31, 2008

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Hot off the postman's truck is our recent shipment from SMiRK and we are thrilled about it! We've been anticipating the arrival for a while (thanks to a mix up by Aust Post - thank you to the lovely team at SMiRK for being so great to work with and helping to get us our order!!!). And we are excited to say it's here!

SMiRK is a funky kids clothes, all Aussie label - Australian designed, made and even hand printed. They have a refreshing approach to their designs. Their printed short sleeve tees, long sleeve tees, baby tees & bloomers sets and baby blankets are so sweet for babies and kids alike. The SMiRK baby blankets even come in a matching cotton drawstring bag, making them a perfect baby shower gift.

And I love their Ruffle sets. These hip baby clothes make me wish I had a girl to dress. My relatives better get crackin' on producing a niece for me to shop for :)