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The words “winter warmer” gather new meaning when it comes to heading North to Port Douglas and this is exactly what our little swimwear brand needed - An injection of Vitamin Sea! The tropical town of Port Douglas does not disappoint an hour north on a windy but well-maintained coastal road with beautiful views as the rainforest meets the reef. We took our place amongst the stallholders at 6am on Sunday morning, beside the gorgeous Cindy from Mama&Boo Collective. It was so exciting, it felt like the circus had come to town and within the hour we were greeted by...

This weekend we attend the Small & Mighty Children’s Market in Ballarat, country Victoria. Not only was I blown away with how beautifully dressed the children were but how many friendly families stopped and chatted to us about swimming lessons and the great recreational pools and swimming schools there are in Ballarat Victoria, some even offering a free trial lesson. We discussed mostly the average age that they had started their babies swimming and most felt that 6 months was about right. Very young babies are unable to regulate their body temperature for the duration of a 30 minute lesson...

We love being part of the independent design market scene in Melbourne. Not only does it give us a wonderful opportunity as an online business to meet and chat with our customers face to face, it also allows for serendipitous chance encounters, like the one that lead us to Shine! Shine Cambodia is a not-for-profit charity, located in Otres. They have been working relentlessly towards providing children and families with educational support, social care and family support, as well as health and wellbeing programs. By providing free education for underpriveleged rural children aged 5 to 16 years old, by ensuring...

I remember when our pool would go green and my dad had a little chemical testing kit, to take a sample of pool water and add drops of solution to it and then check the colour change against a chart. All very white coat! We would stand around and then the filters would be pumped, and scoops of powder added to the water. We were then told that we would have to wait to swim! Very disappointing for a 7 year old. Chlorine can cause the children’s sensitive skin to itch especially if they have allergies and eczema. But sometimes...