Post #516446 by Trader Bob on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 10:41 PM

Yeah the bamboo I got out of a friendly farmers paddock! You can't get bamboo poles here for love or money you have to use what you can get your hands on. That's the problem here in Australia, getting building materials for Tiki bars is very difficult. You have to make it or be prepared to scour garage sales and flea markets for months or years to find stuff. Oceanic Arts would be most welcome to open a warehouse down here, it would save me a lot of heartache. We can get Tapa on Ebay but its around $200-350 for an 8x4 sheet, OA I think has a similar size maybe a little smaller for $45 US. Ill get there eventually Its just going to take a little longer, but I'm having fun and loving every minute of it.
Hey Bananabob
Trash and Treasure markets are markets we have here in local parks on weekends run by community groups You take your junk, stuff you don't want any more, set up a stall and sell it. you know we/you may consider it trash, but to someone who may be looking for a specific item, that trash is treasure to him. So we call em Trash and treasure markets. Hope that explains it.
Now my name. Most of my extended family call me Burt, I like it and its a family thing. My friends and workmates call me Bob, I like Trader Vic, and the whole trader thing, so I called myself Trader Bob. After finding out about Burt Hixson and his 'Beachbum Burts' bar and his later Bar 'The Warehouse' I thought he is quite a character, and I liked his style. so I thought I should name my bar after him.
Trader Bob...

[ Edited by: Trader Bob 2010-03-10 23:05 ]