Iris, in her Tea, Anyone post mentioned Dunnies. A Dunny is an Australian Outhouse. I didn't know what my Tea Day post was going to be about, but then I remembered a gift my friend, K from Australia had sent to me many, many years ago.
She sent two books on dunnies and two souvenir teaspoons that were popular to collect while traveling yonks ago (a long time ago) as K would say. Good reading while you're occupied
The first spoon shows an open dunny. Make sure before you enter or sit down, you check for the deadly Huntsman spider. Embossed on the handle of the spoon is the 'Strine (Australian slang) word "Dinkum" it's usually used as the expression "Fair Dinkum" meaning the real deal.
Back of the spoon.
The other spoon has the cartoon pub from the no longer Australasian Post magazine. The pub was named the Ettamogah Pub by cartoonist Ken Maynard. According to Wikipedia a chain of four pubs were built in various parts of Australia.
Etched on the back of the spoon is the word Sundowner. I think it must be the manufacturer
Here is my new mug that I got on the trip to Lake Winnipesaukee. One morning we went to a small Ma and Pa breakfast restaurant called Sunshine and Pa's.
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Love the dark blue and yellow sun on your mug CJ! Those are some cool spoons... i remember when they were popular souvenirs ... i think my Mother collected them...now i wonder what happened to them... Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteThose spoons sure were a thing.
DeleteThis is just the kind of useless information that I love! Thanks for adding to my trivia collection (if I can remember that is! LOL)
ReplyDeleteIf you're on Jeopardy and the clue is Australian outhouse and you buzz in with Dunny. I get 10% of your winnings as you didn't know that fact until you read it here. 🎃
DeleteI love your collection of dunnies. Or outhouses as we would say. You do have quite a fun collection. And that mug is super. I love the big yellow sun. I don't know that restaurant, but it must be good. Thanks for sharing all these fun thing. And have a super T day. And thank goodness the storm went out to sea. :)
ReplyDeleteSunshine and Pa's is a little hole in the wall diner/restaurant in Meredith.
Deletebeautiful mug! Lovely teaspoons and wonderful books too! Have a lovely T day!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Maria. I hope your day is spectacular, too.
DeleteHUH - help me, Ronda! Pic of another book to come soon, LOL. Yes. I have a book on this as well.... Happy T-Day! :-)
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DeleteInteresting learning about dunnies. But an open dunny? Well, if you're in the middle of nowhere, I suppose nobody sees you anyway.
ReplyDeleteI remember the teaspoon collecting days. I still have quite a collection (somewhere).
Happy T-Day,
Lisca
Fun item to collect
DeleteVery nice spoons. I do like this mug. That yellow really pops. Have a nice day today.
ReplyDeleteIt's a very happy mug
DeleteGood day! You have expanded my horizons. I did not know about dunnies. Sounds like K is a good friend. Love the mug...Have a spectacular day:)
ReplyDeleteLike I told Robin: If you're on Jeopardy and the clue is Australian outhouse and you buzz in with Dunny. I get 10% of your winnings as you didn't know that fact until you read it here. 🎃
DeleteDunny…it’s always good to learn something new. Those spoons are so cool too, and I like that sun design on your mug. Happy T day!
ReplyDeleteThe spoons are quite the conversation starter
DeleteI had to look up Dunnies when Iris posted one last week. Of course, today I thought it was hilarious to see those spoons. What a great new mug you got on your trip. Thanks for sharing the spoons and mug with us for T this Tuesday, dear CJ.
ReplyDeleteWho woulda thunk that dunnies would be a T Day topic 🎃
DeleteGreat to see all of those spoons and I like your new mug.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
The mug has a nice shape perfect for warming hands on cold mornings
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