This month we are celebrating a significant milestone since we purchased Tambo Teddies- we are celebrating our third birthday!  When we reflect on the past three years we are amazed at how much we have achieved; there have been a lot of challenges but also loads of fun. We have had a lot of [...]
We found this charming poem in our files....... don't know who wrote it but we love it just the same! The drought has spread her blankets wide, with eyes blood red and flaring. Through a string of tiny country towns the mood was bleak, despairing. And in retreat to a steady beat, their dusty [...]
Western Queensland has been suffering from an extended drought and many generous people from across the country have dug deep and kindly donated to the Western Queensland Drought Appeal Committee. The Committee are all unpaid volunteers who formed an organisation following a drought aid public forum held in Longreach in April 2015. The executive and management [...]
Have you ever wondered where the name 'teddy bear' came from? Our name, Tambo Teddies, is fairly self explanatory but why 'teddies'- where on earth did the 'teddy' come from to describe a soft, cuddly toy bear? Â Well, believe it or not, teddy bears are named after the U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt! Â [...]
Chances are when you purchase a Tambo Teddy it might just have the initials 'VK' on the bum tag and will have been created in the teddy bear workshop by Tambo Teddies Master Crafter, Verna Kruckow. The Kruckow family moved to Tambo in April 2003 and Verna started working part-time at Teddies in May of [...]
