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The Tambo Teddy Bear Workshop

Tambo is the oldest town in the central west and the Teddies building is one of the older buildings in town and boasts quite an interesting and varied life history.   Prior to moving to our present location in 2000, Tambo Teddies began in  the back rooms of Tambo’s historic Post & Telegraph Museum. The business  quickly outgrew this space

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Why do we love Teddy Bears?

Have you ever sat back and considered why we love teddy bears so much……especially Tambo Teddies? Well we have- and we came up with the following list of characteristics that make teddy bears absolutely adorable: They never tell you that you’re too fat They don’t give away secrets They never say ‘I told you

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The story of another royal teddy bear

Baneda Bob, the beautiful Mr Stockman Basil teddy bear given to Prince George during his visit to Queensland in 2014 and Shady Downs Charlotte the Mrs Stockman Basil made especially for Princess Charlotte weren’t the first Tambo Teddies to be given to Royalty.   Prince Christian, the future king of Denmark, was the lucky

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#Wool

Our beautiful Tambo Teddy Bears are made from 100% Australian Wool and what a wonderful fibre it is!   Wool is a totally natural and organic fibre that grows on sheep, a bit like hair and when it is cut (shorn) it grows back- a sheep is an obligatory woolgrower. This fabulous fibre is a very

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Google Winners

Tambo Teddies are Regional Online Heroes

Tambo Teddies are National Regional Online Heroes!   Tambo Teddies is the inaugural winner of Google and the Regional Australia Institute’s Regional Online Heroes competition. Selected as one of ten finalists, Alison was flown to Sydney to attend a money-can’t-buy growth masterclass at Google HQ.  The day began with a tour of the Google offices

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