PLACE REPRESENTED: Indonesia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Indonesia with the Borobudur buddhist temple in Java depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: Stoneware
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm x 4.5cm x 2cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Jamaica
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A vivid handmade (the wood is plain masonite) and hand painted fridge magnet from Jamaica depicting a traditional Jamaican (?) bus the “tap tap”. The question mark exists because the “Tap Tap” is associated with Haiti. Perhaps the “Jamaica” at the top is the result of Haitian souvenirs exported to Jamaica. . Either way, it is quite wonderful, by fridge magnet standards.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Jamaica (maybe … it could be Haitian)
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9.5cm x 8cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Fridge magnet and thermometer with tropical relief. It is quite Cairns specific as it has the “fish sculptures” that appear in the pool along the waterfront.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: Citer Souvenirs
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm across x 6.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Magnific Rock, Popoyo , Nicaragua
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Magnific Rock is a point located in Popoyo, Nicaragua. Popoyo is a small beach town in the Tola municipality of the Rivas Department of Nicaragua. On top of Magnific Rock is perched the Magnific Rock Hotel which overlooks Nicaragua’s premier surf break and one Central America’s top surfing destinations, hence the depiction of the hotel, the seabirds, the beach and the lonely(?) surfer. The hotel link is here: http://magnificrockpopoyo.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/MagnificRock/
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2016
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm x 5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Whitsunday Islands, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A tacky souvenir for the Whitsunday Sands Resort, the beautiful islands off Queensland’s central north coast. Croc having a BBQ
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm across, 5.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Samoa
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Now, this fridge magnet I like. Wooden and hand painted in the shape of a turtle. The Independent State of Samoa is a island group in the south pacific.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Samoa, I suspect
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 6cm across x 6.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Wisconsin , USA
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: A fridge magnet in the shape of the state of Wisconsin with tourist high lights depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: resin
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 7cm across x 7.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Animal caricature fridge magnets with youthful phrasing and attitude (apparently).
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2014
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5.5cm across x 7cm high each
PLACE REPRESENTED: Hervey Bay, Queensland , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: Caricatures mixing it up: a koala riding a dolphin. Not likely.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 8.5cm x , 5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Taylor’s Arm, New South Wales , Australia
ITEM: Fridge Magnet
NOTES: The Pub with No Beer immortalised in the Slim Dusty song of 1957. Taylors Arm is 498km north of Sydney, near Coffs Harbour. The poem the song was based on was about a pub in Ingham in North Queensland though.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: Australia
MANUFACTURER: Handmade
DIMENSIONS: 10cm across