Lavelles Op-Shoppe

This is an op-shop like no other!  It is an L-shaped complex of buildings, featuring quite a bit of pink paint.  There's a lot more inside!  We walked into a kind of Wonderland, divided off into lots of little rooms.

The first one I entered I called the Beach Room. The colour scheme was blue, and it contained swimwear, thongs, shells, bric-a-brac with nautical designs, sunhats, sarongs, shorts etc.

Next door was the Animal Room. The colour scheme here was black, white and brown, and in there you find anything with an animal print, not to mention a token metal kangaroo. 





 

It was hard to give a name to the third room. The Party Room? Colour scheme, red, black and pink. This is where you will find anything with sequins or feathers.  Also masks, and mirrors.

Alongside the Party Room was the Craft Room.  I have never seen a better selection of craft items in any op-shop. It was here I found needles and thread, so I could sew on that button that I picked up in Maryborough.

The big front room is the Wedding Room. Usually wedding dresses in op-shops look sad and unloved. Not these.  The pink colour in here was much softer, and there were a lot of white flowers. Behind where I stood to take the photo were flowergirl and ring-bearer outfits that were available for hire.  I could see that this would be a place to visit if you were a bride on a budget.
 
I didn't photograph the two big rooms in the middle that contained the general men's and women's clothes and accessories, but off to one side of that was the Manchester Room. Again, all neat and beautifully organised.


Next is the book room, a rabbit warren of interesting reading matter.  They had a large selection of of very old books, plus a special shelf for their Fifty Shades collection.  Mind you, these wouldn't have been out of place in the Party Room.  Sadly, their signage was full of redundant apostrophes.

There is one more room which is actually a shipping container, that holds the Vintage collection. It is hot in there, and some of the stuff is rather over-priced.

Between the main building and the next is a large covered area containing furniture, and then you step into the Bric-a-Brac Shed.  It is huge, and there is another Furniture Room off to one side. But wait, there's more.  Beyond that is the Rock and Roll coffee shop!  They claim to make excellent coffee, but we can't verify that.

It appears that Lavelles is actually privately owned, but funds raised go to the Hervey Bay Wildlife Warriors.

Anyway, if you are in Scarness, DO NOT MISS IT.