Outer Island

Greetings from Outer Island, a pocket of paradise reimagining Australian souvenirs as local goods.

13/04/2026

PSA: it’s fungi season… cancel your plans and call in sick 🍄

Autumn is such a magical time and we’re taking forever on our walks lately because of the fungi!!! Slower than birding (which is saying something).

It’s a full head workout… looking down, up, side to side 👀 scanning logs, leaf litter, tree trunks and everything in between. And just when you think you’ve seen it all, another tiny weird and wonderful form pops up.

If you can, take your time out there. Wander slowly, look closely and let yourself get a little lost in it.
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What’s the coolest fungi you’ve found this season?

03/03/2026

The tastiest grocery store 🍑🛒🌈 by

An exhibition of inedible original art and food-themed goods 🍌 stocked fresh and ready for you!

Open daily 10–4pm until 15 March 🛍️ Grab your reusable bag and snag your own delicious piece 😋

Restocked regularly with the freshest finds 🛼124 Chapel St, Marrickville

Artists:
.island .bianca

Amazing photos by@martyrowney_ 📸

13/02/2026

TGIF, but also that we live in a city full of Sacred Kingfishers 💛

09/02/2026

Never forget how good the ocean is for you and how much life it holds 💛🏝️🦜🐠

Life began on earth in tidepools which still create life ✨ Being by the ocean is a wonderful feeling 💛

Pictured:
1. Tidepools shimmering with Neptune’s Pearls
2. Neptune’s Pearls up close
3. View of low tide
4. Knobbed Triton Snail (don’t worry, left on the beach of course)
5. Pacific Golden Plover summering in Australia from Siberia
6. Tidepools at low tide
7. Neptune’s Pearls
8. Osprey in the distance
9. Red-necked Stints summering here from Alaska/Siberia
10. Sooty Oystercatcher, a native endangered shorebird

05/02/2026

Save the date Sydney! The Grocery Store Exhibition opens this February and is going to be incredible 🛒

Over 20 Australian artists have reimagined food as artworks and we’ve brought out a special technique to make our work, ‘The Golden Banana’ and ‘Lucky Mangoes’ 🥭

The mangoes have been designed to be lucky ✨ Hang them by your front door and ask your mango to bring you luck for the day 😊

Hope to see you there!

Opens Friday 20 Feb, runs 21 Feb - 15 March, 10am-4pm daily 🍌🥭

30/01/2026

We’re never far from nature, because we’re a part of it 💛 Take the time to look around you and you’ll see magic everywhere, even in the heart of the city 🌱

Here in the Inner West we wake up each morning to birdsong before the hum of insects kicks in 🦋 Our urban street is alive with butterflies, bees, lizards and something in bloom no matter what the season is 🥰 What nature is in your backyard?

28/01/2026

How incredible are Australian butterflies? 🦋 There seem to be so many around this summer and with Australia having over 400 species there’s always something unique and special flying by 💛These quiet beauties serve as crucial pollinators in a complex interdependence with their very presence indicating healthy ecosystems, so take joy in each beautiful, fragile and special butterfly you see here in Australia, they are enormously important 💛

Butterflies in the photos: Common Brown, Scarlet Jezebel, Australian Painted Lady, Common Crow, Blue Wanderer, Swordgrass Brown

26/01/2026

🚨SOUND ON - Ever wondered what bird makes this iconic sound? I was beyond thrilled to capture video early one morning right outside our house of the Eastern Koel aka the Pacific Koel aka the Storm Bird ⛈️ These shy birds who you almost never see out in the open travel to the east coast of Australia each summer to breed by laying their eggs in the nests of Red Wattlebirds, Magpie-larks and Friarbirds, who then raise their giant chicks 🐣 This video is the male, look out for juvenile Koels calling out to be fed the next time your out on a walk 🦜

23/12/2025

That’s a wrap! We wish you and your families happy, healthy and peaceful times as this year draws to a close 💛🎄✨

As we reflect on this past year’s ups and downs and prepare to head into our tenth year next year (yes, ten!), we know what’s kept us going over the past decade has been all of you and we are so very grateful for your belief in what we do to bring awareness to the magic of nature through Australian made, plastic-free goods 🌱

We’ll be on summer break til 30 January bushwalking, snorkelling and birdwatching. The online store will remain open with all orders shipped when we return 📬

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year,
Steph + Amy x

17/12/2025

We’re part of a pop-up HQ in Marrickville this weekend, alongside with and

It’s been a heavy week, full of heartache and we’re holding that close thinking of everyone in Sydney and beyond 🩷

If you feel up to it and would like a quiet wander, chat, hug or to pick up something special we’ll be here and would love to see you.

Where: 124 Chapel St. Marrickville
When: Sat 20 and Sun 21 December / 9-3pm

Address

Darlinghurst, NSW

Telephone

+61491256136

Website

http://www.outerisland.com.au/

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