Army surplus/disposals

I think it was the one in civic that had a pretty wide colleciton of Nazi flags, t-shirts and assorted memorabilia – right next to this stuff was a dsiclaimer that it was “presented for historical purposes only”. always made me shake my head.

swamiOFswank said :

Kippax Disposals, with the rotund guy who talked your ear off, moved to Scullin shops. Dunno if they’re still there.

He’s no longer at Scullin either, there’s just a very crowded op shop (walking around there reminded me of the Nanageddon episode of the Mighty Boosh).

I’d be interested to hear if you do find a disposal store, my partner has been looking for a great coat for awhile (he got his last one from Kippax) and we haven’t been able to find anywhere selling them.

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PBO said :

Go to Trash and Treasure @ Jamo. There will be a guy there who has a covered stall which sells Jams and such but he also sells models and war stuff. His name is Ian, he is a big bloke with a beard and he used to run the Disposal shop at Page. He will be able to help you out.

Sounds like the guy who ran the place at kippax (who ran the place in Belconnen next to lazer zone/strike/whatever)

swamiOFswank said :

Kippax Disposals, with the rotund guy who talked your ear off, moved to Scullin shops. Dunno if they’re still there.

FWIW the rotund guy reminded me very much of the comic book guy from the Simpsons.

LOL, damn you’re right

Just try and track down a pair of jungle green “cargo pants”. They look enough like the real thing to pass muster at a fancy dress.

There’s a fancy dress hire shop in Fyshwick that might be able to help – Sweet Apple Fancy Dress Hire & Ballet Shop
Unit 2, 79- 81 Gladstone St Fyshwick ACT 2609
ph: (02) 6280 9117

Also one at Mawson – Just Clowning Around
Southlands Shopping Centre Mawson ACT 2607
ph: (02) 6286 7100

And Monash – Christine’s Place
22 Hebblewhite St Monash ACT 2904
ph: (02) 6291 0151

Kippax Disposals, with the rotund guy who talked your ear off, moved to Scullin shops. Dunno if they’re still there.

FWIW the rotund guy reminded me very much of the comic book guy from the Simpsons.

target? they often have khaki stuff – though not strictly army disposal, might suit your hotlips purpose; take your radar with you and ensure your hawk eye is open to grab a klinger…

Hmmmm… maybe wear a dress and go as Klinger?

they used to be everywhere didnt they? now not so much. There used to be one in the civic interchange but its long gone too. I wonder why you don’t see them so much anymore? they always had such a distinctive smell.

real oldies may remember the disposal store in the civic bus interchange, around about where Iori is now . . . just next to the takeaway shop that did fantastic 15c potato scallops on a winters evening (yeah, it was the 80s)

Thanks everyone for the advice. Will check out Jamo Trash and Treasure 🙂

Niftydog – I’m not going as Steve Irwin (God help me), rather a shorter, more rotund, less attractive Hotlips Houlihan (it’s an 80’s party). I thought it’d be an easy costume to put together – I just wanted to buy some army pants, a blonde wig and a khaki tshirt and stencil M.A.S.H. across the front.

Jeeper said :

Jurkiewicz… now BCF. It would be worth a try…

Doubtful. BCF = Big Cluster F#@&.
Chris Jurkewicz runs Belconnen Camping World, but again there’s not really much in the way of true disposals stuff.

There may be one at the Weetangera shops.

Definitely not – drove past there two weeks ago… tumble-weeds everywhere.

Second wind is long gone, the manager now owns Wetspot Water Sports. They do have some second hand water sports gear but no army disposals type stuff.

A few years back I went to one at the Scullin shops. No idea if it is still there and Yellowpages is useless.

Jurkiewicz Adventure Store on Newacstle St in Fyshwick used to sell some disposal stuff, but this store is now BCF. It would be worth a try to see if they still carry some of that stock.

Go to Trash and Treasure @ Jamo. There will be a guy there who has a covered stall which sells Jams and such but he also sells models and war stuff. His name is Ian, he is a big bloke with a beard and he used to run the Disposal shop at Page. He will be able to help you out.

I remember that shop – but I think it’s been NRMA for ages now. Not sure if they moved elsewhere though. My yellowpages/Google searching wasn’t helpful at all. There is a disposal store in Goulburn (why am I not surprised!) but I’d rather buy closer to home if I can. I did check out Salvos at lunch time but didn’t have any luck there either. Might have to revise my costume idea 🙂

There use to be one at the Kippax shops but that was about 8 years ago! Would be interested to hear if it’s still operating. The ‘rotund’ guy running it was a complete military nut and would talk your ear off especially if you were service or ex-service, but he had some good stuff!

Khaki what, exactly?

I would imagine your average fancy dress party probably attracts about 6 or 7 Steve Irwins…

Second Wind was above Jurkewicz, but not sure if they’re still there now the place has been taken over by BCF (who are next to useless). Their surplus supply was sporadic at best anyway.

I’ve resorted to these two places as proper disposal stores just don’t exist any more.

If you are really desperate i’m pretty sure that there is one in golbourn.

To my recollection, Second Wind did more second hand water gear such as kayaks etc, not sure that they did army disposals. There used to be an army disposals store in Woden on the bridge above the pawn shop, though it’s a few years since I was there.