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Free: Two Old Essence Bottles (Kew East) Expired Two artificial fruit essence bottles, Australian. 220mm. high. No lids, but I can supply a few new corks to whittle to fit. No chips that I can see. I have hoped them but not washed them, because the paper labels would wash off.

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Free: Essential oils: jars & bottles (Kew East) Gifted Small jars and bottles for creams and oils. Most with lids. Plus many corks. I've washed everything, but they are not sterile. Bottles: - 16 tall (100ml H 110 mm. - 44 small (50ml H 90mm). - 42 lids, fitting either sized bottles. So 18 don't have lids - would the corks be a substitute? Jars: - 47 Jars (50 ml H 48mm ). 44 lids. Corks - many corks (haven't counted). Most are blank and new, but some washed wine bottle corks were added at some stage.

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Free: Painting prep: sanding, etc (Kew East) Expired Strange mix of sanding gear, scrapers, etc. God knows if the filler is still usable! Not much sandpaper, and it ranges from very coarse to very fine.

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Free: Paint trays and rollers (Kew East) Expired Two plastic paint trays, width 25 cm. and 1 roller. One tin tray. Width 232 W. One lambswool (well washed) and one foam (good as new). One tin tray. 228 W. One lambswool and one foam (very good condition).

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Free: Audio book cassettes (Kew East) Gifted If you still have a cassette player (I don't) these are all gems: - Under Milk Wood (2 cassettes). - Yes Minister (seasons 1, 2 and 4 - 2 cassettes each). - Just So Stories (2 cassettes). - The Magic Pudding (1 cassette). - The Bush School (2 cassettes - non-fiction - Recollections of one-teacher schools. ABC). - Mapp and Lucia (2 cassettes- read by Prunella Scales). A forgotten masterpiece. If you appreciate a keen but loving eye for 1930s upper/middle class bitchiness, with an absurd twist. E F Benson for the win!

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Free: Colour Tool (Kew East) Gifted Used for website building, crafts and painting. Or any other trade that needs precise and consistent use of colour. Perfect condition. 8.5 width, 20.5cm height. Twenty-four colour cards, each with CMYK, RGB and HEX formulas, plus colour wheel configurations for each colour. Two value finders: red (good to view tones) and green (no idea). I used it when I was maintaining a website to ensure precise colouring, but just as useful as an artists's colour wheel, but shows more tones/shades for every colour.

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Free: Desk storage drawers (Kew East) Gifted Set of two useful drawers for storage on-desk or elsewhere in office. Pale grey. Good condition. External dimensions: Height: 17cm. Width: 34cm. Depth: 27cm. Single drawer dimensions: Height: 15.5cm. Width: 15.5cm. Depth: 26cm. I used them to store CDs, but of course they can store anything.

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Free: Letter sorter (Kew East) Gifted Perfect condition. Width: 25cm. Height: 20cm. Holds envelopes up to standard business (DL) length. Decoration is decoupage. Used in a share house to sort mail for three people.

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Free: Gentle exercise videos (Kew East) Expired It's old technology - you need a video player. All these videos assume you're not at all fit, and they actually worked really well for me. The three Weight Watchers ones are very gentle but they do move you from zero fitness to better. They're all easy and a great way to get a bit fitter. The Lesley Sansone walking video is also excellent, even though you might only start with the first five minutes before working up to longer. Just accept the incredibly enthusiastic blonde Lesley running the session and realise that the people behind her range from 'ok fitness' to 'shambling' - there will always be someone in worse shape than you. I began with 'shamble' and ended up with 'this could be tougher'. Following the videos at home means that hot, cold or wet weather outside never matters.

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Free: Flat iron (Kew East) Gifted Small flat iron. Brand is Salter. Width: 11cm. Height (base to handle): 12cm. Height: 15cm (base width to base point). Weight: over 2 kilos (my kitchen scales stop at that point). It was used for many years as an effective door stop. Painted yellow many years ago (though not the base) but the paint is now very worn and there are rust spots as well. However if you're looking for the real thing, here it is. Just be thankful you no longer have to use It to actually iron anything.

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Free: Calligraphy set (Kew East) Gifted Original condition, but goodness knows how the ink capsules have aged. One fountain pen carcase, two nib sets and 2 ink inserts plus a small set of instructions. Possibly I believed that the act of buying this set would magically create the skill without further effort only part (spoiler: it didn't work).

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Free: Book plates (set of 40) (Kew East) Gifted Set of 40 book plates (10 x 7.5 cm) from National Library Australia. Cream background with black and white Lionel Lindsay sketch.

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Free: Jarrah stamp roll dispenser (Kew East) Gifted Small (4cm w x 6 cm d and 6 cm d) wood (jarrah) stamp dispenser designed to manage a 100 stamp roll. Crafted in Gippsland. Perfect condition. I hate to give it away, but these days I only post a few Christmas cards every year, so hope it can go somewhere where both craftsmanship and utility is appreciated.

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Free: Three Wooden Slide Boxes (Kew East) Gifted Will separate, but prefer to give away as a batch. All boxes are very light. Probably balsa internal case with fine veneer. The colouring of the boxes is a little more delicate than shown here. Box 1. Top box in first photo. Also photos 2, 3 and 4. Wooden slide box in very good condition. Brand is ROWI, Germany. 28 x 19 cm, depth 6cm. Holds 100 slides. It doesn't state, but the spaces indicate either cardboard or metal frames. Box 2. Middle box in first photo. Also photos 5 and 6. Wooden slide box in fair condition. 'Fair', because there's a label (Box 1) attached to the top with a square of adhesive vinyl and I haven't dared try to remove it. Brand is Focal, made in Taiwan. 30 x 18 cm, depth 6cm. Holds up to 600 cardboard or 240 metal slides. It's the brother to Box 3. Box 3. Bottom box in first photo. Also photos 7 and 8. Wooden slide box in very good condition. Some colour variation on lid showing where another box sat on top. Brand is Focal, made in Taiwan. 30 x 18 cm, depth 6cm. Holds up to 600 cardboard or 240 metal slides. Also has original paper index inside lid (some notes in pencil). It's the brother to Box 2.

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Free: Scanner: photos, film, negs & docs (Kew East) Gifted Never unpacked! Bought some years ago because it was meant to be excellent for photos films etc., but somehow the idea didn't translate into action. Can't give you the actual size, because it's still in its original packing including styrofoam casing. It seems to be the smallish standard home office size, and the external box measurements are 49cm x 40cm with a depth of 13cm.

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Free: Small cassette player and radio (Kew East) Gifted Small and fairly cheap, so the sound is OK but not wonderful. It's a cassette recorder and player, plus am/fm radio (though I never actually tested the radio aspect). Can take a headphone jack. Basic user pamphlet included. Dimensions: Height: 10 cm or 18 with handle up. Width: 28 cm Depth: 9 cm or 12 with handle down As far as I can tell, it's excellent working condition.

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Free: Fitbit (Kew East) Gifted Fitbit watchcharging cable, some extra watch straps and a few notes in tiny, tiny font (you'll find it all on the website). Never used - bought 2020 during COVID lockdowns when I had fantasies of getting fit.

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Free: Epilator + booklet (Kew East) Gifted Removes leg hair etc. Uses 2 AAA batteries to operate apparently. Found while de-cluttering. Never used, so I have no idea how effective it is. It seems I thought that buying and storing it in a drawer would be enough to de-hair my legs (spoiler - it wasn't).

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Free: Cat playstation/scratching post (Kew East) Gifted Height: 1700mm (or 1 metre, 70cm). Extra feature - a creepy little squirrel/ratty thing on elastic dangling from the top platform. My cat has become too old and dignified to use it. Warning: if you park this near your desk, it instantly becomes a storage space for books and paper.

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Free: KItchenAid blender (Kew East) Gifted In as-new condition. Bought during COVID lockdown. However it proved too complicated for me to operate: I just could not persuade it to turn on! Extensive googling told me that I simply (!!!) hadn't assembled it correctly, but no matter what I did, it stayed stubbornly inert. I gave up and bought a simpler blender. Good luck to you all.

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Free: Bellaplex skin care (Kew East) Gifted Apparently this is anti-aging skin care and I was startled at the prices when I googled 'Bellaplex'. Untouched and barely opened: I removed the plastic seal on the item on the left today just so that I could remove the lid and see what was underneath. The centre item is exactly the same, still sealed and I suspect that the (sealed) third item on the right is a refill. You can find out more on the Bellaplex website. I have no idea how old these itemsare. I must have bought them, but have no recollection of doing so. Can't say how well the product works, because in the end I never used it. So if you want to try it, feel free.

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Free: Arabiaware ashtray (Kew East) Gifted 1970's stoneware Arabiaware ashtray approx 16cm wide. In perfect condition, though it has lost some lustre (frequent washing - we were smokers back then).

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Free: Antique wooden collar box (Kew East) Gifted Wooden collar box with carved lid. Apron 16cn wide and 12cm high. The lid has a noticeable crack (see photo). Inside is crafted so that circular collars can be stored around the edge, with a central lidded section to hold collar studs.

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Free: Antique inkwell (Kew East) Gifted Stoneware, with a few chips (see images). I dug this up in our South Melbourne back garden way back in the early 1970s.

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Free: Bendigo Pottery jug (Kew East) Gifted Bendigo Pottery jug in perfect condition. Stoneware,approx 10cm high and 10.5cm wide, excluding handle and I think it was sold as 'a gravy jug'. The EXTRA bit is that it was also advertised as a 'left-handed jug' (see the second picture). However, it works just as well for right-handers, so I suspect it was just a gimmick - or a way to sell an oopsie.

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Free: Modem 4G Optus (Kew East) Expired I upgraded to 5G, which apparently required a new modem. The installer couldn't take away this perfectly good 4G one.

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Free: iPhone SE 2020 protective covers (Kew East) Expired Please note that the iPhone SE 2020 is SMALLER than most current iPhones, so these won't fit most iPhones. One black silicone Apple protective cover (see photo). One bright pink non-Apple wallet for SE 2020 with magnetic closing tab and space for 3 cards. Never used.

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Free: Landline phone plus 3 extensions (Kew East) Gifted Uniden brand. Compact units in good condition, with all the usual features (answering machine etc). Nice long leads. Worked very well in hallway, bedroom, study and living area. I no longer use a landline, so it's free to a good home.

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