TRADING HOURS:

we are open :

10am - 6pm monday - friday

9am - 1pm saturdays

closed sundays  (we need the rest!)

when you visit us in the cairns shop you will notice we have adopted the "bleeding heart" tree (homalanthus nutans or omalanthus populifolius) as our shop logo. these fast growing pioneer trees are a first step in rainforest regeneration - seeds lay dormant until the canopy is broken by a tree fall. they provide quick shade for slower growing rainforest plants and can grow up to several metres a year. their large green heart shaped leaves turn a rich red just before they fall. they are an important host plant for australia's largest moth coscinocera hercules - the hercules moth - and the abundant seeds also feed many forest birds. we feel the world needs lots of bleeding hearts as well as greenies - and we are proud to be called either or both.

55 spence street cairns - has been our home since September 2004. our southside neighbour is Gaura Nitai - Cairns only Hari Krishna restaurant ( 07 40 312 255
- or following this link http://www.cairnsdining.com/venue_68772

and our upstairs neighbour is the Body & Breathe Massage & Yoga Studio ( 07 40310606) or follow this link http://www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/therapist/2580

and just around the corner in grafton street is the wonderful tiny's juice bars which is our saviour. follow this link:

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/australia/queensland/cairns/restaurants/425195

so we are incredibly lucky. which is good as this old building has in its past been, among other things, an illegal card club. we are in the process of compiling some history about the building and its past so if you have anything to tell us about this lovely old space just drop in or drop us a line.

our trading hours are 10am to 6pm weekdays and 9am to 1pm Saturdays - Sundays we rest. our trading times are a bit longer in December in the lead up to Christmas.

"home is where the heart is"