Boomerang Bags

Tania and Jorden created the Boomerang Bags in 2016, with the idea being put forward by Gabrielle who noticed the bags whilst studying in Brisbane as it was made to stop the spread of single use plastic bags. We now know how dangerous they are in the oceans of the world, and millions of discarded plastic bags thrown into land fill.

Boomerang bags first came under Eco Norfolk, an environmental organisation here on Norfolk Island before moving under the auspice of Care Norfolk.

Over this time 20,000 shopping bags have been made, as well as Book bags for the young children starting at NICS, specially shaped pillow slips made for the elderly on dar randa and vegetable bags made from light weight curtains that are now sold at Foodland,

Materials used to make the Boomerang Bags are recycled fabrics, doona covers, drapes, pillow slips, curtains, all donated by the Norfolk Island community.

Special designed bags are sold at the airport, 200 bags were made for the Health and Wellbeing expo, and a younger style shoulder bag was made to give to the year 12 students as a thank you for the money raised during their Muck Up Day.

We meet every Wednesday and Saturday from 12.30 to 3.00pm we are situated below Care Norfolk at 106 Taylors Road. We enjoy a cuppa around 2 pm so if anyone would like to see how we operate, please call in.

On average we make between 30 – 40 bags each afternoon, that’s between 240-320 bags per month. 

If you would like to help, call in any Saturday afternoon between 12.30 and 3 pm., we would love to see you.

There are now over 1,200 countries around the world making the environmentally friendly boomerang bag.

Thank you to the Norfolk Island Community for your support and donated fabric. Boomerang Bags, a not-for-profit organization, under the umbrella of Care Norfolk Inc.

Introducing our latest volunteers, Jeremiah Bender-Christian and A.J Unkles.  These two young people, both students at the Norfolk Island Central School, are in charge of the  distribution of our bags around the town.  Welcome and thank you, Jeremiah and AJ.