What happened to Joondalup Fishing & Camping Store?
I just drove past on my way to the post office and all the signs have been taken down, the doors were all closed and blinds drawn.
Last week when I went in the tills werent working but they were still trading, and Tony was busy loading a truck with camping gear from the mezanine level which seemed a little strange at the time but nothing was said. They didnt mention they were closing or moving locations, so if they have moved, there is no forwarding address on the door and if they have closed it looks like it was pretty sudden.
Hopefully not another victim of the large chain stores.
Anyone know if they have opened up elsewhere?
That was my local I've been visiting for near on 15 years, so now I feel a bit lost.
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maybe paul g might shed some
maybe paul g might shed some light, i know he normally speaks to toni a bit, i know he hasnt been doing well, but it would have still been a bit of a shock to have just closed up so quick
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Rebadging?
Hopefully its a temporary rebadging thing, but you would expect to see a sign up on the door to say what is going on.
It looks like every sticker on the windows have been removed as well as the big metal signs on the walls?
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Checkin on it
Hi Andy not sure wots happening but i am headed up there today so if i find out i will let u know. Im sure he was there yesterday when i drove past but i will check. Rob
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Paul Cunningham
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A little birdy told me
apparently he has had to move and is going to re=open somewhere else, hence no clearing sale, unlike gotone woodvale.
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whats happening/happened
whats happening/happened with got one woodvale?
Brody
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The current owner is moving
The current owner is moving on at the end of October, so all stock is being cleared out. The good news is there will still be a fishing shop there after.
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job
and hopefully your job will still be there :)
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Is Charle's selling up there
Is Charles selling up there Brody? Or just getting out of the franchise? Retiring perhaps? How's his looooovely daughter doing? MMMMMMMmmmmm. Is Tamara still there?
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Hey guys, Yep i'll still be
Hey guys, Yep i'll still be here. Charlie is moving on from the tackle shop game, just flying now. Dunno how his daughter's doing, and Tam is still here.
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I can't go into detail but
I can't go into detail but yes very sudden was told to move out ,he wIll be trying to get another shop ,but it will be down freo way im told ,at the moment all stock is just being stored until a new shop can be found.lets hope things work out for Toni and Gemma..
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Thanks Paul
Hopefully it works out for them.
Joondalup is now down two tackle stores in about as many years.
Only the hunters den and BCF/Anaconda/Rangers left.
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I was in there about a month
I was in there about a month ago and was told business was slow and the rent was going up so I suppose somrthing had to give Im sure Tony will be back up and running soon give him a chance to do some fishing,feel sorry for you Andy now you will either have to travel to go to a fishing store where the guys actually have brains or go to the vulture uneducated chain stores
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dam it!
that sucks that got one is movin on that was my local, soooo glad there is another one goin in at the same spot!
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That is sad, I stop in every
That is sad, I stop in every now and again to pick up bits and pieces, but he didn't say anything at all. I wish him all the best with the move.
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We have absolutely nothing
We have absolutely nothing for decent gear down here in Busso any more since Rusty shut down. The Rangers store is not even worth the drive and the camping store in town tries hard, but doesn't quite measure up, so it's a trip to Bunbury (even here they're getting harder for a decent store) or the city now, or on eBay if your lucky.
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Geographe tackle? i heard
Geographe tackle? i heard that wasnt too bad Dale?
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Geographe Camping & Outdoors
Sorry to but in but I tend to disagree there Dale.. Geo Camping have done some great deals for me eg Penn 950ss reel and rod $ 165, the other place you mentioned(Rusty's) was around $70 more and it was only the reel. Bought a heap of camping gear there and he did better than ol Bung hole could do.... I prefer to support local buisnesses as much as possible...........
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Yeah Geographe is the only
Yeah Geographe is the only one I look at now for bits and pieces needed in a hurry, but if your looking for specifics it gets a bit tough. When I was looking for a 10kg rod recently they couldn't even come close to having something I would be interested in, let alone having something that I would purchase for all round stuff if I was looking for that. I do like my tackle stores to be a bit hard core. For camping gear it's pretty good though, I'll agree with you on that.
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I have not been down there
I have not been down there in ages but it suprises me Rustys has closed down,,he was up the river end of Queen st wasn't he ?
Anyway last time i was there it was Ray Rodgers and he had a barbers shop there, thats if it was the same place,,,Hutchy cut my hair for 20 years though opposite retra vision, but that was 2 decades ago,,i guess he is dead or retired now ?
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G'day Shorty, yeah he used
G'day Shorty, yeah he used to be down there but moved into a bigger store in Kent St when Target moved into their new premises. Quite a few different things led to Rusty closing down. Ray has sold out the barber shop to some lady barber and she sold it to some queer bloke, I'm too scared to go there now so go to the barbers across the road in the arcade. Ray's enjoying retirement now, he lives around the corner from me in Country Road.
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Cheers for that Dale, sad to
Cheers for that Dale, sad to see Rustys not there,, he was very well liked i hear.
Hope things work out ok at Joondalup.
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Toni is looking at a new
Toni is looking at a new shop tommorrow ,he will be only doing the fishing gesr hes getting rid of all the camping stuff.will let you know where he is once i find out
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Is he going to be selling
Is he going to be selling off the camping gear, or just trying to get credit back from suppliers?
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Us all going to auction.
Us all going to auction.
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