Great News For Eucalyptus Fans! Also, hi to Granddad!
I love eucalyptus, always have, since I was little. My grandfather snuck away some Läkerol pastilles (a sweet
throat lozenge in Sweden) when Grandma wasn’t looking, put some in my hand, told me they had magical
powers and were tremendously good for the chest. I loved them and the pastilles turned into our special secret.
A bit forbidden, great tasting and magical. A great childhood memory of Granddad and eucalyptus!
It wasn’t until I moved to Australia in 1994 that I realized eucalyptus isn’t ONE scent, that there are many
different fragrances in the Eucalyptus family. When exposed to them all I immediately fell for the Lemon
Scented Gum, the Citriodora, and have been using that essential oil to represent eucalyptus since the start of
this business for our wheatbags.
But it’s time for the more common, scent, the more “medicinal” one, to make an appearance amongst the
choice of fragrances. Welcome to EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS essential oil! It has been requested for a while
from customers so alas, here we are. It is a very familiar scent for most Australians. But don’t worry, The
Lemon Scented Gum can still be chosen in our drop down box on each product page under its own name. If
you choose Eucalyptus though, you will now get the standard Globulus and not the lemony one.
Please note we will NOT be bringing Eucalyptus Globulus scented wheatbags to markets and events, only the
Lemon Scented Gum ones. We figure there are enough choices as there is and if you are keen you can shop
them online.
Ring/text/email/facebook me and I will assist with any queries.
This is a super cute, double thickness, cotton mask that you can wear on your face. The elastics loop over your
ears keeping the mask in place over your nose and mouth. Adjust the length of the elastic straps as necessary
to achieve the best fit and comfort for adults as well as for children. The Face Mask is made from cotton
materials and is washable. There is an opening at the long side of the mask to insert a barrier of your choice
into. Use perhaps another piece of fabric, a paper towel, tissues etc that can provide protection as required.
Simply remove and discard inserted materials daily when used and definitely prior to washing. We recommend
a cold wash with similar colours.
Wear a mask. It stops you from touching your face, therefore stopping transmission of the virus, or anything
else for that matter, protecting you and others. Wear the mask in public if you have a chronic condition and
cough a lot. The mask wearing practice is well developed in parts of Asia where it is simply considered polite to
protect others from your own illness if you are not feeling well. Let us introduce that custom and make it a new
Australian tradition and the mask a modern Aussie icon. For everyone`s sake.
PS. The cat is not for sale.
06-08-2020 14:55:47
FACE MASK FAQ
There has been and still is much silliness around wearing face masks. Here at The Australian Wheatbag Store
we have been at the leading edge of TRUTHFUL and ACCURATE information and facts about masks.
We are not citing the sources of information as we want to keep this paragraph easy to read. We are happy to
provide the scientific papers for our information upon request.
1. Q: Do masks work?
A: Masks work. There is a large body of evidence to show that masks, when used by a population, greatly
reduce the spread of COVID. The graph below shows just how effective the countries, where everyone wear
masks, are at reducing the spread of the virus.
2. Q: How do the masks work?
A: The image below is one of the best and easiest explanations of how they work.
3. Q: What about the eyes? If you do not cover the eyes, masks are useless, I hear.
A: While it is true that an eye cover will make it more effective to stop the spread there are a couple of
things to note:
1) In the image above you can see that the breath does not even get to your eyes when wearing a mask.
Science works in probabilities. The goggles will reduce your chance of infection somewhat. But the mask is the
primary means of doing so.
2) Recent data shows that if you just wear eye cover (shield or goggles) but no mask there is no
measurable reduction in infection risk.
4. Q: Are not viruses so tiny that no mask will stop them?
A: It is correct that viruses are tiny. However, the bulk of infection happens from viruses on
particulates, either aerosol or other air particles viruses attach to. This makes the virus “larger”.
The good masks allow for N95 (Stops 95% of airborne particles) - see point A.1 above.
Science works in probabilities. The Australian Wheatbag Store’s face masks allow, to improve the filtering, an
insertion of additional filter in the cotton pocket. We ourselves use N95(PM2.5), carbon filters inserts.
https://www.theaustralianwheatbagstore.com.au/product-mask.php
5. Q: What about my sovereign citizen rights?
A: We wear seatbelts, drive under the speed limit, wear gloves when preparing food in a commercial facility
etc.
We live in a society and we follow rules to ensure our common safety. We must all adhere to the same rules!
6. Q: Are not masks a world government conspiracy to make us obedient and normalise government
intervention?
A: Unsubscribe from that Facebook group. Facebook does no fact-checking and does not remove fake
news. As one person said: Facebook is Deception at Scale
7. Q: Have I not seen people on social media using oxygen meters to show that you get less oxygen with
a mask?
A: That’s not correct. Proper research has been done in this area. People were concerned that surgeons
performing critical surgeries may not get enough oxygen. The conclusion after testing was that after a few
hours of mask wear, the blood oxygenation was actually slightly higher than previously.
8. Q: I am still not convinced...
A: Wear a mask for yourself and everyone in your community. Be good. Be smart. There are lives at
stake!
NOTE: Recently a Victorian health official talked about masks with exhaust vents.
While such a mask is better than no mask, they are far from ideal! The exhaust vents have little to no filtering
making the primary purpose of the mask, containment of your breath, far less effective as you basically have a
hole in your mask.
That’s a few questions sorted. If you have anything you are not sure of, please feel free to contact us or
better yet, check out the latest Corona Cast featuring Dr Norman Swan. They are daily FACTUAL updates on
the Covid regarding the science, the spread, vaccines etc and can be found on ABC Radio or anywhere you
get your podcasts. Please take care googling information regarding this virus as there is a lot of misinformation
out there.
The Australian Wheatbag store is an established, eco friendly design business with community roots. We are focused on delivering exceptional, ergonomically-designed and handmade wheatbags with a funky, contemporary style and look for discerning customers.We use sustainable and innovative means and design applications to ensure our products will provide many years of comfort, relaxation, pain relief and pure pleasure.