Repair Café Woolloongabba

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Toss it? No way! Repair Café is a free place where visitors bring broken items, team up with a volunteer Fixer and mend the item together. Assoc. Inc.

Events 2nd Saturday of every 2nd month. Auspiced by Community Initiatives Resc. ABN 42 241 513 917. Auspiced by Community Initiatives Resource Association Inc, ABN 42 241 513 917

01/11/2026

Our last event for the year is here!

Get your precious treasures repaired just in time for Christmas 🎄

📌 Book at: https://www.trybooking.com/DJKPP
📅 December 12th
🕛 9am-12:30pm
🛠 7 Burke St Woolloongabba

[Photo kindly provided by Johan from . It depicts Johan in a blue shirt and jeans and Brooke in a black shirt and green long pants. They have their arms extended, to display the front desk of Repair Cafe Woolloongabba, a bench with the logo and a green canopy over top.]

24/10/2026

Last weekend was International Repair Day. We did a pop at Reverse Garbage Queensland with some hand mending and free sewing kits.

A steady and fun day, thanks all for coming!

16/10/2026

International Repair Day is tomorrow!

Come on over to Reverse Garbage Queensland, browse their goodies, learn a little about mending tears & patches, then grab a free mending kit! * Come from 10am-2pm!

[Picture is of the kit in 3 views, in its cardboard packaging with safety pins, needles and a patch visible packaging includes a handy guide on various stitching types.]

10/10/2026

Thanks to all our volunteers and customers who came today. We had a reasonably steady day, good when its a bit hot 🥵

[photo of a cream top with small pink flowers. The fresh elastic sewn on the inside of the garment is prominently displayed]

09/10/2026

If you are visiting us today, Aureli's Cafe is newly opened, only 150m away for all your cafe needs!

09/10/2026

Our October 10th Repair Cafe is nearly here! If you are coming, don't forget:

🔨 if you have a booking and can't make it, don't forget to let us know.
🔨 We take both cash and digital donations via PayID. We'd appreciate if you could bring along something, but only if you can afford it.
🔨 Don't forget the bits a bobs that go with your items - records for record players, zips and elastic for clothes items etc. If you are bring a electronic device, don't forget its accessories such as batteries, montiors for computers and cables including power cables for any devices. Electrical devices will need test and tagging (which we provide) before our volunteers look at the item, so please allow time for this.
🔨 Please clean your item before your bring it ✨

See you there! Photo of one of sewing repairs, a rip fixed on a favourite dress.

05/10/2026

Pop by our stall at on 17th October for International Repair Day!

We will teach you in 10mins about 2 different kinds of stitches to mend holes in your clothes - one for tears and one for applying patches 🧵

At the end you can grab a free sewing kit with a few high-quality essentials, kindly donated by .

[Poster says "Long Live Our Stuff. Repair Day 17.10.26" with a purple safety pin and wrench]

05/10/2026

Only a few days left before bookings close for our 10th October event!

There are still a few here spots and there, particuarly sewing spots 🧵 Link below👇

https://www.trybooking.com/DJKPJ

[screenshot of bookings screen]

25/09/2026

We are planning to do a small sewing event at to celebrate international repair day on the 17th October, so mark the day on your calander.

More details to follow! 🧵

20/09/2026

Still plenty of slots for our October 10th cafe - even electronics! If you haven't booked in yet, now is the time! 🔔

https://www.trybooking.com/DJKPJ

[photo of a bedside table that needed some TLC]

Address

7 Burke Street
Woolloongabba, QLD
4102

Website

https://repaircafe.org/en/

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