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Desert Collectors Australia
Address: 78 brookman street 6430 Kalgoorlie, WA, Australia
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25.01.2022 Geoff and i went back out bush on another 14 hour round trip to the place that had 1000 bottles.(to continue picking in the same spot wed made a previous post about) the end result is: We found a few goodies but we also smell like rat poo Stay tuned for tomorrows post about what you can expect to see in episode 10 of Desert Collectors!
25.01.2022 Just a heads up guys our store in Kalgoorlie will be closed from Friday until Wednesday the following week due to us being away to work on our Desert Collectors Holden Tribute 1 hour special! While being closed is a bit of a downer these are the things you have to do when you run a shop full time and also want to make a TV show. We aren't too sure when the special will air but keep an eye on this page and we'll let you know the second we know. There might be some more news co...ming soon as well. We hope you have a wonderful weekend!
25.01.2022 Episode 6 Premieres on 7mate Tuesday 09/06/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 10/06/2020 at 2:30pm If youre unable to catch us at those times you can watch Desert Collectors anytime after these days at: ... https://7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or on your phone with the 7plus app. Be sure to check follow our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ First we head to Lake Ballard for a quick visit to see the infamous Inside Australia collection of sculptures that spans a 10km radius. Our second story comes to you as a three-part journey. Tyrones back again, in his prime showing us his collection of skateboard decks and Hot wheels. Not long after we head to Kevs house with Tyrone to see his huge collection of Hot wheels 1:64 scale cars, we learn what a pocket car is and also whos is faster on the track, youll be surprised, theres a lot to learn about Hot wheels. Next we visit Richard who is a Professional Hot wheels/matchbox customizer. Richard has an impressive collection of hot wheels, most that hes taken apart and re-designed himself! Nigel and Tyrone both bring their own models to see what Richard can do, how exciting! To wrap up the episode we go and see our good friends Simon and Michael. Michael is otherwise known as The Young Bottle Collector and we get to see his favourite and rarest bottles that hes come across over the last few years of being a collector. We hope you enjoy this episode See you Tuesday night and Wednesday Arvo!
25.01.2022 I got to add to my 6 million dollar man collection today, Im stoked! And dont stress hes got his socks
24.01.2022 Some of you may be aware that we do Live Auctions every Tuesday Night over on the facebook group Desert Collectors Live Auctions these have been a great help to keep our shop open especially during covid. We thought we would share a little snippet of how we run things as a family. Enjoy! If youd like to join us for the next auction head over to our page :)
23.01.2022 Just a little message for everyone hope youre enjoying the show see you Tuesday night!
23.01.2022 Wed like to share footage of Kate personally thanking all the amazing people that helped Kate and the people of Yarloop during and after the fires..(episode 11)
22.01.2022 Looks like its that time ladies and gentleman Season 2s last episode is going to be airing Tuesday 28/07/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 29/07/2020 at 3:30pm Make sure you like our page to keep up to date with any news on Season 2 DVDs and Season 3. ... You can also see season 2 if you follow this link: 7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or on your phone with the 7plus app. Be sure to check follow our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ In our first story we have Russell and his amazing collection of Golden Fleece. You have to see it to believe it. Russell also collects vintage engines dating back to 1900. If were lucky we might even get to start one up! What an amazing collection. In our second story we hang out with our good friend Phil from episode 2 when we visited him at his shop Doctor Russells imaginarium. This time Phil invited us to his wonderful house to show us what its like when youre literally living the dream.
22.01.2022 Nice little delivery in the mail today Dublin Tabke Waters very minty Pyro bottle
20.01.2022 I was so lucky to meet Wayne, with my son Joel and Camo Toby when we filmed Waynes collection. Its with a sad heart we say goodbye and rest in peace Wayne, from the Desert Collectors family.
20.01.2022 Episode 12 Premieres on 7mate Tuesday 21/07/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 22/07/2020 at 3:30pm If youre unable to catch us at those times you can watch Desert Collectors anytime after these days at:... 7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or on your phone with the 7plus app. Be sure to check follow our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ First we head to Clints to see his amazing collection of Pedal Cars and number plates. You wont believe how wonderful this collection is. Next I was lucky to be introduced to John from Madoonia Downs Station on the way to Esperance thanks to my brother-in-law Matt, and guess what i got to do... (see pic 2) I caught up with John who we met in Season one. John had a few items for sale, lets see if we can put a deal together. for our last story of episode 12 we visit Stacey to see his amazing collection that ranges from 1969 Chevys to Oakleys sunglasses with plenty in between! We hope you enjoy episode 12! See you Tuesday and Wednesday
20.01.2022 If you love the story in Episode 2, Dr Russells Imaganarium, Phill will be open from 10 am Saturday and Sunday this weekend, 175 James Street Entrance Via Rear Courtyard Ethal Street, Guildford WA 6055
20.01.2022 Just thought I would show you what I got in the mail today.
19.01.2022 Met a fantastic fella by the name of Keith, travelling Australia. A first for me, he asked me to sign his bus. Excellent.
19.01.2022 Episode 7 Premieres on 7mate Tuesday 16/06/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 17/06/2020 at 2:30pm If youre unable to catch us at those times you can watch Desert Collectors anytime after these days at:... 7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or on your phone with the 7plus app. Be sure to check follow our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ This episode starts off with Nigel visiting Wayne and Paula to see their amazing collection of Garagenalia. Wayne and Paula find and restore old Bowsers and Oil products alike (without spoiling too much!). Theyve also re-created a stylish Coca-Cola themed diner with some coke memorabilia as well and on top of all that Nigel runs into an old friend from Season 1. Next Nigel heads over to Esperance to see Frank at The Esperance Mechanical Restoration Group. Consisting of restored and preserved cars, trucks, machinery and more that is all donated. Afterwards Nigel takes us to visit another Nigel and his awesome tool collection. consisting of over 20,000 pieces its insane that hes able to fit everything nice and neatly inside his home.Nigel 2 also has a few items he thinks Nigel 1 will be interested in buying. Lastly Nigel takes us into another amazing tool and Maratime collection. Robin didnt want to be on camera but was keen to let us have a gander at the amazing collection.
19.01.2022 Season 1 is available for purchase in case you missed it or youre looking for a great pressie for a family member or friend! for $39.95 (not including postage) you get: 4 discs which holds all 13 episodes of Desert Collectors season 1! You can purchase it here : https://www.facebook.com/commerce/products/2998055090241120/ ... or click on the Shop now button on our Facebook page! We hope you enjoy
18.01.2022 Had a fantastic road trip this weekend, thanks for doing the driving Geoff, also got to meet this wonderful bloke Colin and checked out his 1940 Chevy Blitz truck.
18.01.2022 Had a brilliant day today, thankyou Bill for introducing me to Rossco, Allan and Lindsey, some amazing collection and got some great items for our auction.
18.01.2022 Chevy Blitz 1940, what a little ripper.
18.01.2022 Episode 11 Premieres on 7mate Tuesday 14/07/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 15/07/2020 at 3:30pm If youre unable to catch us at those times you can watch Desert Collectors anytime after these days at:... 7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or on your phone with the 7plus app. Be sure to check follow our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ Our first story consists of 3 wonderful collectors who were devastated by the Yarloop fires of 2016. We speak to them about what they went through and whether or not they continued collecting after losing everything. It was an absolute pleasure to meet them. Next up we have Toad and Roseys 500 bikes! A Staggeringly impressive collection just as charming as they are, we cant wait for you to meet them and show off what theyve collected over the years. Lastly we meet up with Chris and his puppy Poppy.Chris has spent 4 years doing up a Ford Falcon XP survivor he found out bush and we get to go for a quick drive! We loved meeting everyone and hope you do too! See you Tuesday and Wednesday on 7mate!
17.01.2022 Oscar has entered the building, finally got one, taken a while and in excellent condition.
16.01.2022 Wonder what’s in here?
16.01.2022 Geoffrey and I recently went on a short 1600km round trip to see our good friend Matt and pick up Geoffs newest family member, a 48/215, 1953 FX, isnt she amazing!
15.01.2022 Road trip, caught up with, Cassi-Jo, Matt, Dusty and Sage from Totem Rustic in Waroona, picked up some great items, thanks guys. Lots of goodies for our up and coming auctions on Desert Collectors Live Auctions
15.01.2022 Since 2016 we’ve had over 14,000 people visit our shop after seeing our show. Apart from our wonderful Aussie audience here in Australia we’ve even had people from the UK to South Africa visit us on their trips to Australia. When you visit us next time you’re here be sure to sign our visitors book! ... Cheers Desert Collectors have a great day!
14.01.2022 Tonights the Night Desert Collectors season 2, episode 1 Premiere, from 9.30pm on 7 Mate, I wish to thank the wonderful people who were part of making this series, please join us tonight, cheers Nigel.
14.01.2022 Episode 5 Premieres on 7mate Tuesday 02/06/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 03/06/2020 at 2:30pm If youre unable to catch us at those times you can watch Desert Collectors anytime after these days at: https://7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or with your phone on the 7plus app.... Be sure to check out our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ Here is a sneak peak of who youre going to meet this week! First we meet up with Jim to see his illustrious collection of plates, a great display of his organisation skills and attention to detail. Jim shows no limit to his wealth of knowledge with plates all around the world. While we were visiting Jim we had an unexpected visitor Alf, whos brought along his Collection of Western Australian dog tags or dog medals as Alf prefers to call them. He happily boasts that its the best and largest W.A collection in the world. Next we take a trip to see Zeb and his amazing collection of Cars, signs, bikes and much more! you wont believe what hes got until you see it! To end the episode Aaron invites us around to check out his impressive collection of Garageanalia, Harleys, model cars and even vintage toys. We hope you enjoy Episode 5 see you Tuesday night!
14.01.2022 Under all that grease a hidden gem
14.01.2022 2015, just as the adventure started with Desert Collectors, the machine in front is the road sweeper used on the goldfields from early 1900s made in Port Adelaide at the turn of the century still had the wooden brushes on it and worked perfectly, out front of the Glenn Devon Hotel In Kalgoorlie.
14.01.2022 Its open the package time, and make sure you wait till the end
13.01.2022 While we were filming at the Ballarat swap meet in 2018 we met and had a chat with a great bloke named Jack Brabham. Sadly, we recently found out that Jack had passed away in April and wanted to express how wonderful it was to be able to have a chat with him on Desert Collectors. Our condolences to Jacks family, what a great bloke R.I.P Jack.
13.01.2022 Desert Collectors Series 2, episode 1 will repeat tomorrow at 3pm On 7 Mate, I hope you enjoyed the show
12.01.2022 Episode 8 Premieres on 7mate Tuesday 23/06/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 24/06/2020 at 3:00pm If youre unable to catch us at those times you can watch Desert Collectors anytime after these days at:... 7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or on your phone with the 7plus app. Be sure to check follow our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ Episode 8 starts with Nigel taking a short 3000km trip to visit Peter. Peter is a bit of a Ford man, heres a little hint without giving much away...V8 Interceptor. Next we go to Matts place to see his rare collection of garagenalia. Matts been collecting since he was a young boy, we think youll be quite impressed! Lastly Dale the picker is back from season 1. I wonder what Dales got for Nigel this time! We hope you enjoy Episode 8 and are as excited as we are, see you Tuesday and Wednesday!
10.01.2022 Check out this wonderful item coming up on Tuesday night
09.01.2022 Yesterday I took another small 14 hour round trip with another good friend of mine who happens to also go by the name of Geoff! We were invited to go bush to pick through 1000 bottles that had been wrapped in news paper and sitting in this exact spot for 20 years. As you can see in the 5th picture there were a few gems that we uncovered. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
09.01.2022 Dean and I were invited to Esperance by a wonderful bloke named Keith to pick up some great bottles! It was a fun round trip i hope you all had an awesome weekend and i hope everyone is excited for Tuesday/Wednesday!
09.01.2022 Desert Collectors Series 2 Episode 1, Tuesday 5/5 9.30 pm on 7 Mate. The fantastic Red Dust Revival at Lake Perkolilli on the Goldfields in WA, what a great day, Johnny needs to fix up his street rod, so Nigel gets to buy some gear and the wonderful Rhonda and her 1000 plus dolls and puppets
09.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads, hope your day is filled with, Love, family, hugs, great stories and lots of laughter and smiles.
08.01.2022 Desert Collectors Series 2, Episode 3, 7 Mate 9.30 pm Tuesday night 19/5 and 3 pm Wednesday 20/5. Come along for the epic road trip from Kalgoorlie Boulder to t...he largest swap-meet in the southern hemisphere at Ballarat, Victoria, 6000 km return trip, on the way, we meet Shaun and his family, where we do some swaps, them the swap meet and chat to some of the great characters of the collecting fraternity in Australia. Then Ians amazing Vincent collection the largest in the world. please come join us for a great adventure. See more
08.01.2022 Not sure if anyone here uses twitter but I've just made my own account if you want to follow me here: https://twitter.com/OfficialNigelDC
08.01.2022 Desert Collectors series 2, episode 2, Tuesday 12/5, 9.30pm 7 Mate and Wednesday 13/5, 3pm 7 Mate, The Unicorn, Ford only made one and Greg lets me have a drive, say Gday to Joe, he has some items for sale and the wonderful Dr Russells Imaginarium, come and get lost in Phils imagination.
07.01.2022 Desert Collectors Season 2 episode 4 airs on 7Mate at: 9:30pm Tuesday night 26/05 2.30pm Wednesday Afternoon 27/05 In case you miss the premiere of any episode you can also catch us on the 7plus website at: https://7plus.com.au/desert-collectors... Or you can use the 7plus app on your phone. In this episode I try to find my own 100 year old Goldfields bottle with the help of the BACWA club at their massive bottle dig event in Coolgardie. Then we visit Bob who has some of the rarest prototypes never released. If youve ever heard of a Saturday car youll be impressed if you havent heard of what it is youd better tune in. Last but not least we go bush to meet Wayne and check out his life long collection. Be sure to follow our instagram for updates on anything were doing: https://www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/
06.01.2022 Episode 10 Premieres on 7mate Tuesday 7/07/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 8/07/2020 at 3:30pm If youre unable to catch us at those times you can watch Desert Collectors anytime after these days at:... 7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or on your phone with the 7plus app. Be sure to check follow our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ First up we introduce Josh and his fantastic Furphy collection and history of the company. Next up we head to Teddys Shed (a.k.a hanger 34) to see his wondrous collection of pinball machines each more unique than the last. For our final story we have John and his fantastic shed. An amazing variety that hes been collecting since he arrived in Esperance some years ago. We hope you enjoy these wonderful collections as much as we do see you Tuesday and Wednesday!
06.01.2022 Heres a sneak peek of one of the great stories in tomorrow nights episode at 9:30pm or wednesday 3:00pm on 7mate! We hope you enjoy episode 9!
06.01.2022 And this just happened, thankyou everyone!
04.01.2022 Episode 9 Premieres on 7mate Tuesday 30/06/2020 at 9:30pm Wednesday 1/07/2020 at 3:00pm If youre unable to catch us at those times you can watch Desert Collectors anytime after these days at:... 7plus.com.au/desert-collectors on your computer or on your phone with the 7plus app. Be sure to check follow our Instagram for behind the scenes posts: www.instagram.com/desert_collectors/ We kick episode 9 off with Charles and his impressive neon and light up sign collection. Next we say hello to Richard and his collection whos knowledge on the subject is incredible. Youll have to wait and see what hes got it to believe it. For our third story we bring you something thats a little different in a wonderful way. Mandy takes us through her shoe collection. And last but not least we catch up with Karen, shes looking to start her fathers Model-As after being under cover for 2 years. I think were going to need a bit of help with this one.
02.01.2022 Its finally happened, Ive had to retire my jeans, they have been with me while filming nearly 80 collections on Desert Collectors, Might have to have a small ceremony How about this as a patch.
01.01.2022 We did a little bit of filming this morning with a great group of Students from Curtain University for their project on how FIFO work has affected Kalgoorlie-Boulder (which is where we live) It was a pleasure guys keen to see the finished product!
01.01.2022 Hi Steve, whos your friend
