The Stretch Bed
Recycled plastic, galvanised steel, heavy-duty canvas. 26kg, flat-packs, no tools. Every bed supports remote First Nations communities across Australia.
Back the work
Philanthropic and patient capital can move the making to Country.
Goods on Country builds essential health hardware with remote First Nations communities. Beds now. Washing machines next. Community-owned production over time.
A Curious Tractor Pty Ltd is the trading company behind Goods on Country. The Butterfly Movement Ltd is the DGR pathway for eligible giving while the long-term structure is being designed to protect enterprise discipline and community ownership.
The Stretch Bed
Three materials. No tools. Five minutes.
26kg, supports 200kg, designed to last 10+ years. Each bed diverts 20kg of plastic from landfill.
Recycled Plastic Frame
HDPE legs from community plastic. 20kg diverted per bed.
Galvanised Steel Poles
Two 26.9mm poles thread through canvas sleeves.
Heavy-Duty Canvas
Washable, repairable, built for remote conditions.
Support System
Every bed tracked. Ask questions, stay connected, get support.
Clip legs onto poles
On-Country manufacturing
Beds being made by the people who’ll sleep on them.
On-Country Manufacturing
From rubbish to bed
A containerised production plant that turns community plastic waste into bed components. Local people do the making.
Collect
Local people gather plastic waste from around community. Sorted by colour, cleaned, ready for shredding.
Shred
Plastic goes into the shredder: a containerised unit that stays on site between production runs.
Press
Shredded plastic is heated and pressed into durable sheets. Each colour is unique, made from whatever plastic the community collected.
Cut
A CNC router cuts bed leg components from the pressed sheets. Precise, repeatable, minimal waste.
Assemble
Thread one pole through each side of the canvas. Clip the legs on. Done in under 5 minutes, no tools.
~30 beds per week · 20kg plastic diverted per bed
Goods on CountryDesigned in community
Two years around the fire with the Bloomfield family.
Oonchiumpa Consultancy is a 100% Aboriginal-owned business in Alice Springs. The Stretch Bed and Pakkimjalki Kari washing machine were both designed there, in community, with Elders and young people pulling apart prototypes and putting them back together.
What started as a design partnership is becoming an enterprise: a production facility in Alice Springs, young people building beds, and a pipeline from local knowledge to local jobs.
“We want to create a safe space for our young people. There’s a lack of housing, which leads to a lack of sleep, which leads to low school attendance.”See the Oonchiumpa partnership →
Our Impact
Every bed tells a story of comfort, dignity, and care.
Field notes
From Alice Springs to Utopia
Alice Springs · Utopia Homelands · Arawerr · Ampilatwatja, NT · 20–22 May 2026
Three days across Alice Springs, Utopia, Arawerr and Ampilatwatja. Young people built beds in Alice with Oonchiumpa. Local teams led the deliveries out to the homelands. We sat with Elders. 107 beds, materials from Centrecorp Foundation.
Community Voices
33 storytellers across 8 communities have shaped and validated the Goods approach
Three Days in Utopia, and What the Homelands Asked of Us
Three days with the Oonchiumpa team. The young people who built the beds. The families who asked for them. The trust I was lent for every photograph. What the homelands instructed me to carry home.
Linda Turner's Story
Linda Turner (LT), a proud Warumungu woman born in the bush 160km north of Tennant Creek, shares her journey from a 'deadly' childhood in a violence-free, communal bush setting to navigating ongoing racism and cultural loss in contemporary Australia. She describes the profound collective trauma of the NT Intervention, which falsely criminalized Indigenous men, and the daily burden of racist stereotyping she still experiences. Despite these challenges, Linda and her business partner Trisha are building economic and cultural sovereignty through a culturally appropriate housing project and cultural tourism business on Warumungu Country. Their vision includes training the next generation in bush medicine and tucker, creating independence for their families, and demonstrating to government that community-led solutions are both culturally sound and economically efficient. Linda challenges the racist narrative about Indigenous funding, explaining how billions are captured by bureaucracy while
Bringing Kids Back to Country
A good bed can prevent heart disease.
Community-designed. Manufactured On-Country. Built to last more than ten years in remote Australia.