The Stretch Bed
Recycled plastic, galvanised steel, heavy-duty canvas. 26kg, flat-packs, no tools. Every bed supports remote First Nations communities across Australia.
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.
Thread poles through the X-legs
Toward manufacturing on Country
Beds assembled by the people who’ll sleep on them.
Toward 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 a pole through each canvas sleeve and the X-leg holes, then tension. 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
Beds and washing machines in homes across remote Australia.
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. 87 beds, materials from Centrecorp Foundation.
Community Voices
32 storytellers across remote Australia have shaped and validated the Goods approach
Risilda Hogan's Story
Risilda Hogan, a mother of five in Tennant Creek, shares her journey from living in a tin shed to securing stable housing through employment and support from Stronger Families program. She describes the harsh conditions of her previous living situation and the profound difference stable housing has made for her family. Currently sleeping on mattresses on the floor, she's receiving beds through a community initiative. Risilda works to support her family, ensures her children attend school daily, and expresses strong commitment to maintaining housing stability. She acknowledges community challenges with substance use while demonstrating resilience and determination to provide for her family.
Where the Country Calls Me Home
Dianne Stokes, a traditional owner in Tennant Creek, has spent twenty-four years transforming bare country into a home, starting with nothing but her car for shelter.
Pakkimjalki Kari: Beds, Washing Machines, and the Blessings We Share
When a brand-new washing machine arrives at Alba Camp in Tennant Creek, Dianne Stokes can't contain her joy. This is the story of beds, washing machines, and what happens when a community decides that the most basic goods — the ones most Australians take for granted — are blessings worth sharing.
A good bed is health hardware, not furniture.
Community-designed. Assembled on Country. Built to last more than ten years in remote Australia.