Australia has some amazing resources, stores and hand crafters that are catering to alternative children and their families, what is lacking is one central point to gather all of that information together, that is the gap that Alternabub aims to fill.

The site is here to embrace the differences in this world, to encourage acceptance of everyone’s tastes, beliefs and parenting techniques. So whether you’re goth, green, straight, gay, punk, retro, just barely al-dente or full on granola crunchy, if you’re parenting and family style is a little “out there” then Alternabub is the place for you.

Alternabub aims to highlight some of the wonderful products from around the world, share inspirational stories of parenting and showcase nurseries and kids rooms from around the world that tread the slightly less worn path of design. No matter what your level of ‘kook’ is you’ll find something for it within the pages of the blog.

About Fern

The driving force behind Alternabub is me, Fern Treacy. I was raised by a co-sleeping, baby-wearing, breastfeeding mum in a family of very strong women, all of whom are now raising the next generation with the same ethics that we were brought up with.

I am the mother to two boys, two year old Declan and one year old Connor and at the time of writing this I am baking number three, due in March of 2010. I’m a little bit green, a little bit goth and a little bit retro.