Park Douglas Printing

06/12/2024

Thanks to Homeground Cafe Irymple for trusting us with building their new website! We've kept it simple & elegant with easy-to-navigate food & beverage menus, gift vouchers and of course, images of their beautiful interior.
Take a peek for yourself (and head down for your caffeine fix!)
www.homegroundirymple.com.au

01/11/2024

Congrats to Nick who was awarded a place in ProPrint's Emerging 50 at the 2024 ProPrint Awards in Sydney last week 🏆

He joins fellow Director Chris, who also took out a spot in the Emerging 50 back in 2022.

07/09/2024

Thanks Helen Healy for Mildura Rural City Council! A great supporter of local business for many years.

Keen to get seen in this year’s Council elections? Send us a message ✉️

07/09/2024

Election season is well and truly here 🙌
Check out this billboard we designed for Liam Wood - Mayor for Mildura Rural City Council & Bec Crossling - Candidate for Karadoc, Mildura Rural City Council , installed by Stride Media.

Putting your hand up for election this year? Email us at [email protected] - we'll get you sorted with branding, flyers, corflutes, posters and anything in between 👍

I got a shock this morning when I drove past this on my way to the shops 🤪 More to say on this, but for the moment I hope you all enjoy the Mildura sunshine today while I adjust to this public life I’ve thrown myself into 😳 Also up the Swallows 💙💛

05/09/2024

Last Friday, Nick was incredibly proud to receive the Apprentice of the Year Award at the FPLMA Awards in Melbourne 🏆
Thanks to the Collie Print Trust, this award gives him the opportunity to travel to the USA to visit Print Forums and select facilities to further his skills and knowledge 👏

05/04/2024

No mistaking it now - the new Winning Post at Mildura Harness Racing Club is proudly Cockatoo’d!

Thanks to Laser Signs & Print for the install just in time for tomorrow’s TASCO Petroleum Mildura Pacing Cup 🏆

08/03/2024

We're incredibly proud to be a part of the Bilingual Book project for Mildura Rural City Council. These books weave an incredible tapestry of languages and cultures that paint a picture of our beautiful region, and will be available as a digital copy, audiobook, and of course - in print.

We can't wait for you to see them!

31/01/2024

We're taking a quick break this Friday! Our offices will be closed on the 2nd, but we'll back and ready to go on Monday 5th Feb 👍

18/09/2023

Incredibly proud to sponsor this ripper local music festival again for 2023! Not to be missed 🤘

🦈 SHARKFEST MUSIC FESTIVAL 2023 🦈
15 Bands across 2 open air stages
October 7 - Mildura Racecourse
All ages - Fully catered event 🍟🍺
Tickets available now! 👇
https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/sharkfest-music-festival-2023/155810

16/09/2023

07/08/2023

We're Growing! Keen to join our team?

Park Douglas is a Mildura-based Print company that pride ourselves on producing quality print products of all shapes and sizes, for customers all over Australia.

We’re growing - and we’re looking for a suitable applicant to join our team.

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Who do we need?

We pride ourselves on being all-rounders - you’ll have the opportunity to further your skills in offset printing, die-cutting, digital printing and finishing – working closely with the rest of our team to bring jobs to life in different stages and aspects.

Prior experience in the print industry is a must.
Print machinery operating experience, mechanical aptitude, and an eye for detail is preferred - as well as the ability to work by yourself as well as in teams.

This is a permanent full-time position, Monday-Friday daytime shift. We’re happy to discuss flexible arrangements so that you can maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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What kind of workplace is Park Douglas?

We started out of the back of a Mildura shed in 1982 – and have grown to become one of Australia’s most trusted hospitality industry printers. We supply practically anything on paper!
We’re a small family-run business – with focus on a positive, flexible, inclusive, safe and fulfiling style of work.
Our goal is to produce quality work that we’re all proud to make.

Please send your CV and any relevant
references to [email protected],
or drop it in-store at 18 Tenth St, Mildura

27/07/2023

There isn’t much that makes us happier than seeing our product serving its purpose - and this beautiful label for Fleurieu Hills Vineyards is no exception. A huge thanks to Russell & Linda for sending our labels back a little tastier than when they left 🍷

Product - Fleurieu Hills Vineyards - Touriga Nacional 2022
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Print - CMYK, printed in-house on our OKI Pro Series CMYK+White short-run digital roll label press

Stock - Yenom WS Ivory, via Ball & Doggett

14/07/2023

Arguably our pride and joy - one of our original hand composition benches. 🍺

At least 70-ish years of age - possibly more - we’re not entirely sure of its origin (we’ve had comments from locals-in-the-know that it may have come from Sunraysia Daily’s press room, but there’s no true way of knowing) - what we can tell you is that it’s been a Park Douglas staple in the 30-something year lifespans of its current owners.

This bench was originally used for hand-composing letterpress type - a print method known as the industry standard until the 1970s, now reserved for the niche & boutique.

Once letterpress gave way to more modern techniques, this bench retired to the quite grubby task of hand-washing the ink from offset printing plates after a print run. This helped develop a “patina” of sorts (if you can call a layered mix of printing ink, water, and various cleaning products a “patina”), and quietly blended in with the rest of the press room, dark and dusty.

As times change, so do the tools we use - just as the table had outgrown its original intended purpose, it found itself a relic of a quickly changing press room, more suited to an antiques shop than an industrial outfit.

Luckily the original timber & steel were able to rise to the challenge of restoration, and when lovingly & painstakingly restored by Max & Chris for our front office earlier this year, revealed wear, dents and marks from many years of use, each telling a story about its long and colourful life in print.

It now takes up centre space in Park Douglas HQ - a meeting space to talk paper, colour and more.

(Sources say the steel top shines brightest with a beer or two on top, however we’re unable to confirm or deny at time of writing).

For reference, photos #4 & 5 - the bench in earlier days.

And in photo #6 - a shot of our offices in June 2020.

10/06/2023

We've had the incredible privilege of working with David Neitz and the team at Brewmanity - and with Big Freeze 9 just around the corner, there are two things that we cannot stress enough:

1. With over $275,000 raised for Fight MND, these guys have made an incredible impact for a good cause, and

2. Their beer is bloody good, too. 🍺

09/06/2023

Check out the first edition of Mildura Base Public Hospital’s new Heartbeat Magazine - proudly supplied locally by us!

08/06/2023

It’s been a while between posts - we’re more skilled in scrolling social media than we are in making it! - but how good are the team at Broken Hill Distillery?! More awards than nana’s slice at the school fete, and for good reason!

It wouldn’t be a business social media post without a little self-appreciation, so check out…

- that lovely 3-Bottle Gin Pack Carton, and
- those beautiful Gin labels….

Both sourced from your friendly local printer 🍸

27/01/2023

Sealin’ the Deal. Chatime Australia