Wollongong Uni Days

Mangerton's just west of Wollongong, tucked up against the escarpment. Andrew's best mate David went to uni there in the 90s, studied computer science and engineering at University of Wollongong. Andrew was down visiting all the time, crashing on David's floor, eating two minute noodles, the usual uni stuff, including barely having enough petrol to get back home, oh, the glory days. I never went myself but I've heard enough stories about those Mangerton streets and the campus to feel like I was there.

University of Wollongong is right in Mangerton so you've got loads of students mixed in with families who've been there for decades. Close to the beach but also close to the bush, bit of both worlds really.

We deliver flowers to Mangerton pretty regularly now. Birthdays, anniversaries, uni graduations, all of it. Strange full circle thing for Andrew, delivering flowers to the same area where he spent half his twenties hanging around David's uni digs.

How We Deliver to Mangerton

Partner florists around Wollongong handle Mangerton deliveries. Order comes in, goes to whichever florist can fill it based on the postcode and what they've got in stock. Mangerton's close enough to central Wollongong that most of our partners there can deliver no worries.

Real florist shops, trained staff, local couriers. Made fresh, delivered same day if you order before 2pm Monday to Friday. Not warehouse flowers posted overnight. Actual florists who know the area, know which streets are which, done it a thousand times before.

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For apartment blocks around the uni area, recipient needs to be home or have their mobile on. Courier will call when they arrive. Can't just leave flowers in a hallway, they'd walk off or wilt.

When People Send Flowers to Mangerton

Uni Graduations University of Wollongong churns out graduates every semester. Parents who live interstate or overseas send flowers to their kid's place in Mangerton to congratulate them. Easier than trying to get flowers at the ceremony, just have them delivered to their unit the morning of. They can take photos with them, feels more personal than a servo bunch grabbed on the way.

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Housewarming Loads of rentals around Mangerton because of the uni. People move in all the time, students or young families. Flowers make a rental feel less temporary, bit of life in the place. We deliver to those streets around the campus constantly, know them pretty well by now.

Birthdays Students away from home, birthday comes up, parents or mates send flowers. Shows you're thinking of them even if you can't be there. Works well for older residents too, families who've lived in Mangerton for years, kids have moved away, flowers turn up on their birthday.

Apology Flowers Share house living, tensions happen. Forgot to pay your share of the electricity, ate someone's food, played music too loud. Flowers won't fix everything but they help start the conversation. Same day delivery matters when you need to sort things out before dinner.

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Thank You to Lecturers End of semester, someone wants to thank a lecturer or tutor who helped them through. Flowers to their office on campus or to their home in Mangerton if they live locally. Bit more thoughtful than an email.

Get Well Flowers Wollongong Hospital is close by. Someone from Mangerton gets sick, spends time in hospital, heads home to recover. Flowers arriving when they're back in their own place, settled in, works better than hospital flowers sometimes. Less clinical, more personal.

Ordering Process

Website, find what you want, enter the Mangerton address. If we deliver there (we do), keep going. Pick your date, write your card message, add extras if you want them, pay. Three minutes and done. No account signup required.

Mobile ordering works too. Sitting in a lecture realising you forgot your housemate's birthday, order from your phone during the break. Sorted.

Not sure what to send or got questions about delivery, call us. Real people answer, not a call centre overseas. 1300 360-469, Monday to Saturday.

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What Sells Well for Mangerton

Mixed Bunches Most popular by far. Bit of everything, looks good, not too expensive. Students ordering for mates usually go for the smaller mixed bunches, around $60 bucks. Parents sending to their kids go bigger, $80 to $100 range. Depends on budget really.

Deal of the Day $73.95, florist's choice, they make something with whatever's freshest. Takes the guesswork out. Popular with people who don't know much about flowers but want to send something decent. Our Wollongong florists are good, they'll make something nice.

Bright and Cheerful Bunches Gerberas, sunflowers, bright mixed colours. Suit student places and rentals, bit of life and colour. Not too formal, not too serious. Just happy flowers that brighten up a room.

Roses Classic choice. Red roses for romance, obviously, but also pink or yellow for birthdays and celebrations. Dozen roses starts around $85, two dozen if you want to really impress someone. Popular around Valentine's Day, anniversaries, apologies that need a bit more effort.

Natives Waratahs, banksias, proteas, gum. Last longer than European flowers, handle the Illawarra heat better too. Good choice if someone's not home much to look after them. Natives can cop a bit of neglect and still look decent.

About Those Feefo Reviews

We partnered with Feefo back in 2019 for customer reviews. They're proper legit, only people who've actually ordered can leave a review. We can't delete the bad ones, can't fake the good ones, it's all independent.

In 2024 & 2025 we got a Feefo Trusted Service Award. To get that you need at least 50 reviews over four stars in a year. We got 3,025 reviews, and 2,406 of them were four or five stars. About 60 times more than the minimum required. Pretty happy with that, especially in the flower game where everything's subjective. One person's "beautiful" is another person's "bit much" so putting ourselves out there with reviews was a risk. Worked out though.

You can read all our reviews on the Feefo website, good and bad. We stuff up sometimes, flowers don't always arrive perfect, we're honest about that. But most of the time we get it right and the reviews show that.

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Still Connected to Wollongong

Andrew still catches up with David occasionally, though these days it's more likely to be somewhere halfway between where they both live now. Those Mangerton days are long gone but the area's still familiar. Sometimes we'll get an order for a street name and Andrew will say "oh yeah, that's near where David lived" or "we used to walk past there to get to campus."

Started with one flower shop in Kingscliff in 2007, now we're delivering to suburbs all over NSW including Mangerton. Never would've guessed that back then, especially not that we'd end up delivering flowers to the exact area where Andrew spent half his twenties hanging around.

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Flowers to Mangerton sorted. Same day before 2pm, real florists making them, call if you need help. Browse online or call 1300 360-469.