just went to my local hardware store around the corner from me - and he's closing down at the end of the year, a tiny store but been my local for years - bunnings is well 100 times the size but 10 km away- owned by a bunch of corporate shareholders no doubt - who don't sponser my kids local footy team.
so what then, get bunnings to sponser them then? yeh right

so well here's the idea-

let's buy all/some of our christmas presents from small local business's and self employed people for example , your local florist, hardware store !, small market stall holders, bookstore,kite/windsurf shop or cake store selling fine cakes and or chocolates whoever whatever you want to get - just buy it local and buy it from a small business owner not a rich greedy multinational corporation. let's see the money go to individual people, this way more LOCAL people will have a better christmas, and my kids will have their footy team sponser and their trip to Jamberoo water park each year