Barista Coffee Making and Latte Art Class
A dad who bought an espresso machine and has been quietly disappointed with his own results ever since.
Enough to buy something he would not buy himself.
70 gifts, from $100 to $200, every price read off an Australian retailer’s page and checked since 8 September 2026. And twelve we tell you to skip.
From 27 Australian retailers · 4 arrive by email today · every price checked since 8 September 2026
Ordered by how quickly they arrive, then by price. Never by what earns us the most.
A dad who bought an espresso machine and has been quietly disappointed with his own results ever since.
A Northern Rivers dad, or a family visiting Byron who want a shared afternoon rather than an object.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by Adrenaline, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
A Sydney craft beer dad, or two dads who would rather do something together than swap presents.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by Adrenaline, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
A dad who says he wants to get into woodworking and has never had a reason to start.
A dad who does the cryptic crossword, and a family that wants to watch him work for it.
A dad who kept his vinyl and likes building things, and who needs a project rather than a possession.
A dad who drinks Australian craft beer and is mildly patriotic about it.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by Gourmet Basket, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
The dad with a clean car whose bumper trim and mirror caps have gone grey and chalky
The dad who keeps a note of the right tyre pressures for each different beach and would genuinely enjoy a more accurate gauge
The dad buying for a kid in under-11s who has been struggling with a hand-me-down full-size bat
A dad who has heard about Japanese whisky for a decade and never actually tried a good one.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by Liquor Loot, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
The dad nursing tennis elbow who keeps stubbornly restringing with full polyester because gut feels like an indulgence
The dad who has already killed one wired probe thermometer by shutting the lid on the cable
The dad who already owns a pizza oven and keeps losing pizzas on the launch, and pointless for anyone without an oven to launch into.
The dad still opening the batting in fourth grade in a helmet he bought when the kids were in primary school
A dad who has drunk Johnnie Walker Black for twenty years and is not looking to be educated.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by Gourmet Basket, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
The dad with a lawn or paved area and a woodpile, not the apartment dweller or anyone whose only outdoor surface is a timber deck.
The dad restoring a car or a motorbike who keeps improvising with a screwdriver and a hammer
The dad who cuts the evening bite short because he does not fully trust the stern light to get him back to the ramp legally after dark
The Freo supporter who still wears a guernsey from the Pavlich era to games
The dad who has a firm opinion about golf balls and will be quietly pleased you got it right
The dad who plays the x deliberately and can tell you exactly why
The dad who washes the car himself every second Sunday with one bucket and a sponge
The dad who wants a bag that works rather than a bag that impresses the under-14s
The dad who has everything, because this is a gift you can hide an actual gift inside when you have run out of ideas.
The dad who wants the car screen to do more than mirror a phone, and who has passengers to entertain
The dad who has claimed the barbecue as his sovereign territory and won’t let anyone else near it.
The Raiders supporter who watches every game and still wears a jersey with a sponsor that folded
The dad who plays three times a week and has a half-used packet of grips in every bag he owns
A curious drinker who would rather try twelve things once than one thing twelve times.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by Liquor Loot, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
The dad who hosts and does not want a permanent install or an app to configure, less suited to someone who already has wired outdoor speakers under the eaves.
The dad who plays Saturday comp and leaves his racquets in the car all summer
The Bulldogs supporter who takes a medium or large and dresses better than his mates
A dad who can quote Back to the Future and has a shelf in the study or garage he considers his own.
The Eels supporter who was at Cumberland Oval and will tell you about it
The dad who reads the instructions properly and enjoys a job that takes a whole weekend to get right
The dad who fishes the beach or the ledges and has to walk his gear in from the car park
The dad who chases barra, jewfish or big flathead from a small boat and has a story about the one that came off at the net
The dad who already smokes brisket overnight and complains about temperature control
The dad who built things on the kitchen table and complained when he had to clear it for dinner
The dad who went to Fitzroy’s last home game and has never properly picked another club
The dad who still calls them the Roys and has never quite forgiven the merger
The dad who keeps borrowing the club kit bag pads and losing the straps
The dad heading to Indo or the Mentawais who currently does airports with a duffle hanging off each shoulder
The dad who likes a G and T and likes knowing how things are made, not the non-drinker or anyone who bristles at group activities.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by ClassBento, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
The dad who walks in to a reef break over rocks and currently does it in boardshorts that ride up or work shorts that soak through
A patient, mechanically-minded dad who likes classic cars and needs an excuse to sit in the shed.
The dad who has watched every Roland Garros final since 2005 and has opinions about the surface
The dad who carries tools to jobs in a bucket or a sagging canvas bag
The dad who can still name the engine in every car he has owned, in order
The dad who coaches a junior league side and keeps buying training balls that go slick after one wet season
The dad with a covered patio or pergola who entertains through winter, not the one with an unroofed courtyard where wind will strip the heat away.
A serious sherry-cask drinker who has worked through the standard distillery range and wants something with a story attached.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by The Whisky Club, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
The dad who still plays in worn-out running shoes and has already turned an ankle at least once this season
A confident barbecue cook who already has the good tongs and a smoker he talks about.
The dad who played local footy for fifteen years and would rather own the real thing than a replica
The dad moving from road running to trail ultras who keeps borrowing a mate’s vest for every long run
A dad who plays a genuine weekend round and then sits in the clubhouse for two hours afterwards.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by Gourmet Basket, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
A dad who is proud of Australian whisky and would rather drink something local than another Speyside.
Alcohol. Sold to over-18s only by The Whisky Club, who verifies age at checkout and delivery.
The dad who has been meaning to put a dash cam in for two years and has not got around to it
The dad who sears over direct coals and wants a probe he does not have to pull out before the hot part
The dad who owns plenty of tools and loses ten minutes a job finding the right one
The dad who carries two racquets in a supermarket bag and leaves them in the car all weekend
The dad who squints at channel markers and other boats’ nav lights, and who has quietly never replaced the binoculars he watched go over the side
The dad whose swing gets faster and worse over the back nine
The dad who spent his early twenties on Xbox Live and still remembers the gamertag
The dad with a camper trailer who runs a fridge off a deep-cycle battery and keeps driving to recharge it
The dad who smokes brisket, is wrapping in alfoil, and wonders why the bark goes soggy
The dad who broke a lamp playing Wii Sports tennis in 2007 and brings it up every Christmas
The dad with a Weber kettle whose sausages come out black outside and raw inside
Nobody plans a gift in advance because nobody remembers the date until it is too late to post anything. We will email you before Father’s Day and before Christmas, with the shortlist already narrowed and the delivery window still open.
Two or three emails a year. Not a newsletter.