Beanies are being randomly left across the LeFevre Peninsula to spread love and joy

One woman is on a mission to spread love and joy by randomly leaving beanies across the LeFevre Peninsula for passers-by to find. She hopes the initiative catches on, and the love makes its way to communities right across SA.

One of Briggsy Boomer’s beanies waiting to be found. Picture: Supplied.

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Briggsy Boomer is spreading the love, one beanie at a time.

The Exeter resident spends her free time crocheting beanies, which she then anonymously leaves all over the LeFevre Penuinsula for passers-by to find.

“I have probably left about 100 around the place,” Briggsy says.

“There’s a big sense of self-satisfaction that I’m helping the community.”

Briggsy – who prefers to keep her real name a secret – started crocheting while caring for her dad, Gus Salcak, who died late last year.

“I took time off work to look after him and spent hours at his bedside,” she says.

“As my dad got near the end I made lots of beanies.

“I thought there’s probably people out there needing some cheering up so I started leaving them around the place.

“I do it in memory of my dad, to honour him.”

Briggsy Boomer with her dad who died late last year. Picture: Supplied

Briggsy, who runs the Beanies for the Peninsula Facebook page, leaves the headware on trees, school gates, train stations, bench seats and in parks and reserves.

“I don’t want to get caught when I leave them,” she says.

“That’s the fun part.”

Briggsy is not looking for recognition; she simply wants to spread love and joy.

“My aim is to randomly leave them and for someone – maybe someone having a bad time or someone sad – to find them,” she says.

A beanie waiting to be found at a train station in the area. Picture: Supplied.

Friends have also jumped on board and started Beanies for Burton and Beanies for Port Adelaide.

“My vision would be for it all to stay anonymous but to get people crocheting beanies for all over SA, to spread the love right throughout the area,” she says.

Warren Stone, of Exeter, was thrilled to find a beanie while on a walk at Swan Tce, near Le Fevre High School, last week

“I saw the plastic bag and it had a piece of wool attached and I picked it up,” Mr Stone says.

“I thought it was great, especially during this period when you pick up the paper or watch the news and it is all doom and gloom.”

He says the good luck has run in the family, with his daughter also finding a beanie, at Largs Bay.