Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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Gifting

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Australia's incredible wildlife deserves to be celebrated all year long — and we have a stunning range of gifts for anyone who loves native animals and birds. 🗓️ Australian Wildlife Wall Calendars — our most popular choice, featuring breathtaking photography of Australia's iconic animals across 12 months. We also have species-specific calendars for the true enthusiast:* 🦅 Australian Birds | 🦅 Australian Ravens | 🦜 Cockatoos | 😂 Kookaburras | 🦆 Ducks | 🦢 Black Swans | 🐦 Purple Swamphens | 🐦 Noisy Miners 🐨 Koalas Wall Calendar — because everyone loves a koala. 🖼️ Fine Art Prints & Canvas — for a more permanent gift, our Native Australian Animals canvas prints bring koalas and Tasmanian devils to life as beautiful wall art. Perfect for nurseries, living rooms, or any nature lover's space — available in multiple sizes.* Whether it's a birthday, Christmas, or just because — these gifts celebrate Australia's unique wildlife in a way that lasts all year (or a lifetime).
For the motorcycle enthusiast in your life, our Motorcycle Wall Calendar is a gift that hits the mark — 12 months of stunning motorcycle photography that any rider or fan will love. Featuring beautiful imagery of motorcycles from around the world, it's a practical and passionate gift that keeps giving all year long. Available in multiple sizes to suit any wall space, and shipped worldwide. Whether they ride, wrench, or simply admire — this calendar belongs on their wall.
A chess calendar makes a unique and lasting gift for any chess lover. Our Chess Puzzle Wall Calendars offer a daily or monthly challenge with puzzles to solve — and the solutions are included, so players can test themselves and learn. For something more visual, our Chess Wall Calendars feature stunning chess photography and artwork to inspire and decorate any space. Both make a thoughtful gift that chess enthusiasts will enjoy all year long."
Chess wall calendars and chess puzzle calendars make exceptional gifts for chess lovers of all levels. Our calendars showcase the incredible diversity of chess boards and sets from around the world — from ornate Swarovski chess sets and hand-carved sandalwood chess sets, to culturally iconic designs like the Don Quixote chess set and the Jesus chess set. Each calendar is a visual celebration of chess as art, history, and strategy. Chess puzzle calendars add an extra layer of engagement, with monthly challenges and solutions included — perfect for players who love to sharpen their game. A gift that inspires, decorates, and entertains all year long.
Melbourne is one of the world's most vibrant and photogenic cities — and we have a beautiful range of gifts to celebrate it. 🗓️ Melbourne & Victoria Calendars: 🏙️ Melbourne Wall Calendar — iconic landmarks and city scenes across 12 stunning months 🚋 Trams Wall Calendar & Trams After Dark Wall Calendar — Melbourne's beloved trams, captured in daylight and dramatic night photography 🌊 Great Ocean Road Wall Calendar — one of the world's great coastal drives, right on Melbourne's doorstep 🏛️ Architecture Wall Calendar — celebrating the bold and beautiful buildings that define Melbourne's skyline 🖼️ Melbourne Fine Art Canvas & Prints: Melbourne Cityscape canvases — sweeping city views in classic and pink-toned editions Sunrise on Yarra — the iconic river at its most magical Custom Melbourne Travel Canvas — featuring Collins Street, Docklands, Hammer Hall, Yarra by Night, and Melbourne's famous trams Several designs are available as personalised canvases — a truly unique gift Whether they're a proud Melburnian, a visitor who fell in love with the city, or an expat missing home — these gifts bring Melbourne to life on the wall.
Bird lovers are some of the most passionate gift recipients — and we have an extraordinary range of Australian bird wall calendars to delight them. Start with our Australian Birds Wall Calendar for a stunning showcase of native species across 12 months. Or go species-specific for a truly personal gift: 🦜 Cockatoos | 😂 Kookaburras | 🐦 Magpies | 🦢 Black Swans | 🦅 Australian Ravens | 🦆 Ducks | 🐦 Noisy Miners | 🐦 Purple Swamphens | 🦩 Pelicans | 🐦 Seagulls Each calendar features stunning close-up photography of these iconic Australian birds in their natural habitat — a beautiful way to celebrate a favourite species all year long. Whether they're a backyard birdwatcher, a wildlife photographer, or simply someone who stops to admire a kookaburra — these calendars make a thoughtful, unique gift they'll treasure.
For someone who loves to travel — or dreams of their next adventure — a wall calendar or fine art canvas is a gift that brings the world to their walls. 🗓️ Travel Wall Calendars — journey through stunning destinations across 12 months:* 🇦🇺 Australia — Melbourne, Great Ocean Road, Australian Coastal, and more 🇭🇺 Budapest & Hungary — one of Europe's most beautiful cities, captured in stunning detail 🇫🇮 Helsinki — Nordic architecture and atmosphere 🌉 Bridges Wall Calendar — iconic bridges from around the world, for the traveller who loves grand engineering and scenery 🖼️ Personalised Travel Canvas & Prints — for a truly meaningful gift, our personalised travel canvases let you celebrate a specific place that matters to them:* - Melbourne — Collins Street, Docklands, Yarra by Night, Hammer Hall, and more - Budapest — Liberty Bridge, Heroes' Square, House of Music, the Metro, and iconic landmarks A personalised canvas of a city they love — or a place they've always wanted to visit — makes a deeply personal and lasting gift. Available framed or as a stretched canvas, in multiple sizes. Perfect for the traveller, the expat, the dreamer, or anyone who keeps a piece of the world on their walls.
Wall calendars, fine prints and canvas products are available with photos from Hungary, 2 special calendars from Budapest and special product about Hungarian related places in Victoria, Australia.
Secret Santa sorted! If you're looking for a gift that's affordable, unexpected, and guaranteed to get a laugh, our quirky wall calendars are perfect. 🛒 Urban Trolley Wall Calendar — abandoned shopping trolleys photographed as urban art. Oddly beautiful, definitely conversation-starting. 🚧 Funny Road Signs Wall Calendar — bizarre, baffling, and hilarious signs from around the world. A crowd-pleaser every month. 🎨 Graffiti Wall Calendar — bold street art from city walls worldwide. Edgy, colourful, and surprisingly stylish. 🍄 Gnomes Wall Calendar — garden gnomes in all their glory. Charming, cheeky, and impossible not to smile at. All under a budget that works for Secret Santa, and quirky enough to stand out from the usual gift cards and chocolates. A wall calendar that makes people laugh — and then keeps them smiling all year long.
Looking for a fun and practical Christmas gift for a co-worker? A wall calendar is a thoughtful, affordable choice that they'll use and enjoy all year long — and we have some truly unique options for the hard-working people in your life. For those who work with or love heavy machinery, our Transport & Machinery Calendars are a perfect fit: 🚛 Trucks Wall Calendar — for the truckie or logistics lover on your team. 🏗️ Excavator Wall Calendar — a great pick for anyone in construction or civil works. 🔩 Cement Mixer Wall Calendar — surprisingly satisfying photography for the tradie or engineer. ♻️ Garbage Management Wall Calendar — a fun, tongue-in-cheek gift for the colleague with a great sense of humour, or anyone proud of working in waste and sustainability. Practical, unique, and a little unexpected — exactly what makes a great Christmas gift for a co-worker.
Wall calendars, fine print and canvas product on farm animals (cow, bull, alpaca, sheep, goat), Australian wildlife (kangaroos, wombats, deer, emus), forests, landscapes, flowers (orchid, lotus).
For travellers and public transport enthusiasts, our Transport & Machinery Wall Calendars make a truly unique gift. We have a growing range of calendars dedicated to the vehicles and journeys that inspire wanderlust and nostalgia: 🚋 Trams — including our popular Trams Wall Calendar and the atmospheric Trams After Dark Wall Calendar, capturing city trams in stunning light. 🚂 Trains — our Train Wall Calendar celebrates the romance of rail travel with beautiful photography from around the world. Whether they love vintage locomotives, city trams, or the buzz of urban transport, these calendars bring that passion to life on the wall — every month of the year. A perfect gift for commuters, rail fans, and travel lovers alike.
Definitely. When people choose a wall calendar as a gift, they usually think less about the calendar itself and more about the recipient's interests, personality, and lifestyle, it is always a great gift. Hobbies, special interests, funny topics. Practical or decorative?
A calendar becomes a meaningful gift when it provides enjoyment all year rather than just on the day it is received. Unlike many gifts, a calendar is seen every day, making it a constant reminder of the person who gave it. It creates positive moments throughout the year. Evokes memories and emotions (places they have visited, animals they love, hobbies they enjoy or cultural heritage they identify with).
The best calendar for your dad depends on his interests, but these are some of the most popular choices: If your dad enjoys the outdoors: Australian Landscapes, Wildlife, Birds. If your dad likes vehicles and machinery: Classic Cars, Motorcycles, Trucks, Trains, Ships, Excavators and heavy machinery. If your dad enjoys strategy and puzzles: Chess calendars, Chess puzzle calendars. If you're unsure: A landscape or wildlife calendar is usually the safest choice because it appeals to a wide range of people and looks good in almost any home or office.
The best calendar size depends on the recipient and where they plan to display it. Our standard wall calendars are a popular gift choice, offering a great balance between stunning photography and practical date space. For smaller homes, apartments, or offices, a slim vertical calendar can be an excellent option as it fits neatly into narrower wall spaces.
Yes, you can. Simply enter the recipient's delivery address at checkout, and we will ship the calendar directly to them. No pricing information is included in the package, making it ideal for gifting.
A wall calendar appeals to a surprisingly wide range of people because it sits at the intersection of decoration, routine, and personal interest. The key is that it's both visible every day and useful all year. Here are the types of people who typically appreciate one: People who like home or office decoration, Office workers and planners, Gift recipients who are hard to buy for, Hobby and passion enthusiasts, Older adults and retirees, People connected to a place or memory, People who enjoy simple, analog routines.

Customisation

Yes. The following four items can be personalized on our calendars: the start month of the calendar, the start day of the week. Even special event (Birthdays or public holidays) can be added to the calendar.
Yes, public holidays can be included in the calendar. Please specify your preferred country or state in the personalization field during the ordering process, and we will include the relevant public holidays on the calendar grid where available.
Yes, the title on the cover page can be customised. You can add your own text when placing your order (in the personalization field), and we will personalise the cover accordingly.
No, personalisation is included in the product price at no additional cost.
A personalized calendar and a regular (non-customized) calendar can both make great gifts, but they feel quite different in how they're experienced. What makes it special: Personal names, dates, or messages; custom cover pages or dedications.

Product Information

We offer a range of chess-themed products that celebrate the art, culture, and history of chess from around the world. Our Chess Wall Calendars feature stunning photography of chess boards and sets from diverse cultures and countries — a beautiful way to enjoy chess every day of the year. For players who love a challenge, our Chess Puzzle Calendars include monthly puzzles with solutions, combining strategy with stunning visuals. For home décor, our Art of Chess fine art prints and stretched canvases bring iconic and culturally rich chess imagery to your walls — available framed or unframed, in a range of sizes. From the Uzbekistan chess set to Viking chess boards, each piece tells a story. Whether you're shopping for yourself or looking for the perfect gift for a chess lover, our chess collection has something truly unique.
The dimensions of each calendar are listed on the product page. We offer a variety of sizes to suit different spaces, from compact calendars for smaller rooms to larger wall calendars that make a striking visual display.
Consider where you plan to display your calendar. Larger formats (A3, Ledger) are ideal for living rooms, offices, and feature walls, while smaller formats (A4, Letter) work well in kitchens, studies, and limited wall spaces.
Square calendars provide a balanced layout with large photographs and spacious date grids. Slim vertical calendars are narrower and taller, making them perfect for tight wall spaces while still showcasing beautiful photography.
Please note that wall calendars hang open. The displayed height is typically approximately twice the height of a single page. We recommend checking the product dimensions and allowing a little extra space around the calendar for comfortable viewing.
Yes. Our calendars are designed to fit a variety of spaces, including home offices, workplaces, and cubicles. Slim vertical calendars are particularly well suited to smaller areas and narrow wall spaces, while our standard wall calendars make an attractive feature in larger offices, meeting rooms, and reception areas.
Our calendars are printed on high-quality premium paper selected to ensure excellent image clarity, vibrant colour reproduction, and a professional finish.
Yes, for our A4 and Letter Horizontal calendars, the open display size is larger than the listed product size when hung on the wall. However, our A4, A3 vertical, and Slim Vertical calendars retain their stated dimensions when opened.
Yes, our calendars are available in different languages Yes, many of our calendars are available in languages other than English, including German, French, Swedish, Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhala, Tamil, Japanese, and Spanish.

About & Brand

All photographs featured in our calendars are taken by Istvan Maar. The collections showcase a diverse range of original photography, including Australian landscapes, wildlife, travel scenes, and artistic compositions captured over many years.

Production

No, our calendars are produced using a print-on-demand (POD) service. If your delivery address is in Australia, your order will be printed and shipped locally within Australia; otherwise, it will be produced and fulfilled in the nearest available print facility to your location.
You can enjoy quality products produced in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

Ordering & Shipping

Yes, you can change or cancel your order, but only if it has not yet entered production. Once your order is in production, it can no longer be modified or cancelled, only returned.
Yes, all orders include tracking information. Once your order has been dispatched, you will receive a tracking number so you can monitor the delivery progress online until it arrives.
Yes, Istvan Maar Photography delivers internationally. The products are printed close to the delivery address.
Yes, we offer free shipping to certain countries (e.g. countries in EU, US, Canada, Singapore, Australia).
Our store is online store, there is no retail store. All products are printed on demand by the printer partner closest to the delivery address.
Yes, we offer bulk and wholesale orders for select customers, including corporate gifts, retail stockists, schools, clubs, and organisations. If you are looking to purchase multiple calendars (typically 10+ units), we can provide discounted pricing based on order size. Common bulk order uses: Corporate and client gifts, Employee holiday gifts, Retail resale (gift shops, bookstores, tourist stores), Charity fundraising and events, Schools, clubs, and community organisations. Pricing depends on quantity ordered, calendar design(s) selected, and shipping destination.
Yes, we offer express shipping on most of our products for customers who need their order sooner. At checkout, you can choose an express shipping option (where available), which prioritises faster processing and delivery compared to standard shipping. Express orders are typically processed ahead of standard orders, shipped using premium courier services, and delivered in shorter timeframes depending on your location.

Returns & Policies

If your calendar arrives damaged, please take clear photos of the damaged product and packaging and contact us as soon as possible. We will review the issue promptly and arrange a replacement or suitable solution.

Customer Service

You can contact our customer service team easily if you have any questions about your order, shipping, or products. The best way to reach us is via email. We aim to respond to all enquiries within 1–2 business days. (istvanmaar.photography@gmail.com). Please include as much detail as possible, such as: Your order number (if applicable), The product name or calendar you are referring to, A clear description of your question or issue.