At Smartwash Newtown, we make laundry simple, affordable and stress-free for everyday people across Newtown, Enmore, Marrickville, Camperdown and Sydney’s Inner West.

As a family-owned, Australian-run laundromat, we provide clean, reliable and low-cost laundry services — including self-serve machines, bag wash, commercial laundry, and local pickup and delivery.

Run by two Croatian Catholic families connected to the Croatian Catholic Franciscan community in Sydney, our work is guided by faith, honesty and care. We serve our community with fairness, social responsibility and genuine family values, offering the friendly, personal service big chains can’t match.

Heritage & Tradition

With high-capacity washers and dryers, easy payment options, and an affordable bag wash service, Smartwash helps you save time and money while supporting a local family business.

Visit our modern laundromat in Newtown and experience a clean, fast, and affordable laundry service. Smartwash makes laundry easier, cheaper and more convenient, giving you back time, peace of mind, and a true sense of community.

God Bless,
Helen & Vera, and our families

FAQ

If you have inadvertently paid for the incorrect machine or there is an issue with your machine, we will always ensure that you don't lose out and that you receive service to the equivalent of the value lost. However, our system is not set up to refund funds. We have always taken care of our customers with in-store credit for future washes. This helps us keep our fees low, and we pass that saving onto you with low pricing. Call or sms us on the mobile 0401047402 and we will assist you.

The San Damiano Cross, St Francis and St Clair - in Our Laundromat

These sacred images — the San Damiano Crucifix, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare — are displayed in our laundromat as a quiet witness to the faith and heritage of our two Croatian Catholic families. For generations, Croatian communities — especially in Croatia and in Bosnia & Herzegovina — have been deeply shaped, protected and served by the Franciscan tradition. Our families remain grateful for their role in preserving Christianity, culture, language and hope through difficult chapters of history.

The San Damiano Cross is the icon before which Jesus spoke to St. Francis: “Go and repair my Church, which, as you see, is falling into ruin.” It became the beginning of the Franciscan renewal — not only rebuilding a chapel, but renewing hearts and strengthening the Church through a life of humility, peace and radical trust in God.

St. Francis is honoured as a man of simplicity, charity and conversion, marked by the stigmata — the wounds of Christ — as seen in this image. St. Clare, his spiritual sister in holiness, founded the Poor Clares and is remembered for her courage, purity and contemplative love of Christ.

For many Croatians, Francis and Clare are not just saints of Italy — but spiritual guardians whose Franciscan sons and daughters carried faith into our villages, our parishes, our families, and our memories.

We display these images within Smartwash not as decoration but as a sign of gratitude, identity and blessing over the work of our hands and the people we serve.

The San Damiano Cross, St Francis and St Clair - in Our Laundromat

These sacred images — the San Damiano Crucifix, St. Francis of Assisi and St. Clare — are displayed in our laundromat as a quiet witness to the faith and heritage of our two Croatian Catholic families. For generations, Croatian communities — especially in Croatia and in Bosnia & Herzegovina — have been deeply shaped, protected and served by the Franciscan tradition. Our families remain grateful for their role in preserving Christianity, culture, language and hope through difficult chapters of history.

The San Damiano Cross is the icon before which Jesus spoke to St. Francis: “Go and repair my Church, which, as you see, is falling into ruin.” It became the beginning of the Franciscan renewal — not only rebuilding a chapel, but renewing hearts and strengthening the Church through a life of humility, peace and radical trust in God.

St. Francis is honoured as a man of simplicity, charity and conversion, marked by the stigmata — the wounds of Christ — as seen in this image. St. Clare, his spiritual sister in holiness, founded the Poor Clares and is remembered for her courage, purity and contemplative love of Christ.

For many Croatians, Francis and Clare are not just saints of Italy — but spiritual guardians whose Franciscan sons and daughters carried faith into our villages, our parishes, our families, and our memories.

We display these images within Smartwash not as decoration but as a sign of gratitude, identity and blessing over the work of our hands and the people we serve.

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