Long distance anniversary gift for your girlfriend in Los Angeles when you are in Sydney

8 long distance gift ideas for your girlfriend in Los Angeles

1. A pixel game you can play together over a call Our product

   oin turns your story into a small 2D pixel game with her as the main character, generated from an authorized photo, plus two custom NPCs made from authorized photos with consent. Two letters from you open and close it, a 5-question quiz about your life apart and together rewards flowers for correct answers, and the final level is set in Almaty, Kazakhstan; New York and Tokyo are coming soon. It plays in a browser with no install, is usually emailed within an hour and costs $29.90. See how it works →

2. A booked visit

   A flight or train booking for the next visit, wrapped in a card. It gives both of you a date to look forward to. Around $80-900.

3. A star map of the night you met

   A framed sky from the night you met, posted to her. Order two weeks ahead for an international parcel. Around $25-60.

4. A subscription box

   A monthly box of tea, snacks or books sent to her door, so there is something to look forward to every month. Around $20-50.

5. Cook the same recipe

   Pick a recipe, buy the ingredients and cook it together on a video call. Eat at the same time, in different kitchens. Around $15-40.

6. A co-op game to play together

   A game made for two, such as a cooperative puzzle or farming game. Buy one copy each and plan a weekly session. Around $15-60.

7. A book for two

   Buy the same book, read a chapter a week and talk about it on a call. An e-book arrives instantly. Around $10-30.

8. A pair of connected lamps

   Two lamps that light up when the other is touched, so you can say hello without a call. Check that both countries are supported before you order. Around $60-150.

Sydney to Los Angeles: the time difference

Los Angeles is about 18 hours behind Sydney, so 8 pm in Los Angeles is roughly 2 pm in Sydney. The gap shifts by an hour for part of the year when the clocks change.

With so many hours between you, spontaneous calls are rare. Schedule the reveal for a weekend morning on one side and an evening on the other.

What a parcel across the border costs you

A parcel from Sydney to Los Angeles crosses a border, so allow one to three weeks and check customs rules for food, liquids and anything with a battery. A digital gift has none of that.

Buying for your girlfriend

The best gifts for a girlfriend are specific. Pick a memory, an inside joke or a place, and let the gift point to it.

Pair a small thing she can use with one that is purely sentimental.

If your anniversary is tomorrow

If the date crept up on you, Gift cards, flowers and a personalized game arrive fast and an oin game is usually emailed within an hour of payment. Add a dinner booking and the evening is covered.

Anniversaries reward memory over price. Pick a detail from the first year, the first trip or the first fight, and build the gift around it.

Opening it together on a call

Send the link, agree a time that works in both cities and open the game on a video call. You can read the quiz questions aloud while she plays, or share your screen and watch.

The final level you can play today is set in Almaty, Kazakhstan; New York and Tokyo are coming soon.