National Garage Sale includes Rockhampton Region in its trail
Published on 02 October 2015
If you gather your preloved items and place them at the front of your home to be sold, you have yourself a garage sale.
Plan to do this on October 24 however and you become part of the largest combined garage sale in the country.
Next month, hundreds of thousands of people across Australia will take part in the fifth annual Garage Sale Trail – an award winning community event backed by over 150 Councils.
For the first time, the trail this year is extending to the Rockhampton Region, with Rockhampton Regional Council recently signing up with the national initiative.
Chair of Council’s Business Enterprise Committee, Cr Neil Fisher is inviting all to get involved.
“The Garage Sale Trail is one very big day of garage sales held around the country,” Cr Fisher said.
“It’s a fantastic initiative that encourages the reuse of items and the benefits of reducing the amount of waste to landfill.”
The annual event encourages residents Australia wide to hold their own garage sale and become involved in the nationwide movement.
Sellers who are hosting garage sales can put their ‘sale on the trail’ and list key items up for grabs, while shoppers can plan their day by searching what sales are in their area and create a personalised ‘treasure trail’.
Involvement from councils enables residents to become involved free of charge, with registrations open to households, community groups, schools, businesses, makers and creators and anyone who is up for a day of fun.
Cr Fisher said Rockhampton Regional Waste and Recycling are among those who will be getting in on the fun.
“There will be a Treasure Box Rummage hosted by Trendy Trash on the day,” Cr Fisher said.
He said the rummage will be a part of an Open Day for Rockhampton’s new Waste Transfer Station, held at the Lakes Creek Landfill site from 9am until 2pm.
For further details on the Garage Sale Trail, including how to register your own garage sale and details on Rockhampton’s Treasure Tail, head to garagesaletrail.com.au
ABOUT GARAGE SALE TRAIL
Garage Sale Trail is a not-for-profit community enterprise founded by Andrew Valder and Darryl Nichols. Garage Sale Trail aims to promote reuse, reduce waste to landfill, create awareness about illegal dumping, unite communities, and stimulate local economies. Now in its fifth year nationally, the program has grown from Bondi Beach where it started in 2010 to be happening in partnership with over 150 councils nationally. In 2014 there was 2.9 million pre-loved items from over 8,000 garage sales. The average seller made over $300 and made 13 new community connections on the day.
DETAILS
Garage Sale Trail
Saturday October 24 2015
Happening in Rockhampton and across Australia
Register now at garagesaletrail.com.au
Pictured: Richard Morvell- Manager of Trendy Trash Rockhampton, Cr Neil Fisher, and Craig Dunglison- Manager of Rockhampton Regional Waste and Recycling.