This Saturday 21 September, be sure to add pre-loved treasure hunting to your weekend agenda, as the North Coast community roll up their garage doors for Second Hand Saturday.
Hosted by North East Waste and Council, the free annual community event will once again see lawns adorned with pre-loved treasures, neighbours getting together for whole street sales and local community groups coordinating car boot or market-style sales.
This year, over 300 garage sales have registered to take part across Tweed, Byron, Ballina, Lismore, Kyogle, Richmond Valley and the Clarence Valley.
In Clarence Valley alone there are some 26 participating garage sales, meaning shoppers won’t have to go far to find what they’re looking for.
There are out of town garage sales in Elland and Brushgrove, a fundraiser at Grafton Community Shed and sports gear galore at the Yamba garage sales.
Coordinator of Second Hand Saturday, Linda Tohver said “Second Hand Saturday provides an avenue for more of our community to get together and embrace reuse and repair, by keeping perfectly good items in circulation.”
“There are also many items that can no longer be bought new, and fashion trends that simply aren’t ‘in’ right now. By shopping second hand, we have local access to such a variety and at a fraction of the cost to buying new.”
“With the added benefit of supporting locals and keeping items out of landfill, the positives for our community participating in Second Hand Saturday are huge,” she said.
Shoppers can navigate their way through all that’s on offer by visiting the Second Hand Saturday website or downloading the free app. Both include a full list of garage sales across the region, what’s on offer at each sale, photos and interactive maps that enable you to bookmark your favourites and plan out your day.
All the garage sale details are available at www.secondhandsaturday.com.au
Alternatively, visit the Second Hand Saturday facebook page @mysecondhandsaturday to download the addresses for Council areas (from Tuesday 17th September) or keep up to date with the day’s activities.
Second Hand Saturday is coordinated by North East Waste on behalf of Clarence Valley Council and other member North Coast Council’s and proudly supported by the NSW Environment Protection Authority.