Shoppers Set to Uncover Treasures in the City of Busselton

Published on 09 October 2019

There’s no better feeling than finding some pre-loved treasure at a bargain price and this year’s Garage Sale Trail in the City of Busselton, on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 October, is shaping up to be the biggest sustainable shopping extravaganza ever, with more than 400,000 people expected to participate across 18,000 plus garage sales nationally.  It’s not too late to register at garagesaletrail.com.au

The national reuse and community initiative, now in its ninth year, is offering up a wealth of practical, quirky, collectable and colourful secondhand finds for shoppers across the nation.  The City of Busselton will this year support over 100 garage sales by local residents and community organisations. Many of them are held at residents’ homes, while the ‘Signal Park Sellathon’ is more of a market/car-boot sale with many sellers in one place! Hours of all sales are listed on the website below, as well as what types of items you can expect to find at the sales.

Garage Sale Trail Co-Founder Andrew Valder said, “With thousands of listings on the Garage Sale Trail there’s a wealth of weird and wonderful things for sale around the country this year, including oodles of pre-loved and vintage fashion, over 500 dance costumes, blacksmithing tools, a collection of Simpsons memorabilia, a 100 year old American organ and a room full of treasures that a family in Queensland found in a hidden room they found in their new house.”

Weird and wonderful aside, Garage Sale Trail provides thousands of Australians with a chance to re-home items that may otherwise end up in landfill.  According to the Gumtree’s 2019 Secondhand Economy Report 89% of Australians have unwanted stuff and 33% admit to throwing unwanted items in the bin. Nationally these unwanted items are valued at over $43 billion.  

Mayor Grant Henley said, “Selling items you no longer need at a Garage Sale Trail is a great way to do your bit for the environment, while meeting members of your local community at the same time. With thousands of items for sale, you never know what you’ll find!“

Shoppers can map out sales they’d like to visit over the weekend for free by searching the map and creating a Trail at https://www.garagesaletrail.com.au/City-of-Busselton

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ABOUT GARAGE SALE TRAIL

Garage Sale Trail is a not-for-profit social enterprise founded by Sydney mates, Darryl Nichols and Andrew Valder. It seeks to educate Australians on the importance of reuse and the need to take individual responsibility for the impact of our consumption habit, while also building stronger, more connected and more resilient communities.

Now in its ninth year nationally, the program has grown from a grass roots idea in Bondi Beach where it started in 2010. Garage Sale Trail is powered by over 140 councils nationally.