Then..
Garage Sale Trail Foundation was started by Sydney mates, Darryl Nichols and Andrew Valder back in 2010.
Talk of the surf and their suburb, Bondi Beach, saw them collaborating on a community event called ‘Sizzle’ which celebrated their shared loves of the coast, music and the environment. And then a snap decision to include a secondhand sale at the event changed everything.
With a tagline ‘Don’t dump It. Sell it’ and a target of 30 garage sales on the day, Garage Sale Trail was born! That first year there were 130 sales in Waverley Council local government area alone.
Now...
Fast forward thirteen years and Garage Sale Trail now happens across the country thanks to the support of over 80 local councils, the NSW Environment Protection Authority & Queensland Government.
Our purpose is to shine a spotlight on reuse and the need to preserve mother nature's precious finite resources by extending the life of the stuff we buy.
The event has won a heap of environmental awards and has even been adopted by the UK government. There have been sales at MONA in Tassie, NSW Parliament House, the WA Ballet and Opera Australia.
But the real magic is in communities like yours where neighbours, old friends and new, come together over two big weekends to sell, shop, swap and have a good time.
Want to get a peek at who's responding to your emails? Check out our latest team pic below, sadly missing our amazing social media manager Nat Shehata.
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Andrew Valder, Co-Founder
Liz Baldwin, Campaign Assistant & garage sale guru
Barbara Gill, General Manager
Merlina Neloe, National Council Manager
