Your curated guide to the best of the trail
Keen to hit the Trail but not sure where to start? We've got you covered. Here you'll find your curated guide to a selection of some of the best sales on the Trail.
Not in a major capital city? Garage Sale Trail happens all across Australia.
To find sales happening near you on 8-9 & 15-16 November, search the national map. Sales are added and updated all the way to the big weekends, so check back regularly.
NSW
From sequin encrusted fashion and a pub garage sale with beers on tap, to fbi radio’s stash of DJ memorabilia and a shed overflowing with theatre props. You’ll find find everything including the kitchen sink.
Queensland
From a shopaholic’s secret sale of boujee bargains and Christmas décor, to Angetiques’ 60s vibro massager and other kooky curios. You’ll find a hoarder’s lifetime collection, a 40-foot shipping container for sale, and Scouts and softball clubs turning their grounds into treasure troves.
SA
Where else you can drop a gold coin to have foster cats “take care” of your ex’s name in a litter tray? There’s Willow Tree Wonders, run by a vintage shop owner with a flair for eccentric finds like celebrity memorabilia and pot plants in foot-shaped pots, plus The Great Scout Clean Out bringing community spirit to Prospect.
Tasmania
From a pub sale in a paddock called Junk in the Trunk to a mill fundraiser selling fossils, gemstones and English china to save a local school. There’s a Cottage School Fair with kimchi, kombucha and crafts by kids, and even a sale offering a free dog pat with every purchase.
Victoria
Look out for the Millennial Clearance Weekend selling “never-made-it-down-the-aisle” wedding shoes and giant disco lips, as well as Garri’s Big Costume Clear-Out packed with sequins, feathers and gold hot pants. You’ll find The Big Gay Garage Sale raising funds for Palestine, Vintage for Fancy Folks with Dior heels and handmade jackets, and a community garden for refugee women running a cross-cultural market of crafts and stories.
WA
Think car park treasure troves of vintage fashion, a multi-house sales raising funds for bowel cancer with everything from dog hankies to beaded lighters, and Fever Dreams Vintage serving retro style with attitude. There’s a school sale at Perth Montessori and a designer fashion attic clear-out fit for the most stylish scavengers.
Garage Sale Trail is made possible, and free to participate in, thanks to support from the NSW EPA, Queensland Government and 91 local governments Australia-wide.
