The Yass Society Car boot sale was revved up again on the weekend with modest takings from gold coin entry donations and the tasty barbecue contributing to the Showgrounds upkeep.
Stallholder Rodney Cregan has been coming to the Yass Showgrounds car boot sale for the past four years. His wares included an Imperial 1958 typewriter.
“I found this in dad’s stuff after dad passed away.”
Rodney said he would particularly like to sell the typewriter, the swag, the crockery, and the hunting bow.
“I’ve never used it (the bow). It’s about $350, but I’ve got $150 on it, and it’s nice to get rid of the smaller stuff too, so I don’t have to pack them all up,” Cregan said with a grin.
Leanne Rootsey and Bee-keeper Peter Cooper had plenty of produce still available with buckets jars and fresh honeycomb containers.
“We keep our bees at a place called Peelwood. It is halfway between Goulburn and Bathurst, in the Abercrombie Hills.”
“We go to all of the local markets,” Rootsey added.
Keeping the hungry bargain hunters happy and the fundraising tin full was Peter Barnes, Graham Robertson and past president Rob McAuliffe on the barbecue.
“Today went well; more vendors would have been great, but it’s always been small, up to ten vendors, and it’s very local, and everyone enjoys themselves, and most people had a pretty good clearance.”
“This is the first one we’ve had for a couple of months because we’ve been rained out the last three months. It’s not a world-beater for raising funds, but every little bit helps,” added McAuliffe.
Yass Show President Ann Hazell was on hand and advised a decision is yet to be made as to whether the next car boot sale would go ahead after the Show on the 20th or if they will skip straight to April.
Jasmin Jones
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