Garage Sale Trail is Australia's biggest secondhand treasure hunt with 300,000 Australians hitting the streets each year in the search for pre-loved bargains.
It's the destination for all things selling and swapping pre-loved. With garage sales, thrift markets, car boot sales, suitcase rummages, swap meets and street parties popping up across the nation.
Garage sales made easy
You can get involved from anywhere in Australia, and take part on one day or more over two big weekends. Garage Sale Trail happens next on 8-9 & 15-16 November 2025.
With free registration, how-to guides, sale tips and promotional materials provided, it’s garage sales made easy.
In 2024, the average household garage sale made $499, community groups over $1,500.
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No garage? No worries.
From September 2025, you can search for group sales to join near you, host from your unit block, a car boot, local school or community centre.
What's different about Garage Sale Trail?
While you can host a garage sale any weekend of the year, there's a reason why being a part of the Garage Sale Trail makes things just a little more spesh.
🎩Tips, tricks and free promo materials - with free registration, how-to guides, sale tips and promotional materials provided, it’s never been easier to host a garage sale.
♻️ Make a bigger impact - being part of a national event that gets lots media coverage and promotion means you're making some truly magical things happen. In 2024, over 418 tonnes of usable items were sold and reused, thus saved from landfill.
✊🏽 Be part of a movement - there's something pretty cool about knowing you're part of a community of folk all simultaneously garage sale-ing over two big weekends. Take a squiz at the hashtag to see what we mean.
It's free and anyone can do it, whether you’re a household, community group, a whole street, school or even a local business.
Setting up a Garage Sale Trail listing takes less than five minutes, but a good garage sale will live on in the memories of your neighbours for like forever.
So, in the immortal words of Gwen Stefani, what are you waiting for?
Join the wait list to be the first to know when registrations open.
