Awesome Australian Garage Sales

By The Chronicles of Williams -
Garage Sales are AWESOME here in Winmalee!  Not sure if that's the case all over Australia, but we learned so much from our new garage sale friends about living in Australia. 

At one of our first and favorite garage sales was so great.  The men were out grilling at 9am on the "barbie" and were making these amazing sausages on the grill and then we learned that the griddle part of the grill is necessary to make the best grilled onions ever!   The woman of the house brought out fresh buttered bread for the sausage sandwich and onions to be made.  BBQ sauce to put on top of course. 

While shopping around and waiting for the sausage to cook, someone at the garage sale asked us where we were from.  When we said USA / Wyoming then someone asked, "What's the capital of Idaho?"  Someone else chimed in, "It's Boise!"  We were so impressed at their knowledge of that and more of our country.  Many of them had visited the USA and one man really liked Elvis Presley music and collected music from the 50's/60's from USA.

We've found camping gear, cots and so much more cool Australian stuff for just dollars, while the new stuff would be hundreds for sure.  Just chatting with these folks and the entertainment factor is so great and worth getting up early on a Saturday morning.

At another favorite garage sale... David smoozed the cute women that were putting it on.  We had such a great time wheeling and dealing with this family! Thank goodness we brought our camera this time to capture the moment  (ha).  David got the best grill he's ever had and we found 2 beautiful wicker chairs and some awesome concrete pots for our herbs, douvet covers, down quilts...




If you see tons of cars lined up on a Saturday morning, follow the people because something is going on!  We found an annual sale with raffles galore, homemade food and books... all to benefit a home for aged folks..... The Buckland House.





After a nice morning of sausages, coffee and garage sales, it's nice to end the day with a nice hike! 


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