August Street Market

Cold, Cold, Cold but still 70+ stalls. No doubt we can expect September 21st to be much warmer weather.

Very positive news in that most stalls reported a brisk trade especially our garage sale style stalls. Elders forecourt was a sell out and more stall holders want to be there as there are deeper sites for pergola’s and so on.

Congratulations to the Girl Guides who had a great success with their sausage sizzle. With Rotary lining up for the next sausage sizzle, the girls will be waiting with great anticipation for their next turn.

Our local schools are excited with their fund raising stalls selling Jelly cakes & citrus faster that the running Jamaican in Beijing!

The Uniting Church and Chaffey Aged Care were happy with their efforts; it’s really great to see all our local community getting behind the market, this really makes all the hard work seem worth while.

The RSL was open showing the memorabilia and had a steady crowd through their rooms. It is a credit to them and well worth the look.

Our market day raffle was won by Kellie Frazer with orange ticket D. 011 sold by Murphy’s takeaways. The raffle is proving to be very popular with market goers!

As the market moves into the future the organisers welcome any comments. We are open to any suggestions to improve our market. Comments can be sent to merbeinmarket@gmail.com or phoned through to market coordinator Pam Amey on 03 5025 1284.

For all news and updates on the market checkout: http://merbeinmarket.blogspot.com/

MERBEIN MARKET DAY STRUCTURE

In line with the Merbein Market’s continual improvement for stall holders and visitors alike a brief day structure has been plotted out below to help you get a feel for what happens on the day.

Start Time Finish Time Task
0630 0900 Stall Setup period (prior to stallholders setting up they must register with the market coordinator).
0900 Market Commences
1000 1130 Site fee collection period
1230 Raffle drawn
1300 Market stalls to commence trading
1300 1400 Stalls pack-up period
1400 Commercial Street to be returned to a clean & tidy state

Merbein Market Feedback

Now 4 markets old, the Merbein Market Day has certainly had a great impact on the community of Merbein. There has been much feedback to the organizers and it’s definitely worth sharing this with the broader community. Some of the feedback includes:

• Just like the end of the war, with people laughing and dancing in the street

• A great carnival atmosphere

• Such a boast to the moral of the town

• Exciting carry on sales during the week for the traders

• Great increase in turnover for the shops on the day

• Have never seen so many people in Merbein at one time

• Just shows what great community sprit this town has even when things are tough

• Good to see the men standing in the street talking and laughing again

• The town welcomes you and a nice family day out with the merry go round and clowns etc

• Stall holders comment a well run and festive feel to the day

However, it can’t always be positive so it’s worthwhile mentioning some of the negative feedback which is just as important in terms of improving the market!

• Congestion on the footpaths

• No car parks left

• Weather is to cold and the market should only be in summer months

• Too much of the same thing need more food stalls